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The death of the office

Qliktech's Sean Farrington

Sean Farrington asks whether remote working capabilities will spell the end of the office/home divide

07 Feb 2012

Value over volume for displays in 2012

Lachlan Welsh is displays analyst at Context

The UK monitor market will gain from an increased vendor push for niche markets and high-quality products this year, suggests Lachlan Welsh

03 Feb 2012

Liberal leanings in IT

Azzurri's Craig Wellman

Consumerisation will lead to more liberalisation around the use of IT within many organisations, argues Craig Wellman

27 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: On balance, add value

Consumer devices add value to a business, so the channel must help customers to manage and secure them in line with current threats

26 Jan 2012

SMBs lead the way in consumerisation of IT

Smaller firms across the world more likely to allow employee-owned devices onto the corporate network

25 Jan 2012

Ear we go again

Dave gets a bit misty eyed as he learns of the perils of wearing headphones

25 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Risk awareness critical in mobile device use

A look at the attitudes of industry players found that acceptable use policies and risk awareness regarding personal mobile devices generally require a boost. Fleur Doidge reports

20 Jan 2012

Misfiring Comet burns another £15m hole in owner's pocket

UK retailer's poor festive performance and mounting debt mean Kesa will have to pay up to £65m to offload it in two weeks' time

19 Jan 2012

Dixons cautious despite "solid" Christmas

Sales down amid warnings of "fragile consumer confidence" but retailer claims it is still outgunning rivals

17 Jan 2012

What’s on the VAR horizon in 2012

As 2011 disappears in the rear-view mirror, the channel can expect another year of change in the drive for mobility and efficiency

17 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Consumerisation rise stokes security fears

In this second of a four-part feature series, CRN examines the threats organisations perceive from consumerisation on the network

16 Jan 2012

The rise and rise of consumer technology

Ian Jackson looks at the channel opportunity from consumer mobile devices in the workplace

10 Jan 2012

HMV talks up technology in Christmas statement

Technology products provide music retailer with a welcome boost during downbeat Christmas season

09 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Managing personal mobile devices

Consumerisation is here and organisations are having to deal with it. A special series sponsored by Eset

12 Dec 2011

LED backlit TVs outsell standard LCD for first time

Newer technology now comprises more than half the LCD TVs sold in EMEA

02 Dec 2011

E-reader sales to triple by 2016

Display variations to broaden appeal beyond consumers

18 Nov 2011

Half of consumers watch two screens at once

Many television watchers use another electronic device at the same time

14 Nov 2011

Consumer lull causes UK PC market pain

Big-three vendors all feel the pinch as UK is the worst of a bad bunch in western Europe, Gartner stats reveal

14 Nov 2011

Ebuyer launches extended warranty service

Online reseller teams up with warranty provider SquareTrade to protect customer purchases

10 Nov 2011

Taste-testing Apple’s iOS 5

Mark Mason gives a flavour of the business and IT issues surrounding the new iOS 5 operating system for mobile devices such as iPhones

04 Nov 2011

Compact system cameras continue to grow

Market research indicates appeal of new designs and styles

31 Oct 2011

Concall provider Powwownow adds Vidyo video

Free conference and web call services augmented with video conferencing partnership

12 Oct 2011

Keeping enterprises iFlexible

Managing personal mobile devices means a rethink of organisational wireless infrastructure, notes Jim Calderbank

10 Oct 2011

Photo products market continues to expand

Western Europe photo merchandise sales to hit £405.4m in 2011

06 Oct 2011

Corporate data privacy and consumerisation

Businesses should be able to maintain data privacy in the face of consumerisation, argues Phil Evans

20 Sep 2011

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CRN Partner Connect 2012

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CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

Date: Thu 17 May 2012

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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The mobile enterprise: Secure the data, not the device

The proliferation of endpoint devices within the enterprise has highlighted the shortcomings of one of the traditional approaches to data security

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Measuring the ROI of Google Apps

This Forrester report compares the costs and benefits of legacy email and productivity software with Google Apps


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Dave the dealer

Clocking off

Dave discovers that rozzers are seemingly living in the technology dark ages

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Views from the Channel

Departing CEO has done Dixons a service

Mark Needham, founder of distributor Widget, argues that John Browett leaves for Apple with Dixons in better shape than when he arrived