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Call for a more measured approach

Carl West is business group director at GfK

The channel needs much better metrics and measurement if it is to win over coveted smaller customers, warns Carl West

28 May 2012

Customers sign away their rights on cloud contracts

Skyscrapers and a cloudy sky

End users are failing to read the fine print in increasingly diverse cloud deals

24 May 2012

Massive rise in reseller-specific fraud

CIF rains on Cloud Alliance parade

Varlink to offer Portsmith mobile peripherals

Varlink's Mike Pullon

York distributor adds rugged, industrial-class cradles and adapters

23 May 2012

Varlink hails buoyant Q3

Varlink website to specialise in rugged market

TV speaker sales double in a year

Further growth expected, says Futuresource

16 May 2012

Sluggish start to year for western Europe print

Hardcopy tracker reveals especially sharp decline in sales of printing devices to consumers

11 May 2012

Android slides while Apple shines in tablet wars

Market watcher IDC reveals a 'disappointing' first quarter for tablets and e-readers

04 May 2012

GfK: Buying tech offline still has appeal

Analyst confirms IT consumers still want to visit retail outlets as well as shop online

27 Apr 2012

EMEA sales of e-readers doubled last year

Shipments across the region tipped 4.8 million, says IDC

24 Apr 2012

Looking through the Windows

The latest triumvirate of OSes from Microsoft is a fine channel proposition, according to Stuart Cordingley

23 Apr 2012

Telecoms and pay-TV players must "act now" as market declines

Annual survey says diversification and business transformation is essential as core shrinks

18 Apr 2012

Reversing the trend

Fleur Doidge investigates a boom in serving end customers better through reverse logistics

16 Apr 2012

SMBs may be set to boost PC sales

The turn of the year showed signs of promise for UK distribution, writes Marie-Christine Pygott

16 Apr 2012

Business WLAN not up to the task

Bryan Hall says mobilisation and consumerisation mean upgrading business wireless has become an imperative

28 Mar 2012

Change your mind(set)

The cloud is bringing new opportunities to the channel, insists Richard Archer

26 Mar 2012

VARs should address virtual security

Peter Craig says consumerisation and virtualisation represent an opportunity for targeted security sales

13 Mar 2012

Thinking beyond the box

Is there really an opportunity for resellers and distributors in vastly expanding their sales of peripherals and accessories? Fleur Doidge investigates

05 Mar 2012

Not so smart corporate TVs

Resellers should resist demand for consumer smart TVs, suggests Mike Cuckow

01 Mar 2012

Hanging on the telephone

Delayed 4G upgrades present an opportunity to the channel, argues Marcus Jewell

28 Feb 2012

Web books may be 2012 saviour

Newer form factors such as web books could revive PC sales this year, argues Mehryar Hamid

27 Feb 2012

Moving beyond device-centric computing

Tony Lock looks at future-proofing access to workspace services with user virtualisation

20 Feb 2012

Change afoot in the PC market

Vendors, distributors, resellers and retailers must clarify their business models in an increasingly confusing, complex PC market, Fleur Doidge discovered at this year’s Distree EMEA conference in Monte Carlo

17 Feb 2012

The death of the office

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

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

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

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Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn