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It’s all downhill from here

nlyte's Simon Webster

Simon Webster thinks carefully when answering questions from CRN but not so much when careering down a mountain by bike

30 Jan 2012

Getting to grips with SMB resilience

Andrew Buss is service director at Freeform Dynamics

Andrew Buss looks at using virtualisation to improve business continuity

30 Jan 2012

A big data opportunity

Quantum's Alistair Washbourn

VARs are poised to benefit from an expansion in business analytics in these tough times, claims Alistair Washbourn

25 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

For whom the bell tolls

Conditions will remain tough next year, but there will be many opportunities too. Fleur Doidge reports on IDC’s global 2012 predictions summary

23 Dec 2011

Cisco UK channel boss eyes video and server growth

Recently appointed Richard Roberts tells ChannelWeb about his plans for 2012

22 Dec 2011

DDoS attacks can be targeted

Jeremy Nicholls looks at the reseller opportunity around distributed denial of service attacks

14 Dec 2011

Protect virtualised data

David Blackman claims one offering can bridge both physical and virtual backup needs

12 Dec 2011

A year of living dangerously

Those who broke out their best guns in the fight for growth in 2011 may still be seeing strong results as we head towards 2012

12 Dec 2011

Computacenter confirms director's departure

Datacentre solutions director Neill Burton is leaving the firm after 11 years to preside over Hitachi Data Systems' channel

14 Nov 2011

Rise of the great green datacentre

In Portsmouth, Peer 1 Hosting has recently opened what it believes may be the UK’s greenest, most environmentally friendly datacentre. Fleur Doidge reports

14 Nov 2011

Kelway prepares for cloud growth with datacentre deal

VAR signs 10-year lease with datacentre provider Digital Realty

01 Nov 2011

Mere deadline compliance is not enough

Rob Warmack says VARs could help customer organisations attain a more continuous and useful compliance status

27 Oct 2011

C4L looks to treble partner numbers inside a year

Hosting outfit wants to turn 100 resellers into 300 with offer of 30 per cent margins in growing market

18 Oct 2011

Assuming the recovery position

Ian McKay talks about options for disaster recovery

11 Oct 2011

Equinix rallies troops for armed forces recruitment drive

Datacentre services provider launches armed forces hunt for mechanical engineers

05 Sep 2011

Circle of reality

Has the market become disillusioned and cloud moved past its peak?

05 Sep 2011

Addressing cloud latency

Alex Watson-Jackson talks up how to address distance, congestion and monitoring issues in the cloud

17 Aug 2011

DataCore claims UK ripe for storage virtualisation boom

Scathing parliamentary report could finally pave way for greater adoption of virtualisation technology in the storage sector, says vendor

08 Aug 2011

Avnet to light up Solarflare channel

Distributor signs EMEA deal for vendor's 10Gb Ethernet server adapters

27 Jul 2011

Timico mobilises channel for SMB push

ISP unveils mobile device business unit and plans to open new £5m datacentre

25 Jul 2011

ANS claims Cisco cloud first

Manchester-based VAR says it is first in Europe to bag Cloud Infrastructure Partner status with vendor

14 Jul 2011

Logicalis snaps up Netarx

Integrator bolsters services offering by hitting US acquisition trail

04 Jul 2011

Cloud distribution must justify its value

Channel business transformation necessary for cloud evolution

01 Jul 2011

Getting engaged with BT

Doug Woodburn talks to BT Engage IT managing director Martin Balaam about the firm's ambitious plans for expansion

28 Jun 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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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