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The art and the arena

Visitors registering for Partner Connect 2012 at Ricoh Arena

Some Partner Connect attendees and exhibitors this year were more creative in their approach than others. Fleur Doidge reviews the show

25 May 2012

Turning green and Japanese

Bamboo and stones by water in a Japanese garden

What might storage providers learn about cooling and efficiency from the Land of the Rising Sun? Fleur Doidge reports

30 Apr 2012

Dirty datacentre deeds done cheap

Green short-throw wireless projectors top popularity poll

Dirty datacentre deeds done cheap

Greenpeace clean cloud technology action in Turkey - Copyright Caner Ozkan and Greenpeace 2012

Report warns that datacentres must use cleaner energy sources to reduce long-term impacts

19 Apr 2012

Modelling the modular datacentre

Logicalis becomes first in UK to bag FlexPod datacentre badge

Reversing the trend

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

16 Apr 2012

Dutch distributor Xeptor opens UK office

End-of-life hardware business expansion focuses on UK opportunity

27 Feb 2012

Intercept IT still cleaning up

Third green award for small City locations goes to channel player

22 Feb 2012

CA launches green IT push with Devoteam

Software vendor signs first EMEA go-to-market partner for its PC power management product, ecoDesktopq

07 Feb 2012

Sims plots employment scheme expansion

IT waste disposal firm to extend back-to-work initiative for disadvantaged people

20 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

Sims help raise £5k with charity laptop reuse scheme

IT waste management firm helps Ordnance Survey reuse old laptops and raise funds for cancer charity

11 Jan 2012

Security should not cost the earth

Andy Kemshall says token-based authentication technology is damaging our planet

22 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

Go green and save

Fleur Doidge discovers a campaign is afoot to boost sustainability as well as more cost-effective procurement by adopting new software development standards for XML

02 Dec 2011

Virtualising Eden

The Eden Project in Cornwall was struggling with its research team’s data growth until Milton Keynes-based VAR S3 Consulting stepped in. Caroline Donnelly reports

25 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

Sims snaps up tablet PC disposal firm

IT life cycle firm acquires Glasgow-based rival to capitalise on mobile device trend

30 Sep 2011

Softek marks out New Boundary

Distributor signs up to carry vendor's PwrSmart PC energy management offering

05 Sep 2011

Lanway refocuses for profit growth

VAR reaps the rewards for business shift towards services

19 Aug 2011

Toshiba Tec aims for green with auto-ID scheme

Channel programme to encourage sales of carbon-offset EPOS and auto-ID kit

13 Jul 2011

Cost versus capability of greener IT

Green tech deployments haunted by beliefs in its inferiority and expense

10 Jun 2011

Channel turning blind eye to e-waste crisis

Resellers told to take greater care to work with ethical recyclers or face financial and reputational damage

24 May 2011

Industry unprepared for green revolution

Sustainability is worth the investment and leaders are needed, suggests Lawrence Jones

17 May 2011

Who has the power?

Storage and the need for energy efficiency offers ongoing opportunities, says Niall Smith

28 Apr 2011

Caught on tape

Smear campaigns and over-regulation are blamed for hindering growth of reused tape market in UK

18 Apr 2011

Cisco comes round to used kit

Used equipment dealers say Cisco-backed scheme from Comstor adds credibility to refurbished market

04 Apr 2011

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Cloud Computing Security

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Brand new event launched to celebrate individual and team performance within the channel

Date: Thu 21 Jun 2012

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices

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Smart working in the 21st century

Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to


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The editor's diary

Fight Night 2012 was more than alright

Fuzzy heads all round as that post Fight Night feeling sets in

Dave the dealer blog

Dave the dealer

Life's a beach

With a triumvirate of VARs getting into sporting sponsorship, Dave runs the rule over the brand-building opportunities

View from the channel

Views from the Channel

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