Latest Hammer articles

Flash in the pan?

Man dressed as Clark Kent revealing SSD logo on chest

The Thai floods have sent sales of solid state disk drives soaring. Caroline Donnelly finds out how sustainable this success could be in the long term

20 Feb 2012

Hammer gives Dutch courage to Euro expansion plans

Map of Europe

Storage distributor unveils Netherlands outpost for Dutch partners

16 Feb 2012

Hammer nails 20 years in business

James Ward is managing director of Hammer

Distributor to ply its resellers with cash to mark birthday celebrations

05 Jan 2012

James Ward

15 Dec 2011

Hammer unveils new channel services offering

Storage distributor reveals new IT services consultancy to help partners win more business

10 Oct 2011

CMS Peripherals gobbles up CCI

Merger will form UK and Ireland's largest independent storage distributor, claims CMS

01 Sep 2011

Hammer hits on NetApp success

Distributor expands partnership with storage vendor to cover full portfolio

27 Jul 2011

Hammer nails Toshiba Electronics partnership

Distributor signs Europe-wide agreement with vendor to increase its SSD market share

03 Jun 2011

Hammer hits on lead-time solution

Storage distributor claims expanded warehousing facilities will speed up partners' time to market

25 May 2011

OEM memory vendor makes channel debut

ADATA ditches OEM-only strategy as it builds ties with UK resellers

04 Apr 2011

Diamond Point guns for storage big boys

Computing distributor brings in Frank Sutton to lead new storage division

18 Mar 2011

NetApp vows to fix supply woes

Storage giant admits to being caught short by high demand for new product

25 Feb 2011

Hammer time for Dell servers

Distributor to begin configuring Dell servers in the UK as Magirus confirms interest in EqualLogic franchise

25 Feb 2011

LSI gears up for systems integrator push

Storage vendor credits products and programme refresh for renewed channel interest

15 Dec 2010

Special Report: Store Wars

Hard-disk drive technology has long been king of the castle, but now solid state is a challenger to its throne. Sara Yirrell reports capture the storage market flag any time soon

22 Sep 2008

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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

Lessons learned

I've discovered that iPads are great for consuming, not so good for creating

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