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IBM unveils new UK channel chief

IBM's Richard Potts

Richard Potts takes over from Jacqui Davey, who is taking on a strategic European sales role at Big Blue

09 Feb 2012

Quartet of vendor giants posts upbeat numbers

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Intel, Google, Microsoft and IBM all record impressive quarterly figures

20 Jan 2012

TalkTalk MD Lawton departs as IBM's Bligh appointed

Carrier's Paul Lawton

Telco's boss moves on after five years with IBM's UK commercial chief stepping into the hotseat

08 Nov 2011

Ginni Rometty replaces Palmisano as IBM CEO

Services and strategy leader to step into hotseat on 1 January

26 Oct 2011

Pride of Britain

The UK channel comes together to celebrate its own unsung heroes and stars in a little over four weeks. Fleur Doidge reports

14 Oct 2011

IBM reinforces commitment to cloud partners

Hardware giant uses launch of new cloud products and services to pledge support for channel

12 Oct 2011

Logica grabs IBM veteran Bullard for UK CEO role

Gary Bullard to replace Experian-bound Craig Boundy as UK head of software and services firm

03 Oct 2011

Arrow ECS moves into new London digs

Distributor calls on partners to take advantage of the facilities on offer at its new London office

16 Sep 2011

IBM opens finance doors to UK software partners

Vendor explains how its UK partners can get their hands on a share of the $1bn financing it unveiled this month

15 Sep 2011

Fujitsu fires Arrow into UK enterprise market

HP and IBM have had it all their own way for too long, says Japanese vendor

08 Sep 2011

IBM on software growth mission

Big Blue's partners will play a significant role as the vendor pushes for a massive increase in software sales over the next four years

05 Sep 2011

IBM adds to software might

Big Blue loosens its acquisition purse strings to snap up Algorithmics and i2

01 Sep 2011

Maxima pursued by mystery suitor

VAR gives update of strategic review as it posts £9m pre-tax loss

09 Aug 2011

Channel silences tape storage death knell

Quantum refutes the “tape is dead” scare stories and wins backing of rivals

08 Aug 2011

Life IT buys PSSL in IBM partner union

Cheshire VARs tie the knot as hardware specialist walks software firm down the aisle in Big Blue wedding

25 Jul 2011

Vision plots 2012 partner programme changes

Disaster recovery vendor announces partner programme changes and investments in new financial year

22 Jul 2011

Vendors admonished for "questionable" licensing tactics

Oracle, SAP, Microsoft and IBM all come under fire for unfair licensing rules in Forrester report

19 Jul 2011

Product does the business for IBM in Q2

Big Blue posts impressive hardware sales but exchange rate roulette squashes services growth

19 Jul 2011

Avnet broadens IBM partnership

Distributor expands agreement with Big Blue to supply its retail software offering across Europe

06 Jul 2011

One hundred years of innovation

As IBM celebrates its centenary, it reveals it couldn’t have done it without its partner community. Sara Yirrell reports

05 Jul 2011

Cloud distribution must justify its value

Channel business transformation necessary for cloud evolution

01 Jul 2011

Vickers joins Tinglobal after £6m investment

Used hardware specialist bags private equity lolly and enlists services of former Canon honcho Andy Vickers

30 Jun 2011

IBM fends off rebate claims

Big Blue says in a statement that there have been "no changes" to SVI

29 Jun 2011

The party's over

IT services market can wave goodbye to the high-growth years, says TechMarketView

28 Jun 2011

IBM VARs blast rebate rethink

Partners claim vendor's move to classify firms with a government stakeholder as public sector entities is hitting them in the pocket

23 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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