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Jaspersoft's Brian Gentile

Brian Gentile talks about choosing the right approach to taking on a customer's big data

24 May 2012

Special report: The new connectivity

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Broadband infrastructure is key to delivering the converged and mobile applications and services that customers now demand

17 May 2012

What's really in the cloud for VARs?

Sam Wijeyakumar lays down a route through the clouds to increased reseller profits

02 May 2012

Amor feels the public sector love

Integrator hails strong financial year after winning place on Scottish government framework

01 May 2012

Innovating an intelligent infrastructure

Giridhar Lakkavalli looks at IaaS and how it needs to develop

01 May 2012

Content first, devices second

Teaching education clients to stay on message can be part of the reseller's role, notes Andrew Henderson

25 Apr 2012

Dirty datacentre deeds done cheap

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

19 Apr 2012

EMEA outsourcing in doldrums despite strong second half

Information Services Group TPI Index for Q1 2012 reveals falling contract value

18 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

Agile security in the clouds

Innovative services that boost cloud security are needed, argues Sarah McNicol

18 Apr 2012

Managing software assets is not just about compliance

Sean Robinson reckons software asset management (SAM) has more potential than many realise

29 Mar 2012

Special report: Head above the clouds

New-style managed and converged infrastructures mean an expansion of partnering to provide a seamless customer experience

12 Mar 2012

Computacenter banks on cloud might to fuel strong 2012 in UK

Cloud and virtualisation boss Paul Casey talks through the VAR's services-centric plans to bring the good times back to its homeland in the year ahead

02 Mar 2012

Comms-care supports apprentice scheme

Seven is the lucky number for support services specialist as it welcomes its first recruits to the business

13 Feb 2012

Six Degrees gears up for growth after credit boost

Buy-and-build firm secures £25m funding with Clydesdale Bank to pursue acquisition and organic growth targets

13 Feb 2012

UK shines as EMEA outsourcing market explodes

Mega-deals proliferate as demand for IT outsourcing continues to snowball

24 Jan 2012

Signagelive ramps up US attack

Move into the Americas firms up with new hire

04 Jan 2012

Cisco blasts IBM and HP as it sets out services rules

Vendor publishes the rules of engagement for services sales and digs at rivals' channel-unfriendly strategies

20 Dec 2011

Cut-price services could hamper MSP growth

Market watcher claims MSPs are pricing services far too low in the face of competitive pressure

16 Dec 2011

Cognition creates digital signage mannequin

Scala signage app "models" services for customers of Edinburgh beautician

13 Dec 2011

There is value in the system

Reseller opportunity remains within the area of systems administration, reports Bob Tarzey

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

Layer up for best protection

Joseph Souren says the stormier cyber-threat landscape requires yet another layer of IT security

09 Dec 2011

CRN Roundtable: Cloud transformation, for customers and the channel

Find out how top channel companies are succeeding with customers in the cloud in this roundtable sponsored by Outsourcery

30 Nov 2011

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

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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