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Consolidation key to IT asset efficency

SysAid's Oded Moshe

IT asset management teams and the service desk should work together better, says Oded Moshe

31 May 2012

Participants sought for Byte Night 2012

Channel firms staff sleep outside to raise funds for homeslessness charities on Byte Night 2010

Charity sleep-out hopes to raise £5m in 15th year

30 May 2012

Call for a more measured approach

Carl West is business group director at GfK

The channel needs much better metrics and measurement if it is to win over coveted smaller customers, warns Carl West

28 May 2012

Getting his goat

Alan Giles misses those halcyon days as a child of the 1970s - when he could take his pet goat for regular walks around the park

25 May 2012

Open all hours at customer convenience

The 24-hour society is overloading IT infrastructure, but resellers can turn a headache into a range of opportunities, claims Ben Davies

25 May 2012

Customers sign away their rights on cloud contracts

End users are failing to read the fine print in increasingly diverse cloud deals

24 May 2012

Cloud to rain on IT outsourcers' parade

Market grew 7.8 per cent last year but rise of cloud will spawn winners and losers, says Gartner

21 May 2012

Shout it out

Entries have begun pouring in from resellers, distributors and other tech providers around the UK for the 2012 Channel Awards. Is your company in it to win it yet? Fleur Doidge reports

18 May 2012

Special report: The new connectivity

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

17 May 2012

Databarracks gobbles up more cloud services with SecuriData buy

Cloud backup provider acquires another to advance managed services portfolio

14 May 2012

One day to Coventry kick-off

The CRN Partner Connect trade show and seminar programme this Thursday promises a range of ways to score

14 May 2012

Customer cloud security worries do vary

Blanket talk of security issues does little to allay customer fears about the cloud, says Michel Robert

10 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

Innovating an intelligent infrastructure

Giridhar Lakkavalli looks at IaaS and how it needs to develop

01 May 2012

Nvest adds online Signagelive user classes

Online training launched for cloud-based digital-signage service

27 Apr 2012

Channel Awards rolling around again

Entries are now open for the one and only ‘channel Oscars’ to be held as usual in London in November, says Fleur Doidge

27 Apr 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

How to sell storage this year

It’s not only about the technology, notes Tony Lock - to ensure big sales, resellers must also highlight the business benefits of systems to customers

23 Apr 2012

Channel Telecom partners get jolly at US Masters

Annual incentive trip rewards three resellers

20 Apr 2012

Nvest expands product training team

Mark Kitchen to take on training and Midwich account roles

19 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

Reversing the trend

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

16 Apr 2012

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

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Smart working in the 21st century

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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