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Softcat gets paws on best workplace accolade

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VAR finishes tenth in mid-sized company contest

29 May 2012

Softcat claws way on to CPC contract

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VAR is one of a handful to provide backup, archiving and networking solutions to UK further education establishments

17 May 2012

Microsoft LARs caught cold by giant price spike

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Vendor confirms UK volume pricing will jump by 29 per cent from 1 July – far higher than most expected

01 May 2012

Microsoft VARs irate at "knee-jerk" licensing price shift

Microsoft volume price shift could see big rise for UK customers

Channel dozen lands on £50m-plus software framework

SBL and Phoenix make all four lots, with Insight and Softcat featuring on three

16 Apr 2012

Paying the price?

Sam Trendall asks if the channel has deep enough pockets to hang on to its top staff

16 Apr 2012

Softcat unleashes xStorm

VAR unveils cloud security service that targets hackers and cyber criminals

12 Apr 2012

Sophos suspends partner portal following "suspicious activity"

Security vendor taking "super-paranoid" approach after finding two unauthorised programs on its partner portal web server

05 Apr 2012

United we stand

Partners and market watchers give their verdict on HP’s decision to merge its IPG and PSG units. Sam Trendall reports

02 Apr 2012

Softcat laps up Sports Relief

Management team face the water dunk, in the name of charity

26 Mar 2012

HP flexes muscles at UK Gold Partner Forum

New schemes in hardware, software and services as vendor calls on VARs to help plug skills gap and drive economic growth

14 Mar 2012

Cloud or bust

As the entire channel tries to work out if and how it wants to become a cloud player, we talk to eight of the UK’s biggest VARs to see if they are blazing a trail

08 Mar 2012

HP hails partner-branded services move

Rollout of new engagement model will hand resellers more control over their accounts, says ESSN channel boss Kevin Matthews

23 Feb 2012

Government fires starting gun for £4bn IT framework

Channel firms welcome government's attempt to save taxpayer money through new centralised framework

08 Feb 2012

Computacenter urges clients to act on Microsoft price shift

VAR joins the band of partners advising customers to get up to speed on upcoming changes to volume pricing

08 Feb 2012

Nine VARs picked for £25m audiovisual framework

University consortium selects suppliers for three-year agreement

06 Feb 2012

Microsoft volume price shift could see big rise for UK customers

Vendor decides to align pricing to euro from 1 July as partner Softcat urges clients to act swiftly to prepare

02 Feb 2012

HDD shortage prompts resellers to adapt

Constraints in supply of entry-level machines have forced some UK resellers to think differently

14 Dec 2011

CRN Top VARs: The future of the reseller

CRN chats to four differing VARs and a distie about recession, collaboration, cloud and protecting margins

30 Nov 2011

A hire education

Apprenticeships and graduate training schemes are seeing a rise in popularity. Caroline Donnelly finds out how the channel is guiding the next generation

17 Nov 2011

Softcat gears up to move house

Two years of growth prompt move to a swanky new office, twice the size of its previous HQ

21 Oct 2011

In sickness, in health

Public sector cuts and the associated reformation of the NHS mean a bigger push for efficiencies

17 Oct 2011

Softcat secures soft landing for Flybe's IT

VAR uses Veeam's backup and recovery product to protect airline's operations

04 Oct 2011

Softcat gets claws into graduate recruitment

VAR welcomes 40 new recruits to its account management and customer service teams

19 Sep 2011

Softcat adds 20 public sector heads

Reseller triples size of Mancunian office after recruitment spree

19 Aug 2011

HP TouchPad: The postmortem

HP accused of a lack of investment after underwhelming sales, but was canning it a month after launch a rash move?

19 Aug 2011

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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