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VAR finishes tenth in mid-sized company contest
29 May 2012
VAR is one of a handful to provide backup, archiving and networking solutions to UK further education establishments
17 May 2012
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
SBL and Phoenix make all four lots, with Insight and Softcat featuring on three
16 Apr 2012
Sam Trendall asks if the channel has deep enough pockets to hang on to its top staff
16 Apr 2012
VAR unveils cloud security service that targets hackers and cyber criminals
12 Apr 2012
Security vendor taking "super-paranoid" approach after finding two unauthorised programs on its partner portal web server
05 Apr 2012
Partners and market watchers give their verdict on HP’s decision to merge its IPG and PSG units. Sam Trendall reports
02 Apr 2012
Management team face the water dunk, in the name of charity
26 Mar 2012
New schemes in hardware, software and services as vendor calls on VARs to help plug skills gap and drive economic growth
14 Mar 2012
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
Rollout of new engagement model will hand resellers more control over their accounts, says ESSN channel boss Kevin Matthews
23 Feb 2012
Channel firms welcome government's attempt to save taxpayer money through new centralised framework
08 Feb 2012
VAR joins the band of partners advising customers to get up to speed on upcoming changes to volume pricing
08 Feb 2012
University consortium selects suppliers for three-year agreement
06 Feb 2012
Vendor decides to align pricing to euro from 1 July as partner Softcat urges clients to act swiftly to prepare
02 Feb 2012
Constraints in supply of entry-level machines have forced some UK resellers to think differently
14 Dec 2011
CRN chats to four differing VARs and a distie about recession, collaboration, cloud and protecting margins
30 Nov 2011
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
Two years of growth prompt move to a swanky new office, twice the size of its previous HQ
21 Oct 2011
Public sector cuts and the associated reformation of the NHS mean a bigger push for efficiencies
17 Oct 2011
VAR uses Veeam's backup and recovery product to protect airline's operations
04 Oct 2011
VAR welcomes 40 new recruits to its account management and customer service teams
19 Sep 2011
Reseller triples size of Mancunian office after recruitment spree
19 Aug 2011
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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