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Clocking off

Dave discovers that rozzers are seemingly living in the technology dark ages

10 Feb 2012

Please lease me

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We look at why the channel may turn to financing in a big way this year

10 Feb 2012

Where next for Cisco?

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The networking giant used its recent techie get-together in London to discuss where it will place its bets in the coming years

10 Feb 2012

HDD stockpile helps Ingram cash in during Q4

Distribution monolith uses inventory strength to drive margins up but takes cautious approach to FY12

09 Feb 2012

Gartner: Everything stacked against UK PC market in 2012

Q4 figures paint a sorry picture, with HP, Dell and Acer all stuck in the doldrums

07 Feb 2012

Perkaholics

Dave marvels at the altruistic attitude of another channel boss

01 Feb 2012

Context: Ultrabook sales stall on price

Market watcher claims price drops will lead to faster adoption of the lightweight form factor

25 Jan 2012

Crucial Memory talks up SSD opportunity

Micron-owned vendor claims Thai floods, economic downturn and performance gains are fuelling the demand for its solid state storage technology

20 Jan 2012

Sims plots employment scheme expansion

IT waste disposal firm to extend back-to-work initiative for disadvantaged people

20 Jan 2012

Government to reduce hardware spend as ICT curriculum axed

Education secretary Michael Gove sick of "bored children being taught Word and Excel by even more bored teachers"

11 Jan 2012

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

Tempus Computers Ltd hits the wall

Brummie hardware VAR enters administration after 30 years in business

15 Dec 2011

Liquidware Labs squares up to VDI rivals

Desktop transformation software vendor launches EMEA-wide growth strategy with plot to usurp its competitors

09 Dec 2011

Dell ditches Streak tablet in US

Hardware giant declines to comment on what move means for future of device in UK

07 Dec 2011

The virtual reality of VDI

Interest in virtual desktops has never been higher, but too many projects are failing to get the green light. Caroline Donnelly reports

07 Dec 2011

Thai floods send SSD sales soaring

Evidence is emerging that hard drive product shortages are fuelling sales of solid state alternatives

06 Dec 2011

Online backup player courts tape VARs

Dublin-based vendor KeepItSafe plans to recruit 50 VARs over next six months

06 Dec 2011

Germany-based distributor sets up shop in UK

Stordis claims larger rivals are no match for its skills and expertise as it launches local office

05 Dec 2011

Western Digital counts cost of Thai floods

Hard disk drive vendor claims flood-related charges could top $275m in Q2

05 Dec 2011

E-tailers cash in on Cyber Monday sales bonanza

But unexpected web traffic spikes could cause problems for unprepared resellers

28 Nov 2011

BNP Paribas looks to debunk idea that leasing is "black art"

Finance house offers resellers six-month incentive scheme as it looks to become the tech world's primary leasing provider

25 Nov 2011

ThinkGrid urges channel to get head in clouds

Hosted infrastructure vendor claims cloud-savvy end users could cause problems for hardware and software-focused VARs

24 Nov 2011

The brain gain game

Dagenham's finest discovers why videogamers have different brains to the rest of us mere mortals. Apparently.

18 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

Western European public IT spend set for five per cent slump

Gartner figures reveal tough times ahead as CIOs are squeezed

07 Nov 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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The mobile enterprise: Secure the data, not the device

The proliferation of endpoint devices within the enterprise has highlighted the shortcomings of one of the traditional approaches to data security

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Measuring the ROI of Google Apps

This Forrester report compares the costs and benefits of legacy email and productivity software with Google Apps


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Clocking off

Dave discovers that rozzers are seemingly living in the technology dark ages

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Views from the Channel

Departing CEO has done Dixons a service

Mark Needham, founder of distributor Widget, argues that John Browett leaves for Apple with Dixons in better shape than when he arrived