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Altimate pairs up with Celestix

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Partnership will see distributor forge new markets for two-factor authentication vendor

17 Nov 2011

Arrow eyes services and UC boost after robust Q1

Arrow flying towards target

Distributor's CEO outlines plans to widen value-add portfolio after 23 per cent Q1 sales spike

28 Apr 2011

HP shares nosedive after sub-par Q1

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New chief executive Apotheker under the cosh as consumer PC and services sales dry up

23 Feb 2011

HP launches SMB networking specialisation

Q&A with HP's Kevin Matthews

Microsoft moves VAD focus to UC

Software monolith tenders for unified comms specialists as part of value-add distribution programme

04 Feb 2011

Sony tempts VARs with VAT-back scheme

Vendor looks to maximise sales through the channel in the run up to Christmas

09 Nov 2010

Spoiled for choice

In an increasingly aggressive market, distributors have to stand out to win custom. Sam Trendall investigates what motivates the choice of partners for VARs

04 Nov 2010

UK sets the pace in fine Q3 for Ingram

Broadliner enjoys healthy top- and bottom-line boost as it targets more value-add business

29 Oct 2010

Wick Hill invests in growth in successful FY10

Sales and profit increase by almost a fifth during impressive year for security and comms VAD

19 Oct 2010

Moving targets in loyalty marketing

The channel has changed—and will keep doing so-- so how can vendors create partner programmes that help profits and sales on both sides?

27 Sep 2010

Outstanding in the field

Huddersfield FC to benefit from deal with CBC Computers

10 Sep 2010

Hungry Azlan pursues value-add success

Distributor eyes up services move after sealing Avaya deal in the UK

09 Aug 2010

Channel Awards entries close TODAY

Please have your entry in by 5pm today

05 Aug 2010

Think green, think data

Gary Price critiques the transition of the green IT agenda into procurement

04 Aug 2010

VADs lose ground in UK distribution race

ChannelWeb research shows the big got bigger during the recession, while the chasing pack of specialists endured sales and profit declines

29 Jul 2010

Software development should focus on quality

Martin Rice believes people are measuring the wrong metric in software projects

29 Jul 2010

Readers' lives: Darting all around

Once Neil Hillier he was flown first class to Hong Kong for a five-minute fix

28 Jul 2010

Bell chimes with D-Link's business push

Networking vendor adds distribution muscle with appointment of storage-focused broadliner

05 Jul 2010

Steljes revamps delivery charges

Delivery charges cut by distributor in ongoing war on shrinking hardware margins

07 Jun 2010

Falconstor VARs given virtualisation incentive

Vendor to knock £350 off product price for VARs using VMware offering in virtualisation projects

24 May 2010

VADition ambition fuels Riverbed addition

Distributor keen to grow UK partner base for new vendor partner

17 May 2010

Fabric Technologies aims for the sky with Tower 42

VAR clinches IT support contract at City of London's tallest building

13 May 2010

Arrow ECS points partners to customer care line

Distributor launches phone line offering IT support for customers' datacentre problems

04 May 2010

Parallels seeks channel conversion

Virtualisation vendor and C2000 seek VARs to ease users’ PC-to-Mac conversion woes

30 Apr 2010

Pano Logic opens up Windows for VARs

Vendor hopes “Windows 7-ready” product will help resellers, but rival says it is slow off the mark

22 Apr 2010

IDC: Server virtualisation on the up

Market watcher claims improvements in shipments and revenues show sector is in recovery

19 Apr 2010

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