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Panda bares all to distributors

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Cloud security vendor makes channel strategy black and white as hundreds of VARs are migrated to new partners Westcoast and VIP

23 Jan 2012

Formjet downplays Panda sale

Distributor buy-out is Braziliant idea for Panda

Avnet and Northamber lose Microsoft OEM rights

Axe chopping wood

Microsoft moves from eight to six OEM distributors in the UK following review process

06 Jan 2012

Microsoft launches OEM distributor review

Comet hit by Microsoft counterfeit software claims

Alex Tatham

Westcoast's Alex Tatham

15 Dec 2011

Good week/Bad week

We run through who's played a blinder and who's made a blunder in the channel this week

07 Nov 2011

Westcoast throws UC hat into ring

Distributor sets up dedicated unified communications team as it pursues ambitious growth targets

01 Nov 2011

Westcoast sparks channel apprentice drive

Distributor hopes to encourage its reseller base to take on 500 apprentices as part of Microsoft's scheme

29 Sep 2011

Microsoft launches OEM distributor review

Software giant orders worldwide audit of OEM distributor numbers

27 Sep 2011

Dell signs printer partnership with Westcoast

Consumables to the fore in latest push for the Dell channel

19 Sep 2011

Fancy footwork from Kelway

This year's Samsung Champions Cup saw Kelway take the honours

06 Jun 2011

Educating the channel on school needs

A Westcoast event investigated what the changes in education mean for the channel. Fleur Doidge went along to find out more

03 Jun 2011

Westcoast plans expansion

Distributor looks to new technology areas through acquisition or skills recruitment

12 May 2011

Westcoast sends resellers down the Amazon

Distributor pairs with Microsoft to offer four resellers (and partners) the trip of a lifetime to the Amazon rainforest

09 May 2011

Public sector success fuels XMA sales and profit spike

Reseller's top line rises 38 per cent to £140m

05 May 2011

Rivals query XMA Welsh council win

Competing resellers blast 'unfair' procurement process after losing out on £3.5m laptop deal

15 Apr 2011

Westcoast goes vertical

Distributor keen to mirror education success in healthcare market

13 Apr 2011

Hair-raising prices

Dave learns that a distie director is coiffing up after a price hike at his local hairdressers

05 Apr 2011

Westcoast embraces Microsoft apprentices

Distributor set to take on second batch of Microsoft-trained apprentices as vendor appeals for more channel firms to get involved

15 Mar 2011

Westcoast hits European top 10

Distributor grabs tenth place on a list of the fastest-growing private companies in Europe

09 Feb 2011

Excess stock to pinch PC margins in H1

Channel players warn of continuing inventory surfeit

31 Jan 2011

Westcoast hunts for server legends

Distributor tempts VARs to skill up on HP kit with £1,000 cash prize

07 Jan 2011

Joe Hemani

14 Dec 2010

Westcoast launches Windows 7 TCO calculator

Tool provides information on savings end users could make by adopting Windows 7

19 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

A pirate in the clouds at Channel Conference 2010

Participants enjoyed wide-ranging discussion at this year’s Conference but it always came back to cloud computing

22 Oct 2010

Spotlight on distribution: Supply and demand

The second question in our Spotlight on Distribution campaign is centred on the relevance of distributors. Sam Trendall examines if they have a future

14 Oct 2010

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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

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Measuring the ROI of Google Apps

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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