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Paying the price?

Businessman being pulled in two directions

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

16 Apr 2012

Bridging the gap

mind-the-skills-gap

HP has unveiled plans to train 20,000 people in IT over the next four years to help ease partners’ recruitment woes. Caroline Donnelly reports

13 Mar 2012

HP hails partner-branded services move

Lynch urges HP partners to spearhead IT 'revolution'

A pirate in the clouds at Channel Conference 2010

2010 CRN channel conference panel debate

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

22 Oct 2010

CompTIA swallows TCA

Doom, gloom and silver linings beyond the cloud

Hand in hand for greater growth

Taking advantage of the increasingly complex channel opportunities demands better enablement. Fleur Doidge finds out what VARs need from vendors in this area.

27 Sep 2010

Round two of awards judging begins

The hundreds of entries received have been whittled down to the top contenders. Sara Yirrell gives the judges' reasoning on those shortlisted.

20 Sep 2010

Golf Day 2010 goes with a swing

Thunder and lightning failed to stop a great day's play, says Sara Yirrell

20 Sep 2010

Highs and lows in channel jobs market

Hiring is up in many places and layoffs increasing in others, so what’s the job outlook for the channel? Fleur Doidge investigates

17 Sep 2010

Spotlight on distribution: Survival of the fattest?

The first question has thrown up some strong views on industry consolidation, writes Doug Woodburn

06 Sep 2010

Top Awards tables on sale as judging day nears

Preparations for the staging of this year’s channel Oscars are proceeding apace, says Fleur Doidge

23 Aug 2010

Get in to win at Channel Awards

Entries have started to pour in for this year’s Awards with new categories and judging spurring them on, says Fleur Doidge

14 May 2010

Curtain up on Channel Expo

Tough times no longer top the bill so channel players at Expo will focus on performance increases, finds Fleur Doidge

07 May 2010

Channel Awards gets serious

Revamped, refreshed categories, rules and judging are set to make the 2010 CRN Channel Awards even more relevant, Fleur Doidge says

19 Apr 2010

A professional approach

Should channel companies be subject to more professional accreditation through an umbrella certification as proposed by the TCA, asks Fleur Doidge

16 Apr 2010

Make an exhibition of yourself

This year’s Channel Expo packages and opportunities are designed to help exhibitors show their wares to best advantage

22 Feb 2010

Seconds out...round three!

CRN's action-packed Channel Fight Night event is entering its third year and as the potential combatants square up, it is already looking stronger than ever, writes Sara Yirrell

15 Feb 2010

Channel Expo rolls right up to London

Get ready to step right up to Olympia for the UK’s largest reseller event this year

05 Feb 2010

Escape to the country for Channel Conference

The Channel Conference is almost upon us. Fleur Doidge looks at what awaits those who join us in Northamptonshire

02 Oct 2009

Flights of fancy in partner events abroad

In these belt-tightening times, Doug Woodburn asks if there really is anything to be gained from attending one of the many pan-European partner forums

25 Sep 2009

The long and short of the Awards

The shortlist for the 2009 Channel Awards has been announced and voting opened on7 September. Fleur Doidge introduces the competitors in the running this year

11 Sep 2009

Day of reckoning at October channel conference

The Channel Debate is in its final month, with the Channel Conference offering a forum to find some solutions to the challenges ahead. Fleur Doidge reports

11 Sep 2009

CRN Fight Night 2009 photos on sale

Relive the channel's biggest hangover so far this year in pictures and buy your favourites

01 Jun 2009

Starry, starry night

Nineteen distributors and vendors succeeded at last year’s CRN Channel Awards. But you don’t have to paint a Van Gogh-style masterpiece to win a prize, you just have to put your company in a good light. Fleur Doidge reports

15 May 2009

Hand on your Heartland

US reseller organisation Heartland Technology Group is spreading the love, reports Kayleigh Bateman

08 May 2009

Theatre of possibility

Channel Expo 2009 looks set to raise the curtain on the latest moves from vendors and distributors, says Fleur Doidge

17 Apr 2009

Credit where it's overdue

Suppliers should steer clear of companies that use loopholes to evade payment

17 Apr 2009

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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