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Latest Software Licensing and Piracy articles
Unlike most other western countries, the UK’s software piracy rate has not improved at all since 2007. Doug Woodburn finds out why the BSA is calling for a tougher deterrent
29 May 2012
The vendor’s UK and worldwide partner bosses discuss how they plan to give more rewards to specialist VARs and those that drive new business in 2012
24 Feb 2012
Will Microsoft’s latest client OS prove a breath of fresh air for the licensing market? One VAR has completed one of the first deployments of Windows 7
30 Oct 2009
The Channel Awards are nearly upon us again, so get those votes in before it’s too late. Fleur Doidge reports
18 Sep 2009
The CRN Channel Debate 2009 is growing in stature as top figures from the industry contribute, writes Sara Yirrell
19 Jun 2009
The figures are up for packaged software for the home, but businesses are feeling the pinch
22 May 2009
As software piracy remains a channel concern, Kayleigh Bateman talks to those involved in bringing down rates
14 Feb 2008
The channel can only gain by adding mobile apps to pre-installed remote control technologies, writes Mike Kibblewhite
16 Nov 2007
Distributors and resellers need help in staying on top of ever-changing software licensing information
08 Oct 2007
Lack of software licensing knowledge by businesses provides VARs with an opportunity, says Ram Dhaliwal
08 Oct 2007
Sofia Dahlqvist, dealer channel marketing manager at Ricoh, looks at the opportunities for resellers that exist around emerging MFD software
24 Sep 2007
Resellers have a key role in ensuring firms understand and respond to compliance, writes James Ward
13 Sep 2007
The big players in software need to get some serious business intelligence. Did you see that coming?
21 Jun 2007
Listening to customers’ needs is sensible, but channel players still need to take a risk on unproven offerings, argues Peter Austin
27 Nov 2006
Co-marketing campaigns have long been a staple ingredient in channel relationships, to varying degrees of success. But with businesses as vastly different as IT and marketing what makes for the best recipe for success, asks Gareth Kershaw
27 Nov 2006
Competition to secure communications contracts is heating up. Only resellers who offer a high quality of service will succeed, warns Stewart Yates
27 Nov 2006
There are lucrative opportunities for margin available in the market for resellers who can save customers time and money, claims Peter Cole
20 Nov 2006
Virtualisation may mean different things to different people, be it slicing up servers into virtual machines or bringing utility computing to fruition. Either way, it could turn out to be a goldmine for the channel, reveals Simon Meredith
06 Nov 2006
The industry can only boost SME customers’ productivity by addressing system integration, argues Declan Grogan
18 Sep 2006
I have to admit I was shocked by this year’s Channel Awards entries.
21 Aug 2006
Despite being one of the largest and most successful companies in the world, Microsoft is refusing to rest on its laurels. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, the vendor outlined its plans for the future. James Sherwood reports from Boston
21 Jul 2006
The dramatic rise of electronic document management is going to continue, and resellers need to jump on the bandwagon, argues Tony Bray
05 Jun 2006
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CRN chats to four differing VARs and a distie about recession, collaboration, cloud and protecting margins
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Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices
Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to
I've discovered that iPads are great for consuming, not so good for creating
With a triumvirate of VARs getting into sporting sponsorship, Dave runs the rule over the brand-building opportunities
Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn
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