Special reports

Special report: The new connectivity

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Broadband infrastructure is key to delivering the converged and mobile applications and services that customers now demand 17 May 2012

Special report: Head above the clouds

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New-style managed and converged infrastructures mean an expansion of partnering to provide a seamless customer experience 12 Mar 2012

Sponsored feature: On balance, add value

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Consumer devices add value to a business, so the channel must help customers to manage and secure them in line with current threats 26 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Risk awareness critical in mobile device use

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A look at the attitudes of industry players found that acceptable use policies and risk awareness regarding personal mobile devices generally require a boost. Fleur Doidge reports 20 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Consumerisation rise stokes security fears

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In this second of a four-part feature series, CRN examines the threats organisations perceive from consumerisation on the network 16 Jan 2012

Sponsored feature: Managing personal mobile devices

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Consumerisation is here and organisations are having to deal with it. A special series sponsored by Eset 12 Dec 2011

Special Report: The journey is the destination

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Travelling on and moving ahead to your goal of greater profits 16 May 2011

Special Report: A slave to machines no more

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Managed IT support must provide just the right level of customisation while retaining profitability for the provider 01 Nov 2010

Special Report: A winning hand?

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The cloud is a gamble for the channel but the opportunities are worth the risks, according to participants in the latest CRN roundtable 25 Oct 2010

Special Report: Reach for the clouds

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The opportunities tipped to exist beyond the transition to cloud may be a bit of a stretch but planning ahead and taking the right steps can make the task easier, as this CRN roundtable discovered 13 Oct 2010

Special Report: Train to gain

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Channel programmes, training and enablement represent an ever-changing and veritable minefield of complexity for vendors. So what do resellers really need, and how best can vendors assist? This CRN roundtable found out 04 Oct 2010

Special Report: Communications on the move

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Unified communications (UC) are going to be critical in the emerging world of work. CRN's latest roundtable found that UC is creating plenty of opportunity as businesses discover the value of any time, anywhere collaboration. 10 Sep 2010

Special Report: Embracing the Cloud

Jacqui Davey is vice president of business partners for IBM UK and Ireland

This special report looks at the issue of how the channel survives cloud computing and how, despite the fears, it is actually possible to make a profit 21 Jul 2010

Special Report: Moving targets

ICLP Americas' Phil Seward

How can vendors get the best out of their channel programmes and ensure their partners benefit? A CRN seminar sponsored by ICLP tackled this dilemma head-on, writes Fleur Doidge 22 Jun 2010

Special Report: End-of-life IT support

Comms-Care's Darren Briscoe

With enterprise network service revenues tipped to decline, Fleur Doidge discovers the channel may yet find opportunities for support sales via multi-vendor service partnerships 13 Apr 2010

CRN Focus: Guide to green IT

Kyocera's Tracey Rawling Church

Regulatory changes and cost issues mean firms are rapidly becoming more environmentally driven, says Fleur Doidge 22 Feb 2010

Special Report: Virtualisation

Microsoft's Neil Sanderson

Virtualisation offers considerable financial and environmental advantages to users, finds Fleur Doidge 23 Nov 2009

Special Report: IT Support

Peter Titmus is chairman of Networks First

Offering hardware support gives partners the chance to cash in on the growing services market, says Fleur Doidge. 13 Nov 2009

Special report: Hosted security

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The forecast is bright according to providers of security SaaS, reports Fleur Doidge 27 May 2009

Special Report: Walk on the wild side

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Hunting for the little beasts that infect modern computer networks is trickier and more complex than ever, Fleur Doidge finds 25 Feb 2009

CRN Focus: Virtualisation

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A guide to seeking out the sweet spots in the still growing virtualisation marketplace 24 Feb 2009

Victory via virtualisation

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Virtualisation has become a buzzword in recent years, but what does it really mean? Fleur Doidge finds out 24 Feb 2009

Special report: Schools seek green light

Richard Allison is head of the IT distribution channel at Ricoh

Ricoh and partner Midwich invited stakeholders and resellers to a roundtable discussion at CRN on how print solutions can help schools go green, Fleur Doidge reports 13 Nov 2008

Special Report: Thinking big to sell bigger

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Canon has called for reinforcements in its assault on the wide-format printing market. Nick Booth reports from the battle zone 25 Sep 2008

Special Report: Store Wars

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Hard-disk drive technology has long been king of the castle, but now solid state is a challenger to its throne. Sara Yirrell reports capture the storage market flag any time soon 22 Sep 2008

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CRN Cloud Forum 2012

Cloud Computing Security

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Date: Thu 14 Jun 2012

CRN Sales and Marketing Awards

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Brand new event launched to celebrate individual and team performance within the channel

Date: Thu 21 Jun 2012

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BYOD: balancing IT risk and productivity

Organisations must strike a balance between worker productivity and the security of social media/mobile devices

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Smart working in the 21st century

Overcoming technological limitations and traditional office cultures to free employees to do more with less from wherever they want to


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Views from the Channel

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