Special reports

Special Report: Scaling the heights

Upside down climber

VARs and other tech providers climbing the peaks of mobility may only avoid falling off the edge into complexity by forming the right project partnerships, according to this Special Report sponsored by Comms-care 15 Apr 2013

Special report: Team anywhere, any time

Teamwork collaboration Special Report

Wherever staff may be located they can now work together, offering considerable advantages to a business. 09 Oct 2012

Special report: Soldier of fortune

Soldier with rifle

Will Server 2012 be win-win for a somewhat embattled channel? In this Special Report sponsored by Ingram Micro and Microsoft, Fleur Doidge aims to find out 24 Sep 2012

Special report: Sharpening the message

Knife and sharpener

SMBs are being crushed under the weight of vendor and supplier IT security jargon. Doug Woodburn looks at how the channel can help simplify the message 03 Sep 2012

Special report: In the mood for financing

Storm at sea

A shaky economy coupled with companies’ need for the latest technology makes IT financing increasingly appealing, writes Doug Woodburn 22 Jun 2012

Special report: The new connectivity

TalkTalk Special Report cover

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

Silhouettes of businesspeople below a cloud connected by arrows

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

Smartphones sharing business and personal information

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

Two Apple iPads - as mobile media tablet devices are adopted in business there will be demand for appropriate apps

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

An Apple iPad

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

Reaching for the clouds special report cover image 11 October 2010

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

Riverview special report CRN cover 27 September 2010

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

A laptop on a beach

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

A padlock on a CD

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

Special Report: Walk on the wild side

investec-zebras

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

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