Top VARs end-user research: Special forces

Doug Woodburn
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End users are buying from an increasingly broad spectrum of suppliers and now value specialisation as much as price, this year's Top VARs survey of over 250 UK IT decision makers has found

A few years ago, big was considered beautiful when it came to IT vendors and suppliers. But today, a new school of thought - embodied by HPE's Meg Whitman - has emerged, namely that big is cumbe...

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