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Preparing for disaster
End users are failing to grasp the importance of disaster recovery, claims the channel. Caroline Donnelly reports
Dell counters partners' product warranty woes
Hardware giant spells out warranty stance, as partners hit back over dealing with distribution
John Lewis seeks IT staff in customer service push
High street retailer sets out to recruit 30 IT staff this year
Game prepares to call in adminstrators
Struggling computer game retailer announces intention to appoint an administrator following fallout with suppliers
Trams clears up Cancom closure rumours
Apple reseller's new owner to gun for growth by focusing on Cancom's B2B success
Cancom confirms "temporary" store closures
Apple Premium Reseller has closed its remaining retail outlets several days after rival's takeover
VARs urged to act on "margin-eroding" cloud price cuts
Microsoft, Google and Amazon Web Services have all cut the price of their cloud services, but at what cost to the channel?
BSA nabs unlicensed building firm
Anti-piracy body to receive £10,000 from Blackpool-based building firm
Bridging the 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
C2000 bags UK-wide deal with Acronis
Disaster recovery vendor forges closer ties with Tech Data following end of CMS Peripherals partnership
Crash-free clouds at least five years away, claims vendor
Disaster recovery software specialist VirtualSharp talks up cloud channel opportunity
Citrix heralds SMB push with new partner programme
Vendor giant pushes partners to take advantage of SMB demand for virtualisation
Kelway prescribes RES to soothe NHS Trust's login woes
VAR forges closer ties with Aintree NHS Foundation Trust through desktop management software rollout
Microsoft talks up cloud sales training
Software giant rolls out sales training courses to help partners bag cloud deals
CA shines a light on mainframe skills shortage
Software giant claims more needs to be done to counter the mainframe talent shortage
NetApp announces new EMEA boss
Storage vendor promotes Manfred Reitner to senior vice president for EMEA with immediate effect
HDS rolls out zero-per-cent financing scheme
Storage vendor introduces leasing initiative to ease financial burden of IT upgrades
Iomega debuts NAS channel sales sweeteners
EMC-owned vendor rolls out deal registration and rebate incentives to drive up NAS SMB sales
Storage Fusion tools up for partner push
Avisen-owned ISV rolls out new storage analytics product and hints at soon-to-be-announced distributor and reseller signings
Second Sony Centre owner calls in administrators
Future of 16 Sony Centre stores hangs in the balance as owners placed in administration
SMB VARs weigh up new Microsoft partner badge
Software giant's partners cautiously welcome new SMB competency
Logicalis toasts Welsh shared services success
Integrator claims that 90 per cent of Welsh public sector firms are using its shared WAN service
RES debuts cloud-based training hub for partners
Workspace management vendor claims new resource will make tackling desktop transformations easier for partners
Mimecast picks up Webroot partners
Email archiving vendor announces partnerships with several of its beleaguered rival's VARs
Cornish VAR defends Microsoft over licence-profiteering claims
NCI Technologies hits out at "Microsoft haters" for claiming its volume licensing pricing shift is a money-making exercise
MTI bags Miradore deal
Storage systems integrator announces partnership with cloud-based device management specialist
Canalys: Vendor giants on course for growth
Market watcher tips technology giants to buck the economic trend, thanks to growing demand for cloud and tablets
Sonian quashes UK exit rumours
New owner of Webroot's email archiving business stresses UK commitment despite rumours of staff departures and office closures
HP helps partners bridge the IT skills gap
Hardware giant partners up with education establishments and outlines plans to help skill up 20,000 people across the industry
Veeam eyes closer ties with Microsoft
Virtualisation specialist banks on new product to help forge ties with Microsoft LARs
Hillingdon Council claims Google first
West London council leans on VAR Cloudreach to oversee rollout of Google Apps for Business
BSA calls for worldwide overhaul of data protection laws
Anti-piracy body claims country-by-country differences in data protection laws could hamper cloud growth
Flash in the pan?
The Thai floods have sent sales of solid state disk drives soaring. Caroline Donnelly finds out how sustainable this success could be in the long term
Apprentice winner prepares to sue Lord Sugar - report
Stella English, 2010 winner of the popular BBC reality show, to sue Amstrad tycoon for constructive dismissal, claim reports
Google Apps reseller gives channel Cloudreach
London-based Google partner wants to help rival VARs get ahead in the cloud
Hammer gives Dutch courage to Euro expansion plans
Storage distributor unveils Netherlands outpost for Dutch partners
Microsoft VARs irate at "knee-jerk" licensing price shift
Software giants plans could speed up UK business failure and piracy rates, warn onlookers
Welsh council in datacentre funding probe
Torfaen County Borough Council asked to cover £400,000 funding black hole at local datacentre facility
Apple orders probe into Foxconn staff conditions
PC giant asks workers' rights group to inspect working conditions at Chinese production facilities
What is the biggest threat to your business this year?
ChannelWeb asked readers to cast their vote on their biggest business fears will be in 2012
Government calls for calm in anti-piracy shake-up
Intellectual Property Office hits back at claims the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement would cause internet censorship
French APRs plot anti-Apple public demo
Disgruntled Apple partners plan to storm French capital, as eBizcuss' row with vendor heats up
Centrix signs up SCC
Application monitoring software vendor claims systems integrator is the first of many it plans to sign up
Veeam debuts invite-only top partner tier
Virtual data management and protection vendor overhauls channel programme and lowers deal registration threshold
CA launches green IT push with Devoteam
Software vendor signs first EMEA go-to-market partner for its PC power management product, ecoDesktopq
Do you agree with the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act?
ChannelWeb asked readers to cast their vote on the US government's anti-piracy plans
Microsoft hits out at Google's privacy proposals
Software giant urges users concerned by Google's privacy policy changes to take another look at its products
Dot Hill rolls out partner programme improvements
SAN vendor debuts new channel programme