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Sam Trendall

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Sam Trendall is content editor of Channelnomics Europe. He is responsible for overseeing all content and overall editorial strategy, as well as contributing news, analysis, opinion pieces, research, and multimedia content. He joined sister publication CRN UK as a reporter in January 2008.

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Articles by Sam Trendall

  • Legal
Europol in online counterfeit crackdown

EU law enforcement agency fronts sting against 999 sites allegedly illegally punting technology and other goods

  • 01 December 2015
  • Vendor
Citrix tells GoTo arm where to go

Vendor also planning to cut 1,000 roles as it seeks to save $200m in costs

  • 19 November 2015
  • Reseller
Services surge gives Q Associates bottom-line boost

Infrastructure and services VAR reports positive FY15 results

  • 12 November 2015
  • Business Software
Crayon boss predicts Microsoft LSP 'bloodshed'

Incentive changes will mean 'no more than a handful' of LSPs will survive in current form, Torgrim Takle tells CRN sister publication Channelnomics Europe

  • 22 October 2015
  • Tablets
UK partners face wait for Microsoft Surface Book

Vendor's laptop will not hit Europe until 2016, with go-to-market plans still undecided

  • 07 October 2015
  • Vendor
The medium is not the message - technology's difficult relationship with teaching

CRN content editor Sam Trendall argues that the IT sector needs to recast the role that technology plays in the classroom

  • 06 October 2015
  • Tablets
UK leads world in tablet adoption

Country has highest percentage of web users

  • 17 September 2015
  • Hardware
HP and Dell to resell Microsoft Surface

Microsoft adds vendor duo to its growing roster of Surface resellers amid commercial push

  • 10 September 2015
  • Reseller
Pushing Daisy

The new leader of the IT channel's next billion-pound business talks Sam Trendall through his plans

  • 07 September 2015
  • Vendor
Imperfect 10: What's behind Windows 10's slow start?

Context figures show just 150 machines pre-installed with Windows 10 were sold through European disties in its first week

  • 24 August 2015
  • Distributor
Hammer bang on as revenues rise

UK sales up 10.8 per cent to £79m as total sales reach £133m

  • 17 August 2015
  • Distributor
EMEA is star performer for Avnet in FY15

Top and bottom line on the up despite currency headwinds

  • 06 August 2015
  • Legal
Oracle and Rimini Street trade blows as trial date looms

Jury to hear vendor giant's claim against independent support provider in September

  • 09 July 2015
  • Vendor
Hire education

Channel onlookers tell Sam Trendall why the IT industry's recruitment processes are changing

  • 07 July 2015
  • Vendor
Microsoft accused of threatening UK MPs with R&D closures

Vendor says it has 'nothing to share' after former government adviser makes allegations

  • 22 May 2015
  • Vendor
Chambers to retire as Robbins picked as new Cisco boss

Operations chief Chuck Robbins will assume top job in July

  • 05 May 2015
  • Vendor
AMD boss blurts out Windows 10 release date

Lisa Su lets release details slip during results conference call

  • 22 April 2015
  • Distributor
Westcon and Logicalis on song for Datatec

South African IT group cheers "robust recovery" at distie arm Westcon and "comparative improvement" at integrator arm Logicalis

  • 20 March 2015
  • Reseller
ANS Group open to transformational acquisition

CEO reveals £50m-turnover VAR could look to buy a similar-sized company

  • 26 February 2015
  • Special Reports
Special report: is professional services the missing link?

We ask if moving into consultancy and other services could be the last stage of the channel's evolution

  • 23 February 2015
  • Vendor
Friends or foes?

Channelnomics Europe, CRN's sister title, has asked hundreds of resellers across the region if they feel their US vendor partners are doing enough for them. Sam Trendall reports

  • 20 February 2015
  • Distributor
Ambitious Exclusive Networks hunts for new investor

Distributor looking to take on new funding to achieve €1bn revenue goal

  • 11 February 2015
  • Reseller
Law firm Kennedys picks ANS for IT transformation

Legal player tasks Cisco and NetApp partner with overhauling infrastructure and providing ongoing support

  • 10 February 2015
  • Business Software
Tech firms commanding 'ludicrous' premiums

The average valuation of SaaS firms in 2014 stood at over 30 times EBITDA, research claims

  • 10 February 2015
  • Reseller
Slimline RM enjoys margin boost

Schools IT outfit boosts profits despite greatly reduced revenue

  • 02 February 2015
  • Reseller
Daisy founder Riley to lead Damovo Europe M&A spree

Investment firm Oakley Capital teams up with Matt Riley to acquire integrator's European businesses

  • 02 February 2015
  • Services and Outsourcing
Outsourcery chief Linney tells Dragons' Den: 'I'm out'

Boss of cloud firm to depart TV show after two years

  • 30 January 2015
  • Research
Healing hardware - how 2014 saw the rebound of the channel's key market, part two

In part two of our feature, we examine how the troubled PC market bounced back

  • 24 December 2014
  • Research
Healing hardware - how 2014 saw the rebound of the channel's key market, part one

In the first installment, we look at well the EMEA server market did in 2014

  • 23 December 2014
  • Vendor
Collapsing currency sees Apple shutter Russian web store

Volatility of rouble sees vendor halt sales while it reviews pricing

  • 18 December 2014
  • Research
UK public sector shunning offshore IT

Outsourcing market gets big boost from the public sector this year, market watcher reports

  • 17 December 2014
  • Distributor
Avnet to jump back on M&A bandwagon after one-year hiatus

Distributor says it is ready to acquire again in Europe after taking break to digest Magirus

  • 15 December 2014
  • Reseller
New Daisy CEO Muller points to IT and comms convergence

Neil Muller discusses what attracted him to his upcoming post, and how he intends to make Daisy 'the clear market leader' in the SMB and mid-market space

  • 12 December 2014
  • Reseller
Systemax CEO sends staff 'motivational' song

Spoof of pop song All About That Bass tells staff "two hours of talk will result in improved KPIs"

  • 24 November 2014
  • Reseller
Top VARs 2014 - one-on-one with Neil Muller, Computacenter

The UK boss of our number-one VAR talks us through a strong year, and why 'playing nicely' will be key in 2015 and beyond

  • 17 November 2014
  • Reseller
CRN Top VARs 2014

Find out the identity of the UK's 100 biggest resellers and lots more besides in our annual report

  • 17 November 2014
  • Reseller
CRN Top VARs 2014 - tier-two players drive stellar year

Resellers just outside the leading pack show big growth as top 100 increases sales by double digits

  • 13 November 2014
  • Reseller
CRN Top VARs 2014 - Sheffield reseller Millgate shows its steel

Another peek behind the curtains of our annual research sees reseller soar up the rankings after stellar 2014

  • 12 November 2014
  • Reseller
CRN Top VARs 2014 - US giants flatlining in UK

A sneak peek into the findings of our annual research into the UK's top 100 resellers shows Insight and Misco had a tough year

  • 11 November 2014
  • Public Sector
CRN on Education

Leading channel figures report on market trends at our recent event focused on the education market

  • 10 November 2014
  • Distributor
Lee Driscoll pops up at Zycko

Pan-European distie appoints ex-Azlan, SDG, and CCD man as sales boss

  • 21 October 2014
  • Reseller
World Cup puts $50m hole in Logicalis H1 numbers

Brazilian business suffers major setback, while product revenues in Europe also take a hit

  • 15 October 2014
  • Distributor
Ingram enjoys UK sales and profit boost in 2013

Distribution giant claims improved business mix and management overhaul is paying dividends

  • 13 October 2014
  • Reseller
Trustmarque 2013 numbers show top- and bottom-line declines

Restated prior-year accounts take £2m hit after revenue-recognition changes

  • 10 October 2014
  • Vendor
A winning formula

Exploring how the channel has emerged victorious - but why the price of fruit in Amsterdam could wreck it all

  • 06 October 2014
  • Vendor
HP channel boss preps assault on 'crumbling' Cisco bastions

Worldwide channel chief believes HP can make big gains in Cisco-dominated networking and converged systems markets

  • 03 October 2014
  • Reseller
IPO more likely than private equity for skateboarding Softcat

Chairman explains why VAR will shun private equity, where it will expand next, and what makes the firm 'an annoyance'

  • 02 October 2014
  • Vendor
Aggressive Lenovo targets HP and Dell VARs for server push

Chinese titan's EMEA channel boss talks us through big plans for newly expanded datacentre business

  • 01 October 2014
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