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The Secret Reseller on…. IT solution providers on TV
IT reseller boss known only as ‘Dave the Dealer’ offers his inside take on the industry
How sustainable is the UK channel? My 3 key takeaways
Doug Woodburn reflects on first month of CRN Tech Impact Campaign and Awards
How this IoT project is helping the Scottish Highlands cut its carbon emissions
North tasked with transforming care homes, leisure centres and council offices across Highland Council into smart buildings
HP claims UK partners embracing Amplify Impact programme
Some 160 UK partner attendees from across UK&I channel joined kick-off call on HP's sustainable partner scheme yesterday, channel boss Neil Sawyer tells CRN
10 eye-catching statements from Synnex and Tech Data CEOs on their $7.2bn merger
Rich Hume and Dennis Polk open up on rationale behind deal that will create world's largest distributor
Tech Data and Synnex topple Ingram with $7.2bn merger
Combined company will boast pro-forma revenues of $57bn
Giant Microsoft partner unveils new identity
GCI the latest UK MSP to announce a new name
Performanta deal proves private equities can't get enough of MSPs and MSSPs in 2021
Beech Tree Private Equity invests in Berkshire-based MSSP Performanta
'A strong move from Google' - partners praise decision to reveal cloud emissions data
'Being able to choose your data centres based on how free they are of fossil fuels is an amazing new step,' Chris Bunch, COO of Google Cloud partner CTS tells CRN
From SLAs to DLAs - will 'decarbonisation level agreements' catch on?
Atos hopes to generate €500m in net new revenues from DLAs and its wider Net Zero Transformation practice by 2025, its head of decarbonisation Nourdine Bihmane tells CRN
Pure Technology Group targets 40 per cent female staff
Leeds-based reseller aims for gender parity longer term as it pursues more gender-balanced workforce
Data Solutions aiming to be first carbon-neutral distributor
Distributor urges channel to 'lead from the front' on sustainability as it sets target of becoming carbon-neutral by 2022
Meet the Dell partner that's grown from £7m to £100m revenues in two years
Solutionize Global confident it will break £100m barrier in its current year, CEO David Bentley tells CRN
CMS Distribution acquires German VAD as it targets multinational rivals
A fifth of newly acquired sysob business is generated by services, CMS' chief business officer Huw Jones tells CPI
Sustainable mini-PC vendor in UK reseller push
Swiss manufacturer launches new partner programme
Female tech provider bosses tell all...
Rounding up the top themes that emerged from our interviews with 25 female-run channel partners
25 female-run channel partners
Female tech provider bosses including Avanade’s Pam Maynard, Ideal’s Claire Hopkins and European Electronique’s Yolanta Gill tell us about their career journeys and what they really think about diversity in the channel
Elaine Maddison
CEO, Brightsolid
Helen Hall
Managing director, AVR International
Yolanta Gill
CEO and co-owner, European Electronique
Anna Assassa
Founder and CEO, Tisski
Karen Bolton
CEO, Nettitude
Edel Creely
Managing director, Arkphire Services
Pam Maynard
CEO, Avanade
Melissa Rambridge
CEO, Sweethaven Ltd
Claire Hopkins
Founding director, Ideal Group
Samantha Mudd
Managing director, Phoenix Software
Lorrin White
CEO, Bamboo Technloogy
Victoria Critchley
CEO, Bam Boom Cloud
Stefni Oliver
Chief executive, Daisy Corporate Services
Donna Taylor
Managing director, IT Bus
Emma de Sousa
EMEA president, Insight
Jeanette Forbes, OBE
CEO, PCL Group
Sherry Vaswani
Founder and group chief executive, Xalient
Margaret Totten
Managing director, Akari Solutions
Thai Lee
President, CEO and co-founder, SHI International
Christine Leahy
President and CEO, CDW
Alexa Greaves
CEO, AAG IT Services
Lisa Thornton
CEO, Lima Networks
Channel has been 'slow' on sustainability, says expert who has rated over 1,000 firms
But industry has “responded well” since Covid struck, with action now snowballing, Supporting the Goals founder Colin Curtis tells CRN
How the UK's top-performing resellers and MSPs have transformed during pandemic...
Doug Woodburn rounds up the key takeaways from CRN Rising Stars 2021
CMS Distribution acquires €30m-revenue German distributor
Anglo-Irish distributor now has a direct presence in eight countries following acquisition of Bavarian sysob
Five reseller and MSP projects that epitomise the post-Covid world
From remote jury technology, to AI chatbots, here we round up some of the new-style projects MSPs and resellers have won during the last 11 months
Meet the UK channel's fastest-growing, most profitable firms
CRN Rising Stars 2021 profiles seven MSP, resellers and consultancies that are outperforming the market on revenue growth and profits
Vendors could start assessing partners based on their sustainability credentials, channel warned
"I think it will get to the stage where partners will probably be assessed on whether they are conforming to the social principles some of the vendors are pushing. We're not there yet, but I think it's coming," says channel veteran Phil Clark
