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Top VARs Q&A: Neil Murphy, Bytes Technology Group
MD Neil Murphy assesses the most recent financial year of Bytes Software Services and the wider Bytes Technology Group
Rise of the global 'super VAR'
With a quarter of the firms included in Top VARs 2019 were headquartered outside the UK, the business of reselling and servicing IT is becoming more global in nature
Top VARs Q&A: Peter Robbins, Probrand
MD of 89th-ranked Top VAR reflects on its ‘challenging and expensive’ digital transformation
Top VARs Q&A: Yolanta Gill, European Electronique
80th-ranked Top VARs’ MD on how it has coped with slowdown in its core schools market
Irish tech suppliers merge to create €150m-revenue powerhouse
Arkphire and Trilogy claim union is “first major move” towards consolidation of Irish managed services space
CRN A-Listers as kids
We asked some of the UK’s most recognisable vendor, reseller and distie bosses to send us pictures of their younger selves. How many can you identify?
Computacenter's Neil Hall: It feels like a good time to be running the UK's largest reseller
In a rare in-depth interview, Computacenter’s UK MD chats to CRN about topping Top VARs 2019, giving staff at rival resellers a chance to "play on the bigger stage", and why he never looks more than two years ahead
Top 100 UK resellers grow revenue 13.2 per cent to £17.4bn
Top VARs 2019 shows double digit growth and slight improvement in profit margins for 100 firms featured
European Electronique lands £15m of higher-education business
Oxfordshire-based HPE Platinum partner snares deals with succession of universities including University of Edinburgh, UCL and University of Newcastle
Five key talking points as Softcat's full-year growth accelerates
Marlow-based reseller's full-year revenues fall short of £1bn mark but gross invoiced income - revenue in old money - swells by 31 per cent to £1.41bn
Phil Doye on his industry return, Mopane worm farming and the 'worrying complacency' of his competitors
Kelway founder unveils his growth plans for SBL following three years out investing in fields such as fintech, sharing economy, healthtech and consumer apps
Tech Data's shares spike on rumoured $5bn takeover approach
Apollo Global wants to buy global distributor after talks with Ingram came to nothing, according to Reuters report
Doye: If Kelway had been sold today it would comfortably have been worth in excess of £1bn
Phil Doye tells CRN he is not convinced "golden" period resellers are enjoying will last indefinitely, as he outlines growth plans for SBL
VAR helps 'iconic' Science Museum embrace hybrid cloud
Eurotech Computer Services rolls out Nutanix solution for Science Museum Group
Tech sector now driving nearly one in every four UK private equity deals
Sophos deal propels UK PE-backed M&A activity to record levels
Cancom gobbles £50m-revenue UK MSP
Acquisitive German reseller buys Novosco for around £70m
From DevOps to SOC-building and automation: MSP bosses on how they are reshaping their businesses for 2020
We caught up with a selection of reseller and MSP CEOs that attended yesterday's Channel Conference MSP to find out where they are placing their bets for next year and beyond
'Their channel is a bunfight for crumbs': Top 30 comments from the 2019 CRN Vendor Report
With the 2019 Vendor Report now published, we recap on some of the best comments - good, bad and ugly - from respondents
CRN Vendor Report 2019: The scores are in
Over the last five months, you have been rating your top five vendors across four core services categories. Here is a glimpse at the top-line findings
Gomarsall: We are at the start of the era of re-usability
Former England rugby star says tech industry is 'only scratching the surface' when it comes to sustainability and green IT
Sell customers cybersecurity stories, not fact sheets and PDFs, MSPs urged
Telling the stories behind recent data breaches such as those at BA and Pathe is the best ways to hook in customers, cybersecurity blogger Graham Cluley tells CRN Channel Conference MSP
ANS bosses on what they wished they'd known before they began cloud reinvention
ANS CEO and CTO admit they 'massively underestimated' impact turning off hardware business would have on staff culture and working capital
WATCH: 'AI is a millions of pennies business model' for the channel
Opportunity for channel partners is 'incredibly rich', IBM Watson partner chief claims
Six reasons why you need to attend CRN Channel Conference MSP
Tomorrow's Channel Conference MSP will provide all the answers for MSPs looking to get their business in shape for the 2020s.
Reseller bosses to spill secrets on how to attract and retain top talent
Top execs from Softcat, Chess, ANS and Natilik to discuss what MSPs and resellers can do to stand out in the war for talent
'I'm looking forward to asking him who will win the World Cup'
Ultima CEO Scott Dodds will sit down with former England scrum-half Andy Gomarsall at CRN's MSP London conference next week
Women in Tech Festival UK in pictures...
Yesterday's event brought together women and men from the channel and end-user tech community. View the highlights here
Playing rugby for England made me a great negotiator
Former England rugby scrum-half Andy Gomarsall - who is now a director at IT lifecycle management outfit N2S - will be reflecting on the parallels between sport and business at CRN's upcoming MSP London conference.
Industry cheers Computing A-level uptick
Proportion of girls taking Computing has doubled over last five years, with the number of girls and boys taking STEM subjects also on the rise
Last chance to rain fury or praise on your vendors...
The 2019 Vendor Report is about to close. Don't miss your chance of bagging a free Exec Summary by being among the respondents
Rich product pickings propel SCC to record year
Birmingham-based IT group hints at further 'targeted acquisitions' as it unveils record full-year revenues of £2.2bn
Private equities are hot for MSPs right now - here's why
The allure of managed services providers extends beyond recurring revenues, according to CRN editor Doug Woodburn
Exclusive: Ultima Business Solutions sells majority stake to private equity house
CEO Scott Dodds says deal with Apse Capital - which sees founder Max McNeill become a significant minority shareholder - will spark internal investment and potential acquisitions
Apple's wearables arm now bigger than most Fortune 500 companies
iPad and Mac updates help Apple return to growth in its fiscal Q3
Five pro-AV specialists on the technologies they are tipping for take-off
Which audiovisual technologies will take the UK market by storm over the next 12 to 18 months? We asked five specialist audiovisual integrators for their opinion
CRN Women in Channel Awards shortlist unveiled
Finalists announced ahead of big night on 17 October
My CRN Women in Channel shortlisting experience
Doug Woodburn lifts the lid on the initial judging phase for the 2019 CRN Women in Channel Awards
Quiz: Can you identify the vendor from these glowing partner testimonials?
Resellers have been heaping praise on the vendor in our 2019 Vendor Report. But can you match these eight comments to the vendor in question?
UK's top 15 audiovisual integrators break £400m revenue barrier
Latest report from CRN Essential looks at the key trends affecting the audiovisual channel
2019 Audiovisual Integrator Report
A rundown of the UK's top 15 audiovisual resellers and trends impacting their business
Channel Chief of the Year: Who are you backing?
Pure Storage's Gary Matson, HP's Neil Sawyer and Dell's Rob Tomlin in three-way tussle for CRN Channel Awards' only people's choice category
2019 Vendor Report relaunched following glitch
Are your vendors behaving themselves?
Arrow plans to close PC asset disposition business, including in the UK
Business dynamics have changed since Arrow entered the PC and mobility asset disposition market, CEO Michael Long says as he also announced Q2 results will fall short of expectations