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HP promises 'significant changes' across portfolio as it looks to cut plastic usage
'We know the vision needs to be bigger', HP's chief sustainability officer says as HP outlines goal of eliminating 75 per cent of single-use plastic packaging by 2025
Unified comms VAR gunning for £100m revenues after latest acquisition
Babble makes fourth acquisition since LDC-backed MBO in 2017
'It's the right time to move on': Maintel sales boss on his departure
Stuart Legg announces he is moving on from Avaya partner after nearly 10 years
Zoom In: '91% of our staff are happy WFH for at least three months' - CEO of £20m-revenue MSP
Fresh from posting 53 per cent revenue uplift, SysGroup CEO Adam Binks says his firm will follow in Twitter's footsteps by giving staff the option of remote working - even in the longer term
'You could not have found a sweeter fit': Q Associates boss on first ever acquisition
Acquisition of Apex Group will expand Q's Microsoft Azure offering, David Cue tells CRN
Roc gathers no moss with fresh management influx
New MD, chairman and CFO for Newbury-based outfit
SysGroup claims growth surge validates buy-and-build blueprint
Liverpool-headquartered MSP sees revenues surge 53 per cent to £19.5m
Government signs UKCloud as multi-cloud alternative to Azure and Google Cloud
The UK government has put UKCloud on an equal footing with the US hyperscalers after agreeing preferential terms with the homegrown cloud provider.
We've got ten years to tackle sustainability, former rugby ace Gomarsall tells channel
In his new career, Andy Gomarsall is breeding bugs to extract precious metals from printed circuit boards. He and his father, Jack, gave CRN a no-holds-barred tour of their firm, N2S
Cisco issues warcry to counterfeit traders after Gen-X duo banned
Having agreed seven-figure settlement with Cisco in 2018, Alan Gould and Kelley Stewart receive 12-year ban from Insolvency Service
'Roll on Silicon Apple': Channel reacts as Apple dumps Intel
'When you look at the success of Apple Silicon in iPhone and iPad, this can only be good news for Mac,' says Roger Whittle, CEO of Jigsaw24
HPE reveals 700 partners now actively selling GreenLake - but warns consumption shift a 'heavy lift'
“I’m getting a lot of feedback that this is a considerable change for many of our established partners,” channel boss Paul Hunter says ahead of HPE's Partner Growth Summit
'Revolutionary' storage start-up taps HPE channel as it emerges from stealth
Nebulon to sell 100 per cent through HPE and other server vendors as it emerges from stealth mode
Print volumes to decline by 'seven football fields per minute' in 2020
COVID-19 will see 400 billion fewer pages printed from office and home devices this year, IDC predicts
New UKFast CEO hails 'multiple opportunities' for British cloud hoster
Rentalcars.com CEO Ian Brown takes the reins following departure of Lawrence and Gail Jones
Are we heading for a cybersecurity pandemic?
How do industry leaders see the threat landscape developing post-COVID?
Cloud security spending to rocket by a third in 2020 - Gartner
But analyst has slashed growth forecast for wider security market
HPE CEO tests positive for COVID-19
Antonio Neri says he already feels 'much better' after contracting virus
Meet the Specialists: 'The network will become the primary technology asset of most organisations'
COVID-19 has redefined the network, Logicalis’ Chris Gabriel tells CRN
Win recognition for your firm's commitment to diversity
It’s now even easier to enter the three company-wide categories within Women in Channel Awards
11 reseller bosses on the tech they are backing to help clients return to work
From installing social distancing apps and non-touch print technology, to rightsizing licensing, resellers and MSPs are busy helping their clients as they attempt a safe office return. Bosses from Insight, XMA, Jigsaw24, Phoenix Software, SBL, DTP, Total...
Going from strength to strength? Mirus founder sets up 20,000 sqft gym
Paul Tomlinson to 'look after fitness needs of people of Milton Keynes' after leaving Mirus
'We're gambling that the shift to online sales will become permanent': Buy IT Direct CEO sets £500m revenue goal
E-tailer hires former Mothercare COO Keith Basnett to help scale the Huddersfield-based firm
Meet the Specialists: 'Managed print resellers need to adapt, or they won't survive'
Although lockdown has hit the managed print sector hard, the post-COVID order will herald rich opportunities for those who reinvent themselves, ASL director Nigel Allen tells CRN
Three incendiary questions that will stir up Women in Channel debate
Although it’s vital to celebrate female talent, COVID-19 has injected new controversy into the Women in Channel debate. Hear the views of four CRN Women in Channel judges...
Meet the Specialists: COVID-19 special
How the pandemic is impacting VARs in seven specialist markets
Avanade claims GitHub first
Global SI first to snare top badge for development platform now owned by Microsoft
VMware puts security first with Lastline acquisition
Move to buy anti-malware vendor hailed as important step forward for VMware's 'Intrinsic Security' vision
From Softcat to Exertis: Top nine name changes in the UK channel
Following SBL’s decision to rebrand as boxxe, here we count down nine times identity overhauls have worked in the favour of firms in our industry…
Kinly grabs AVMI to form 'top three' global video collaboration powerhouse
Union between Dutch and UK outfits 'always looked like an excellent' idea, according to AVMI CEO Edward Cook
Phil Doye unveils new name for SBL
Switch to new identity coincides with push into corporate market for MoD specialist
Smartphone market just suffered its worst quarter ever
Huawei and Samsung hit hard as unit shipments nosedive 20 per cent, according to Gartner
'Some market forces are being accentuated': WWT's former Europe boss on launching a channel partner during a pandemic
Ben Boswell says opportunity around DevOps start-ups GitLab and HashiCorp is rocketing as he returns to the market with D|OPS Digital
CRN Women in Channel 2020 nominations unveiled
Record number of nominations received for third annual Women in Channel awards
CRN DeskFlix: How channel leaders are adapting their culture for lockdown and social distancing
As part of our DeskFlix Remote Working summit, we asked top industry bosses - including Softcat's Graeme Watt - about how they are recreating their company culture from a WFH environment..
CRN DeskFlix: What the remote working revolution means to me? Six channel leaders share their insights
Bosses including Forrester's Jay McBain and Dell's Cheryl Cook discuss what the new normal will mean for the channel
Glimpse the channel's future - from your desktop...
Bosses from Softcat, CCS Media, Block, Logicalis and Bytes are coming together tomorrow to discuss the channel's future in a 'remote-first' world
From thermal imaging to work readiness assessments: Five ways the channel can help with a workplace return
Discussion on Linked In is now being dominated by safe return to work. CRN rounds up five thought-provoking posts from organisations that claim to offer part of the answer
Is this the UK's fastest-growing reseller?
Wakefield-based Dell partner on hunt for more staff as it sextuples revenues to £42m
'Cloud will grow massively': CRN Rising Stars on COVID's legacy for our industry
Top industry firms reflect on how pandemic will change everything from how technology is delivered to global supply chains
IT asset management is 'moving out of the shadows', claims newly formed body
ITAM will be critical in helping firms cut costs during recession, according to new trade body launched today