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Josh Budd

Josh Budd is editor of Channel Partner Insight.  He joined Incisive Media in 2016 and was previously the content editor of Channelnomics Europe. Before joining Incisive Media, he completed an NCTJ in Multimedia Journalism at News Associates and a Master's degree in English Literature at University College London.

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Five resellers secure places on £150m Welsh IT framework
  • Reseller
Five resellers secure places on £150m Welsh IT framework

Contract covers IT hardware to larger customer organisations

  • 15 January 2021
Eight resellers win spots on £5bn IT framework with East Midlands police
  • Reseller
Eight resellers win spots on £5bn IT framework with East Midlands police

Four-year contract includes wide range of hardware, software, services and support to police force

  • 14 January 2021
Mimecast certificate compromised by 'sophisticated' threat actor
  • Vendor
Mimecast certificate compromised by 'sophisticated' threat actor

Attack targeted Microsoft 365 Exchange Web Services through Mimecast-issued certificate

  • 13 January 2021
Sapphire Systems expands US footprint with Pioneer B1 buyout
  • Reseller
Sapphire Systems expands US footprint with Pioneer B1 buyout

Deal marks second in five days for London-based Sapphire Systems

  • 12 January 2021
Managed print firm DMC acquires Ricoh reseller Artel
  • Reseller
Managed print firm DMC acquires Ricoh reseller Artel

Deal marks seventh acquisition for managed print specialist

  • 12 January 2021
'PCs are here to stay' - All the key info as PC market hits highest growth figures in a decade
  • Reseller
'PCs are here to stay' - All the key info as PC market hits highest growth figures in a decade

Analysts praise commitment of channel and PC industry during COVID pandemic

  • 11 January 2021
Babble CEO: 'I expect us to do 10 acquisitions this year'
  • Reseller
Babble CEO: 'I expect us to do 10 acquisitions this year'

CEO of unified comms VAR opens up on hitting £100m, redesigning a new corporate office for post-COVID business and private equity interest in his space

  • 08 January 2021
Daisy spin off Digital Wholesale Solutions confirms private equity sale
  • Distributor
Daisy spin off Digital Wholesale Solutions confirms private equity sale

Minority investment from Inflexion marks ‘final step’ in demerging DWS from Daisy Group

  • 07 January 2021
OUR TAKE: 5 key issues facing UK channel bosses in 2021
  • Reseller
OUR TAKE: 5 key issues facing UK channel bosses in 2021

CRN editor Josh Budd unpicks the big decisions resellers will have to make in 2021

  • 06 January 2021
Former UKFast boss charged with rape and sexual assault
  • Reseller
Former UKFast boss charged with rape and sexual assault

Tech entrepreneur due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on 26 January

  • 05 January 2021
Manchester VAR BCN Group acquires Xicon Cloud as M&A spree continues
  • Reseller
Manchester VAR BCN Group acquires Xicon Cloud as M&A spree continues

Fast-growing firm makes third acquisition in 18 months

  • 05 January 2021
Daisy spin off Digital Wholesale Solutions to sell stake to UKFast investor Inflexion - report
  • Reseller
Daisy spin off Digital Wholesale Solutions to sell stake to UKFast investor Inflexion - report

Daisy spin-off valued at more than £1bn in rumoured deal with private equity firm

  • 04 January 2021
20 quotes that tell the channel's story in 2020
  • Reseller
20 quotes that tell the channel's story in 2020

CRN sister title Channel Partner Insight rounds up the soundbites that best summarise the IT channel's year

  • 29 December 2020
Arrow given pan-European deal for Broadcom's Symantec business
  • Distributor
Arrow given pan-European deal for Broadcom's Symantec business

Distributor becomes first commercial aggregator for Symantec Enterprise across Benelux, DACH, France, Iberia, Italy, Nordics, the UK and Ireland

  • 10 December 2020
Cato Networks CEO on 'aggressive' European expansion
  • Networks
Cato Networks CEO on 'aggressive' European expansion

SASE vendor claims its valuation now exceeds $1bn in largest funding round to date

  • 23 November 2020
MSP Arkphire acquired by $3bn-revenue US giant
  • Finance and M&A
MSP Arkphire acquired by $3bn-revenue US giant

$3bn-revenue Presidio claims deal will fuel business expansion into Europe and APAC

  • 19 November 2020
ScanSource flogs European operation for $30m
  • Distributor
ScanSource flogs European operation for $30m

European president Maurice van Rijn opens up on split from ScanSource’s North America business

  • 17 November 2020
Cisco CEO remains upbeat despite double digit drop in product revenues in Q1
  • Vendor
Cisco CEO remains upbeat despite double digit drop in product revenues in Q1

Chuck Robbins says he ‘isn’t too concerned’ about sales decline, claiming Cisco has a ‘robust pipeline’ with large on-prem infrastructure spending making a comeback

  • 13 November 2020
SoftwareONE acquires full stake in Latin America MSP
  • Finance and M&A
SoftwareONE acquires full stake in Latin America MSP

Licencing giant buys up remaining shares in Columbian firm after grabbing 60 per cent stake in 2019

  • 10 November 2020
Ericsson closes $1.1bn Cradlepoint acquisition
  • Vendor
Ericsson closes $1.1bn Cradlepoint acquisition

Telco giant claims acquisition will help it grab market share in 5G enterprise space

  • 02 November 2020
Amazon, Microsoft and Google benefit as cloud spending surges - Canalys
  • Research
Amazon, Microsoft and Google benefit as cloud spending surges - Canalys

Canalys claims the top four providers collectively grew by 40 per cent during Q3

  • 02 November 2020
Sopra Steria hit by cyberattack
  • Security
Sopra Steria hit by cyberattack

Reports claim IT services firm has been infected with Ryuk ransomware

  • 23 October 2020
Datto opens up on impending IPO
  • Finance and M&A
Datto opens up on impending IPO

MSP vendor reveals that PE backer will retain controlling stake following IPO and will have major input over its future

  • 15 October 2020
The best quotes from CEOs of Computacenter, Insight, SCC and more at Canalys Channel Forum
  • Reseller
The best quotes from CEOs of Computacenter, Insight, SCC and more at Canalys Channel Forum

We highlight the most controversial statements, honest opinions and bold predictions from this years' Canalys Channels Forum event

  • 13 October 2020
'This will be the European channel's most profitable year ever' - Canalys CEO
  • Research
'This will be the European channel's most profitable year ever' - Canalys CEO

Big resellers have prospered during pandemic, claims Steve Brazier, who uses Canalys Channels Forum keynote to tell partners that business next year will be even better

  • 09 October 2020
IBM to spin off infrastructure services arm into new public firm
  • Infrastructure
IBM to spin off infrastructure services arm into new public firm

Big Blue’s infrastructure services business will become public company

  • 08 October 2020
Exclusive Networks' new on-demand platform 'takes risk away' for resellers, CEO says
  • Security
Exclusive Networks' new on-demand platform 'takes risk away' for resellers, CEO says

Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint and Google Chronicle are first vendors on the distributors’ new everything-as-a-service platform

  • 07 October 2020
Datto looks to go public with NYSE IPO
  • Vendor
Datto looks to go public with NYSE IPO

Vendor claims IPO will increase its financial flexibility and repay outstanding long-term debts

  • 01 October 2020
Google Cloud poaches top execs from Microsoft, Salesforce and SAP
  • People
Google Cloud poaches top execs from Microsoft, Salesforce and SAP

Vendor giant appoints new regional directors across UK and Ireland, Southern Europe, Nordics and DACH regions

  • 18 September 2020
SoftwareONE CEO hints at further acquisitions as Comparex integration continues
  • Reseller
SoftwareONE CEO hints at further acquisitions as Comparex integration continues

Dieter Schlosser says entire Comparex business has been migrated to SoftwareONE’s ERP system in ‘major step forward’ for integration effort

  • 17 September 2020
Pure Storage makes its largest acquisition
  • Finance and M&A
Pure Storage makes its largest acquisition

Storage vendor pays $370m in cash for US start-up Portworx

  • 17 September 2020
Exclusive Networks CEO departs distie after 17 years
  • People
Exclusive Networks CEO departs distie after 17 years

Olivier Breittmayer hands over chief exec keys to Jesper Trolle with immediate effect

  • 15 September 2020
Four key points from Computacenter's proposed acquisition of Pivot
  • Finance and M&A
Four key points from Computacenter's proposed acquisition of Pivot

Computacenter today snapped up $1.2bn-revenue VAR Pivot Technology Solutions. Here are our top things you need to know about how the acquisition fits into the UK-reseller’s growing business in the US

  • 10 September 2020
'We have a list of acquisition targets' - Crayon CEO on M&A plans
  • Software
'We have a list of acquisition targets' - Crayon CEO on M&A plans

Rune Syversen claims Crayon has raised €33m war chest to put towards M&A across Europe, the US and Australia

  • 10 September 2020
Exclusive Networks acquires €300m-revenue European distie
  • Distributor
Exclusive Networks acquires €300m-revenue European distie

French distributor breaks into 10 CEE countries through acquisition of Polish player

  • 07 September 2020
Ricoh acquires two VARs in mainland Europe
  • Finance and M&A
Ricoh acquires two VARs in mainland Europe

Print vendor acquires DataVision in Germany and SimplicITy in Poland as it looks to bolster IT services footprint

  • 04 September 2020
Trump hints at banning Alibaba after enforcing action against TikTok
  • Vendor
Trump hints at banning Alibaba after enforcing action against TikTok

US president considering prohibiting more Chinese tech companies following decision on social media app

  • 17 August 2020
Getronics' new boss on how he intends to turn around ailing giant
  • Services and Outsourcing
Getronics' new boss on how he intends to turn around ailing giant

New owner and executive chairman opens up on turbulent 2019 under previous owner and how he plans to breathe new life into the IT services company

  • 14 August 2020
COVID takes toll on German reseller duo
  • Finance and M&A
COVID takes toll on German reseller duo

Bechtle and Cancom's numbers knocked by pandemic

  • 13 August 2020
Everything you need to know about SolarWinds' plan to spin out MSP division
  • Finance and M&A
Everything you need to know about SolarWinds' plan to spin out MSP division

We break down the key points on the rationale behind the move and how it will impact its MSP business

  • 10 August 2020
Rackspace tanks on return to stock exchange
  • Financial and Reporting
Rackspace tanks on return to stock exchange

Cloud services provider’s shares fall by more than 20 per cent after opening bell

  • 06 August 2020
Claranet acquires in Latin America
  • Finance and M&A
Claranet acquires in Latin America

UK-based firm acquires another Brazilian unit following its initial expansion in 2017

  • 04 August 2020
Bechtle's board pushes for switch to European company status
  • Reseller
Bechtle's board pushes for switch to European company status

Germany-based reseller looks to join Cancom and Econocom in moving from a national to pan-European legal entity

  • 03 August 2020
ScanSource cuts jobs as pandemic takes its toll
  • Distributor
ScanSource cuts jobs as pandemic takes its toll

Distributor to wind down Canpango division and make layoffs as part of $30m cost reduction plan

  • 27 July 2020
Public cloud the only tech category to see spending growth this year, analyst says
  • Research
Public cloud the only tech category to see spending growth this year, analyst says

Gartner claims public cloud debate has been settled during pandemic as companies move to remote working

  • 24 July 2020
Microsoft and Slack clash following complaint to the EU
  • Legal
Microsoft and Slack clash following complaint to the EU

Slack accuses the IT giant of illegally crushing the competition, while Microsoft hits back claiming Slack has suffered through lack of video conferencing

  • 23 July 2020
Econocom sales hit by COVID-19 pandemic
  • Financial and Reporting
Econocom sales hit by COVID-19 pandemic

French reseller releases preliminary results, which show steep sales decline during COVID-19 crisis

  • 15 July 2020
Dell's channel boss Joyce Mullen resigns after 21 years
  • People
Dell's channel boss Joyce Mullen resigns after 21 years

Mullen to ‘move on to new challenges’, claims Dell

  • 13 July 2020
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