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Five resellers secure places on £150m Welsh IT framework
Contract covers IT hardware to larger customer organisations
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
Mimecast certificate compromised by 'sophisticated' threat actor
Attack targeted Microsoft 365 Exchange Web Services through Mimecast-issued certificate
Sapphire Systems expands US footprint with Pioneer B1 buyout
Deal marks second in five days for London-based Sapphire Systems
Managed print firm DMC acquires Ricoh reseller Artel
Deal marks seventh acquisition for managed print specialist
'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
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
Daisy spin off Digital Wholesale Solutions confirms private equity sale
Minority investment from Inflexion marks ‘final step’ in demerging DWS from Daisy Group
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
Former UKFast boss charged with rape and sexual assault
Tech entrepreneur due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on 26 January
Manchester VAR BCN Group acquires Xicon Cloud as M&A spree continues
Fast-growing firm makes third acquisition in 18 months
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
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
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
Cato Networks CEO on 'aggressive' European expansion
SASE vendor claims its valuation now exceeds $1bn in largest funding round to date
MSP Arkphire acquired by $3bn-revenue US giant
$3bn-revenue Presidio claims deal will fuel business expansion into Europe and APAC
ScanSource flogs European operation for $30m
European president Maurice van Rijn opens up on split from ScanSource’s North America business
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
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
Ericsson closes $1.1bn Cradlepoint acquisition
Telco giant claims acquisition will help it grab market share in 5G enterprise space
Amazon, Microsoft and Google benefit as cloud spending surges - Canalys
Canalys claims the top four providers collectively grew by 40 per cent during Q3
Sopra Steria hit by cyberattack
Reports claim IT services firm has been infected with Ryuk ransomware
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
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
'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
IBM to spin off infrastructure services arm into new public firm
Big Blue’s infrastructure services business will become public company
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
Datto looks to go public with NYSE IPO
Vendor claims IPO will increase its financial flexibility and repay outstanding long-term debts
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
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
Pure Storage makes its largest acquisition
Storage vendor pays $370m in cash for US start-up Portworx
Exclusive Networks CEO departs distie after 17 years
Olivier Breittmayer hands over chief exec keys to Jesper Trolle with immediate effect
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
'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
Exclusive Networks acquires €300m-revenue European distie
French distributor breaks into 10 CEE countries through acquisition of Polish player
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
Trump hints at banning Alibaba after enforcing action against TikTok
US president considering prohibiting more Chinese tech companies following decision on social media app
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
COVID takes toll on German reseller duo
Bechtle and Cancom's numbers knocked by pandemic
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
Rackspace tanks on return to stock exchange
Cloud services provider’s shares fall by more than 20 per cent after opening bell
Claranet acquires in Latin America
UK-based firm acquires another Brazilian unit following its initial expansion in 2017
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
ScanSource cuts jobs as pandemic takes its toll
Distributor to wind down Canpango division and make layoffs as part of $30m cost reduction plan
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
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
Econocom sales hit by COVID-19 pandemic
French reseller releases preliminary results, which show steep sales decline during COVID-19 crisis
Dell's channel boss Joyce Mullen resigns after 21 years
Mullen to ‘move on to new challenges’, claims Dell