Articles by Tom Wright
Five hiring trends that will shape the next 12 months
Recruitment guru Marc Sumner picks out the five key trends that hiring bosses should be aware of in the coming year
10 quotes that sum up the channel's 2020
The channel's year wrapped up in a handful of comments
Wick Hill founder departs Nuvias and sets up STEM not-for-profit business
Ian Kilpatrick’s new venture is designed to encourage children into STEM subjects at an early age
'Recruitment changes that would have taken years took days'
Channel Recruitment guru Marc Sumner looks back at the challenges the IT channel has had to face in the face of the pandemic
Insight's new UK boss on supply shortages, Brexit and boot camp training
Darren Hedley took over as UK managing director in October
Google services go down across the globe
Updated: The majority of affected Google services seem to have returned, with the outage thought to have been no more than one hour
Midwich takes M&A drive to the Middle East
Distie makes second acquisition of the year
'I don't want to get into the habit of checking the share price' - Bytes CEO as software reseller IPOs
Bytes' valuation rocketed past expectations in early trading
TOP 15 VAR acquisitions of 2020
We round up the biggest M&A deals from a busy year in the channel
Cisco to acquire UK firm for $730m
IMImobile's platform enables enterprise to engage with customers over social, messaging and voice platforms
Brexit channel panel: Top five takeaways
As we release an exclusive report on how prepared the channel actually is to exit the EU, check out the top five pieces of advice our panel shared to ensure you are in a strong position
CrowdStrike CEO attacks legacy vendors as sales soar
Vendor sees revenue climb 86 per cent in Q3
Google set to acquire cloud back-up vendor
Actifio specialises in data virtualisation
HPE to relocate from Silicon Valley to Houston
Vendor reports flat sales but touts growth emerging segments
'My eyes lit up' - Salesforce CEO on the moment Slack acquisition was suggested
Marc Benioff reveals that Salesforce COO and Slack founder orchestrated the merger
Bytes valuation could near £700m in IPO
Software reseller set to list in London and Johannesburg this month
Have you ticked off your Brexit checklist?
Coming soon: Tune into an exclusive Brexit roundtable discussion on the key concerns many UK businesses have over our withdrawal from the EU and make sure your business is fully prepared for 1 January
'I was a woman trying to be a man in a man's world' - Jacqueline de Rojas on overcoming setbacks on her way to the top
Tech veteran opens up on how being authentic was the key to success early on in her career
Agilitas boss leads MBO
New private equity investor comes in
Arrow denies ties to Chinese army as US considers sanctions
One of Arrow's subsidiaries has appeared in a draft document of firms facing scrutiny by the US government
Uniting against a common enemy - the logic behind Salesforce's rumoured move for Slack
Salesforce is rumoured to be in talks with Slack over a potential acquisition
'This is the biggest backlog we've ever had' - HP CEO on PC demand following strong Q4
Overall revenue dipped but the vendor shipped more computers than ever before
Nutanix hails channel as valuation soars
Sales dipped but earnings-per-share losses narrowed
Cisco's UK boss on virtual working, Brexit and where UK tech is a world leader
David Meads was appointed Cisco UK chief exec in February this year
UK in firing line as IBM prepares for more job cuts
CPI has learned that Arvind Krishna’s shake-up of Big-Blue to mean 8,000 roles are to be axed
Computacenter CEO on his biggest mentor, WFH culture and the outlook for 2021
Mike Norris was interviewed for the Channel Awards 2020 where he won the Industry Achievement Award
Partner content: Samsung B2B director on new partner programme
Joe Walsh opens up on Samsung One
Watch: Meet the CRN Rising Star winner that fought COVID and won
CRN's trip to Saepio's office chronicles the firms battle against the coronavirus and return to growth mode
Distology CEO on picking up Cloud Distie of the Year at Channel Awards
Distology was also highly commended in the Distie of the Year category
Westcoast boss on winning two Channel Awards
Westcoast wins networking distie and Heroes of the Year awards
Softcat MD on winning Public Sector VAR of the Year at Channel Awards 2020
Softcat also picked up Reseller of the Year on the night
Mike Norris wins Industry Achievement Award at Channel Awards 2020
Computacenter CEO accepts prestigious gong at virtual event
Grey Matter and Sigma Software Distribution parent acquired by US firm
CDF Group acquired for $17.4m
Dozens of resellers win spot on £500m framework
Framework will replace Lot 6 of Technology Products 2
Stock markets surge on vaccine news, but Zoom tumbles
Zoom's share price drops 17 per cent
Partner content: 'This is transformational' - Samsung on new all-encompassing partner programme
Samsung says new programme will drive growth for partners
Alibaba Cloud nears profitability as sales outpace US rivals
Revenue rose 60 per cent in Q3
'You CAN negotiate pricing' - debunking 13 myths of G-Cloud
Advice Cloud CEO to speak at CRN event tomorrow
Tech Data launches new Microsoft CSP programme
Distie says programme is part of a "sustained investment" in public cloud
CDW UK boss to depart
Dan Laws joined the business when it was known as Kelway 21 years ago