Consolidation
BT to drop eight disties and go it alone with Nimans on hardware
Westcoast and Incom confirm they are losing BT consumer hardware deal, and CRN understands six others have also been chopped
Systemax to focus on B2B as it shuts 31 stores
Decision to exit retail driven by 'excitement we have for our B2B operations', CEO Richard Leeds claims
Dot com days are here again
The global M&As market is booming once more, notes Chris Gonsalves
Tech firms across Europe ripe for buyouts
Merger market poll suggests deal-making is expected to rise this year - in IT firms especially
ScanSource to buy Imago Group for £25m
Letter of intent executed with completion expected by 30 September
Imago buys rival German distributor Vitec
Mainz videoconferencing added to network of European subsidiaries
Market consolidation good for SonicWall channel?
Fears of opportunity shrinkage in the wake of Dell buy not realised by partners, says vendor
Unify to halve headcount to 3,800
Firm formerly known as Siemens ramps up shift to software and services
Get used to vendor consolidation
Acquisitions in the OEM space are set to continue so the channel must adapt. Larry Walsh outlines the scene.
What goes around isn't coming around
Consolidated firms in particular are hampered in the modern IT sales cycle, says Gartner
Vendor shake-ups to continue in telecoms
Business telephony market shrinking as well as consolidating
Dell seals lips on predicted UK layoff impact
Twenty to 30 per cent staff reduction predicted globally although sales volumes may be rising
The intel on the former McAfee business
Larry Walsh looks forward to changes in the wake of the Intel rebrand
Oracle to boost software-defined networking offer
Virtualisation capabilities expanded in latest US acquisition plan
US reseller implicated in Autonomy allegations
Serious fraud allegations by HP draw partners into the net
Logicalis acquires Jersey cloud provider iConsult
Global VAR expands Channel Islands footprint in managed services and hosting
Cloud provider Iomart buys BTL backup for £23m
Seven-year-old Leeds DR firm swallowed by growth from Glasgow
Aorta Cloud set to bail out US cloud firm
London cloud provider swoops on troubled Nirvanix touting care for US customers
Comms providers on the brink of decline
Evolution must happen if they are to deliver value in increasingly complex telecoms landscape, study says
Huawei moving further into IT space
Consolidation is inevitable, says the Chinese vendor -- and it intends to keep a piece of the action
Healthcare IT specialist Ascribe sold for £57.5m
Vertical market consultancy and software provider swallowed by larger vendor
King of the private equity castle
Arrow's Project Castle purchase of Computerlinks saw private equity firm Equistone make a tidy profit, finds Doug Woodburn
Kaseya third managed services vendor to sell
This week, the provider joined a stream of MSP acquisitions. Larry Walsh reports
Ofcom decision on BT Wholesale margins 'flawed': Gamma
Regulator decides not to fine BT despite industry complaint dating back to 2008
