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The channel reacts to mammoth Tech Data acquisition
As news settles of the distie giant's $5.4bn purchase by private equity house Apollo Global, CRN gauges channel opinion on the move
Tech Data to be acquired by private equity firm for $5.4bn
Rich Hume will continue in role as CEO as distie taken into private ownership
Tech Data launches 'Azure solutions factory' for CSP partners
Distie says solutions can be rolled out instantly by partners
UK downturn taints Exertis growth
Distributor also announces two European acquisitions
'Couriers are softening their worst-case predictions' - Westcoast on Brexit delivery disruption
Distie says that proposed deal would 'significantly improve' the situation for customers in Ireland
Tech Data's shares spike on rumoured $5bn takeover approach
Apollo Global wants to buy global distributor after talks with Ingram came to nothing, according to Reuters report
Tech Data launches IoT practice for partners with Microsoft and Intel
Distributor aims to help partners monetise IoT and analytics
CMS Distribution acquires in France
Distie takes headcount to over 400
Alibaba Cloud conjures up first UK distributor
Chinese cloud giant continues UK expansion
Tech Data UK boss on Brexit, key growth areas and sustainability
David Watts opened up to CRN on a range of issues at the distributor's annual Tech Data Live partner event
Tech Data UK boss: 'Economic challenges are coming but we are in a good space'
David Watts opens up to CRN about why he doesn't believe the naysayers when it comes to economic doom and gloom
Westcon-Comstor appoints heads for comms and security in EMEA restructure
New appointments made as distie splits business into collaboration and cybersecurity arms
Tech Data European boss: 'If you don't scale in Europe in every country, you will struggle'
Patrick Zammit opens up on sacrificing market share for profit stability and what ScanSource's hardware sale means for the distribution landscape
European acquisitions drive strong H1 growth for Midwich
UK still biggest revenue driver, despite flat growth for the period
Nimans' move into security and AV market its 'biggest in 20 years'
Launch of security and AV division marks distie's first move out of comms space, says CMO
European distie bosses have their say on ScanSource's hardware departure
ScanSource is set to offload its European hardware business, claiming it's too get to reach scale in the region. what do other distie bosses think?
ScanSource CEO opens up hardware exodus
Several buyers have shown an interest in assets across Belgium, France, Germany and the UK in $623m global sale
Tech Data's European sales decline for second straight quarter
Currency fluctuations push sales to a third consecutive quarter of declines
Is Ingram Micro finally going to be sold?
HNA will reportedly make sale to Asian private equity firm RRJ within a few days
ScanSource to flog 'non-digital' businesses worth over $600m in revenue
Distributor announces sale of 'non digital' operations in UK, mainland Europe, Latin and South America affecting 490 staff
Meet the 25 largest distributors in the UK
Exclusive research from CPI and IT distribution database ChannelHub reveals the top players in the UK market
Tech Data merges software and cloud units to help partners transition from software licensing
Distributor also says it is boosting investment into new division to aid partners
Arrow CEO on why its ITAD business was struggling to turn a profit
Michael Long says the business changed dramatically over the last 10 years
Ingram Micro and AWS bring partnership to UK
Distributor has trained a number of its employees to achieve AWS certification
