Hardware
Customers don't understand the difference between certified refurbished and grey market products - distie
Distie’s head of refurbishment division on the importance of circular IT in battling counterfeit goods and why distribution needs to do more around sustainability
Is immersive cooling the answer to greener datacentres?
Datacentre operator Goonhilly tells CRN that the technology - which uses liquid similar to rapeseed oil to cool servers - is 65 per cent more efficient than traditional systems
Time's up for HDD PCs
Meteoric rise of SSDs means new laptops featuring HDD as their primary storage will be non-existent by the end of the year, analyst Context predicts
Channel warned of 'much weaker' PC market in 2020
Commercial demand to die down after January
First Surface Hub 2 units land in the UK with AV specialist
Carillion takes on first batch and says new device will accelerate adoption of Microsoft's collaboration tech
Lenovo tightens PC stranglehold as shipments rebound
Chinese vendor's marketshare surges to 25 per cent, although Gartner admits gains may reflect anticipation of potential tariffs
Google cans its tablet business
Says it will still support vendors making Android-based tablets
Five objections resellers will encounter when selling DaaS
DaaS is being branded as a PC market game changer, but here are the main barriers to adoption channel partners are likely to meet when pitching the model
DaaS in play for over one in five UK organisations, CRN Essential research finds
12 per cent of UK organisations have begun to adopt DaaS, with a further 11 per cent planning to do so, according to CRN's DaaS Adoption Report
Logitech and Plantronics end acquisition discussions
Logitech confirms talks with Plantronics had taken place, but failed to go anywhere
Intel CEO moves to relieve chip production fears
Interim boss Swan addresses fears that Intel will fail to keep up with the 'surprising' demand for PCs
Four takeaways from HP Inc's quarterly results
CEO Dion Weisler opens up on Apogee acquisition, while remaining wary of PC market decline
HPE dominates server space in EMEA for first quarter, reports Gartner
Second-placed Dell EMC reduces gap to less than ten per cent in European market
Why Apple is the juiciest option when it comes to DaaS
The high residual cost of Apple devices make them a perfect fit for a Device as a Service model, argues Jigsaw24's Tariq Saied
Channel grabs 74 per cent of infrastructure market - Canalys
Channel continues to dominate infrastructure shipments in a record year for the market
Cloud robotics market to top £5bn by 2022 - research
Platform as a Service (PaaS) to be the fastest growing segment, MarketsandMarkets finds
Why the channel should look more closely at circular IT
The channel is missing out on potential revenue and a key differentiator, circular IT suppliers tell CRN
Partners urged to go green as 50 million metric tons of products are scrapped a year
Research suggests remanufactured laptops can perform at the same level as new devices
Chip maker Qualcomm smashed by EU mega fine
The EU becomes the latest global regulator to slam chipmaker Qualcomm for abusing its dominant market position
Dixons Carphone CEO says UK business 'needs addressing'
'Challenging' mobile market holding back technology retailer
Cloud cost models based on 'inaccurate assumptions', claims research
Research points to assumptions that lead to surprises around cost savings
Top five smartphone vendors all witnessing growth
Gartner expects sales to hit 1.57 billion this year
BlackBerry touts its Google and Samsung partnerships to the channel
Vendors discuss opportunities for partners to grow around mobility tech
