Management
Reports - Acer founder Shih set to quit chairman post
More managerial movement at embattled vendor
How desire for success ruins businesses
Organisations too comfortable with their "natural" drives may get counter-productive results, Chris Gonsalves discovers
Evolution of a species
Is there any hope for dinosaurs of the IT industry in a cloudy future? Calum Macleod envisages the new world
Getting into the spirit of business
Why are more channel firms seemingly scrapping traditional management structures in favour of pursuing ‘spiritual leadership'?
IT outages biggest business worry: survey
Poll spanning the globe asked leaders what might keep them up at night
Worker productivity must be boosted
Graham Twaddle talks about economic growth and its relationship to UK workforce agility
Teething problems
CRN moved offices this week and it certainly hasn't all gone smoothly!
Loitering Ballmer and Gates a Microsoft problem
Who can manage the Redmond firm if Ballmer and Gates are still hanging around?
IT in the director's chair
David McPherson suggests businesses must be convinced to put IT at the forefront of what they do
A 2013 channel Christmas
Christmas can be as varied as the families doing the celebrating. Fleur Doidge asks leading channel executives how they plan to spend their day
When a company founder returns
Serguei Beloussov explains why he decided to retake the reins at Acronis and what he hopes to achieve
Microsoft axes staff ranking scheme
Managers will no longer be asked to rate team members against each other on bell curve
Want more mid-market deals? Think like a CIO
Chris Gonsalves critiques four rules for CIOs put forward by Gartner and explains how VARs can benefit
Communicating with staff is all important in tough times
Bridget Stidworthy warns businesses not to take their eye off the employee ball in difficult times
Markus Walcher becomes EMEA big fish for Barracuda
Former Phion man handed regional sales reins
In sickness and in health?
David Cameron vowed to end what he calls ‘sick note' culture, but what is the extent of the problem - and have government measures helped? Fleur Doidge investigates
Part-time means part project productivity
Uff Ali critiques the modern trend for part-time project management
Kcom sales director Bramwell heads for exit doors
Elizabeth Bramwell moving on after 18-month stint at managed comms giant
Former HMRC honcho exits Kelway after six months
Ex-HMRC CIO Steve Lamey on gardening leave after joining fast-growing VAR in the summer
UK zombies shuffle closer to apocalypse
Nine per cent of UK businesses now "zombies" unable to pay debts
Planning for project success
Uff Ali tackles the fraught issue of quality project management in IT
Future focus at Channel Conference
Come to Channel Conference to find out the road through the clouds to take in 2013. Fleur Doidge outlines the schedule
Palmisano heads into the Big Blue yonder
Former CEO to depart for good this year as vendor acquires UK migration firm Butterfly Software
Wilder world predicted for IT project management
Bringing in projects on time, under budget, that satisfy the customer is becoming more difficult than ever.
