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Forrester's top five predictions for European businesses in 2021
From AI enablement to changing CIO priorities, Forrester has shared its advice for partners planning their 2021 strategies
Over half of channel salespeople find virtual selling 'challenging' - research
Forty per cent of channel sales teams have reported a negative impact on sales since pandemic started, according to report from Next Gen Sales Academy
'This will be the European channel's most profitable year ever' - Canalys CEO
Big resellers have prospered during pandemic, claims Steve Brazier, who uses Canalys Channels Forum keynote to tell partners that business next year will be even better
Cybersecurity spend rockets amid 'lockdown 2.0' - analyst
Market watcher Context outlines which countries have benefited the most from the security products sales spike since July
On-prem spend sinks as demand for cloud solutions sours - research
Spending on hosting and cloud solutions totalled $12bn in the second quarter of 2020, according to Synergy Research
Resellers want more cloud support and training from disties - research
Cloud had 'break through year' with an uptick in number of resellers offering services
How many desktop PCs have been 'furloughed' in the UK?
Over a third of country's office computers laid dormant over lockdown period, according to report from 3stepIT
HPE gains ground in HCI market as Dell and Nutanix suffer
Global sales edged up one per cent in Q2
Dell and HPE battle it out for server market dominance
Statistical tie declared between vendor giants as both see market share decline, according to IDC
Seven things you need to know from Gartner's cloud Magic Quadrant
Gartner analyst Raj Bala guides CRN through the key points of the analyst’s latest report
UK 'significantly behind' parts of Europe in returning to offices - analyst
CONTEXT Index has ranked which country’s workers have returned to the office or are still remaining at home
Global smartphone sales plummet amid pandemic
Samsung see biggest hit to sales but retains market share crown
'Tech leaders need to redirect their focus'
Gartner research director Rene Buest on how service providers should be preparing for the short and long term
Partner Content: Exclusive CRN Research Reveals How Partnering With Open Source Can Boost Partner Profit Margins
Red Hat partnered with CRN to identify key cloud opportunities for channel players.
Public cloud the only tech category to see spending growth this year, analyst says
Gartner claims public cloud debate has been settled during pandemic as companies move to remote working
How is COVID impacting your business...?
CRN is tracking how the pandemic is impacting UK channel activity levels. Be part of the latest ANONYMOUS poll, which takes less time to complete than boiling a kettle.
Why IDC, Gartner and Canalys disagree on PC market growth
The three analyst houses have each published their own perspectives of the market in Q2. We unpick the info on the key areas where they agree and disagree
Just 17 per cent of partner revenue coming from collaboration - research
Agilitas encourages channel partners to collaborate more
'Predictions that most employees will stay remote are an exaggeration'
Canalys analyst Matthew Ball on how workers across Europe will change their personas over the coming months
Server market seeing signs of post-COVID recovery - Context
Market watcher Context outlines which country markets are seeing growth return to the server sales
Datacentre market slows as enterprise demand slumps
Data from Synergy Research Group suggest end of growth surge for datacentre market as enterprise spending shrivels
