Reseller
Misco collapse - the industry reaction
Misco's collapse into administration this morning means it has ceased trading after nearly 30 years. CRN has talked to top execs, including to Mike Norris and Martin Hellawell, to find out what its collapse says about the industry.
Misco UK goes bust
CEO Alan Cantwell tells CRN that entering the firm into administration was the only option after HMRC turned the screw on the firm and a last-ditch attempt to sell key assets to PCM came to nothing
Martin Hellawell on growth hotspots, why the reseller model is not dead, and why it's not in Softcat's interest to clone him
Softcat CEO also opens up on what he would change if he had his time at Softcat again in post-results Q&A with CRN
What will the channel look like in 2020?
The CRN On event returns to chart the channel landscape for the coming years
EXCLUSIVE: PCM in talks to buy all or part of Misco UK
CRN understands that a deal must be concluded by midnight tonight to avoid full-scale administration
Softcat smashes through £800m revenue as CEO hunt continues
Annual sales grow by nearly a quarter
Chess moves in on second security acquisition
Acquisitive VAR looks to follow up on April's Foursys deal
Bytes opens seventh UK office
New Thames Valley Park office close to key allies such as Microsoft and Oracle
From Dell's channel majority push to Bytes-Phoenix union: Five things we've learned this month
What are the key takeaways from business in the channel this month?
Dave the Dealer's October musings
Old hands make way for young, child-rearing goes digital, plus hidden-talent channel news
HP expands education partner programme to tackle STEM skills gap
HP say its education campaign offers resellers £20,000 each to add extra value to school and college customers
'I'd rather own Getronics than a gold mine' - VAR's new CEO
New CEO opens up on adding $300m to the firm's top line through M&A and expanding into new markets
Essex VAR Utilize starts acquisition hunt
Freshly promoted MD of IT support specialist says firm's founder will now focus on strategic acquisitions in his new chairman role
Resellers worried by pricing as channel consolidation quickens
Survey of 7,500 resellers unveils shifting dynamics of channel
VAR secures £10m investment to fund acquisition
Newbury-headquartered IT services provider will splash investment cash straight away
Troubled reseller gets channel heavyweight as CEO
Industry stalwart arrives with epic transformation task in his sights after firm's accounting scandal
Misco draws a line under cost-cutting with system refresh
Reseller has returned to profitability at a group level, CEO says as he talks through £750,000 ERP investment
New UK boss at Computacenter following exec reshuffle
Kevin James moves to chief commercial officer role
Daisy partners with Azure to 'reduce datacentre footprint'
Daisy announces plans to 'streamline its offering' following recent acquisitions
Reseller duo Galtec and Nviron cut in fresh-faced management
Two leading resellers have completed MBOs as they look to empower younger members of their management team
How the UK channel's new £400m player will operate
In the wake of Bytes UK's acquisition of Phoenix Software, its expanded structure has been detailed to CRN by its group managing director
Reseller has 'hard calls' to make after profits plunge
'Classic case of a buy-and-build VAR approaching triple-digit revenues and then stalling,' says analyst
Ambitious US reseller PCM makes UK acquisition
US reseller turbo-charges UK growth plans with acquisition of Liverpudlian player
Dave's September musings
There's a whiff of entrepreneurialism about a prototype computer that can smell bombs and illness, the scent of resignedness at BT, and the stench of cheating over in the US
