Technology and Trends
BA hit with 'biggest fine to date' from UK regulator for GDPR breach
ICO had initially proposed £183m penalty to airline for 2018 data breach but scaled back to £20m due to financial impact of COVID-19
Two years after sinking a datacentre off Orkney, Microsoft shares what it's learned
'We don't see Project Natick replacing land datacentres but being an additional offering, where we can deploy these faster than we can build land datacentres,' Microsoft's Spencer Fowers tells CRN
How tech CEOs should adjust to the new reality
Gartner research director Rene Buest mulls how technology providers should be reshaping their businesses in the wake of the new normal
Channel demand bounces back in fourth CRN COVID poll
Only 34 per cent of those questioned said they are now experiencing lower-than-normal demand for their services, compared with 61 per cent previously.
Zoom In: Former rugby champ Gomarsall on how COVID-has reset the sustainability debate in the channel
The N2S director opens up on acceleration of the circular economy and how the pandemic is proving ITAD's worth to the channel
'25 per cent of the world's power is going to be used by ICT by 2025 - and that's hitting home'
Liquid immersion cooling is being primed by some as the future of greener datacentres. CRN recently dropped in on Colt's HQ to see the technology in action...
'The office is not dead': Seven tech bosses on office vs WFH debate
Return-to-work is dividing tech providers large and small. With Boris Johnson urging staff back to the office, CRN summarises the contrasting approaches of seven tech firms on this thorny topic...
Have you made an office return?
As Grant Shapps declares it's "now safe to go back to work', let us know where you stand in our poll
Which countries have been the biggest GDPR rule-breakers?
UK-based financial analysts Finbold rank which EU nations have been the top violators of GDPR this year
Zoom In: Logicalis flags rise in quick and easy digital transformation projects
“Rather than a big bang, multi-zero project, we’re starting to see more sensible, realistic, quicker-to-influence, quicker-to-adopt projects,” UK MD Alex Louth says
SCC makes 'big bet' on IoT with new practice
Birmingham-based IT group builds own intellectual property as it targets verticals including healthcare and manufacturing
IBM partner scores NHS Wales chatbot victory
Meridian IT helps develop capability of CERi, a Watson-based virtual assistant designed to communicate with patients, healthcare workers and the general public
Server sales tumble in Q1 - analyst
Enterprise demand for x86 servers dwindles
CRN DeskFlix: How channel leaders are adapting their culture for lockdown and social distancing
As part of our DeskFlix Remote Working summit, we asked top industry bosses - including Softcat's Graeme Watt - about how they are recreating their company culture from a WFH environment..
COVID-19's channel impact in eight graphs: Demand levels slump in third CRN snapshot poll
Although respondents less worried than they were…
'We're wishing our fellow IT businesses the best': CRN Rising Stars on surviving the COVID-19 crisis
How do the UK channel's most disruptive and fastest-growing firms see the next few months playing out for themselves and their competitors?
Is the COVID crisis a knockout blow for hybrid cloud?
The conversation around hybrid vs public cloud seemed to be changing in favour of the former. However, as the global pandemic forces organisations to shift to the public cloud to ensure business continuity, CRN investigates whether the writing is now...
Channel reaping rewards of home working boom - analyst
Although Context records first overall drop in channel sales since COVID-19 crisis began
Join the Channel Danceoff
It's the lockdown craze sweeping the industry
Seven channel firms showing we're all in this together
From distribution bosses breaking out their decks, to resellers reprovisioning mobile devices for NHS patients, channel firms are straining every sinew to help their staff and wider UK society get through lockdown and the COVID-19 crisis. Here we round...
