CRN Channel Forecast for hardware - with Brother's Phil Jones

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Phil Jones, sales and marketing director for Brother UK, scrys out the 2012 print market

In this episode in CRN's new Channel Forecast series, we put leading channel players to the question of where the greatest opportunities and pitfalls lie in the months ahead, as well as predicting a future for the IT channel beyond 2012.

This video, sponsored by Brother, features Phil Jones, Brother UK's sales and marketing director, on the opportunities for the print solutions channel, including a look at the road ahead for managed services in light of the advance of the cloud.

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