Are vendors now holding all the cards?

Sam Trendall
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With venture capital pushing enormous sums into start-up IT vendors, we ask if the balance of power is tipping away from the channel

On 30 May 1999, Manchester City were 2-0 down in the last minute of the Second Division play-off final, and staring down the barrel of a second consecutive season in English football's third tier. ...

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