10 quotes that sum up the channel's 2020

The channel's year wrapped up in a handful of comments

"Some businesses are trying to fight gravity." Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy on the companies that are resisting public cloud migration

"Insight is on a phenomenal journey to provide our clients intelligent technology solutions for business transformation and I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead the EMEA team as we continue that." Insight's Emma de Sousa on being promoted to a European role

"From the beginning, the Mac has always embraced big changes to stay at the forefront of personal computing. Today we're announcing our transition to Apple silicon, making this a historic day for the Mac." Tim Cook on Apple's snubbing of long-term partner Intel, after announcing that the vendor would use its own chips in Mac devices

"We want a US operation like our European one." Mike Norris after Computacenter made its second sizable acquisition in North America

"As remote work trends have accelerated during the pandemic, organisations have moved beyond addressing immediate business continuity needs to actively redefine and embracing new approaches to support a future of working anywhere, learning anywhere, and connecting anywhere." Zoom CEO Eric Yuan after the firm's revenue more than quadrupled

"International expansion has long been part of our plan as it presents a tremendous growth opportunity for Paragon Micro given that a large percentage of the IT market is located outside the US." Paragon Micro CEO Jeff Reimer as the $150m-revenue VAR launched in the UK

"You can't win new logos while working from home... Health is key and a number-one priority but I think we should not forget the business." Cancom CEO Rudolf Hotter on the challenges of remote working

"Ingram Micro is an industry leader, one of the largest companies in the world and will be a cornerstone investment in our portfolio." Platinum Equity chairman Tom Gores after the firm acquired Ingram Micro from HNA

"Our new branding recognises our history but embraces the future. It is young, dynamic, forward-looking and supports our intentions to innovate within our own market." Phil Doye after rebranding SBL as Boxxe

"The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by COVID-19 have created an environment that is not conducive to Xerox continuing to pursue an acquisition of HP Inc." Xerox after being forced to abandon its hostile takeover of HP