The web is your Oyster

The aim of CRN's new website is to become the one site you need to visit, giving you more time to do business in a world where every second counts.

I suddenly realised how time-sensitive my life had become when I was on the tube the other day. I actually tutted at someone who had a paper ticket to put through the machine instead of one of those trendy, ultra-fast 'flash it on the card reader and go through' Oyster cards.

The difference between using one or the other is perhaps two or three seconds. In the internet world, though, two or three seconds is the difference between someone looking at your web page or moving on.

Which is why we have now made CRN's web site 60 per cent faster. From today www.crn.vnunet.com will not just have a new look and feel, but will get you to whichever part of the site you want to use more quickly. It's CRN on Red Bull.

The trusted news content on the web will be up-to-the-minute to ensure that CRN readers are always first with the channel news, and always in the know about their partners, peers and rivals.

Our Voice & Data and System Builder brands bring specialist news, and our regular features and analysis provide an in-depth view of events and trends in the channel.

But the site does more than just feed you more information. In the Services section the CRN site can actually help you do business.

Need to credit-check a customer? Great, you can do it on our site. Need a price comparison for a product while you're with a customer or on the phone? Fantastic, the CRN site will do it for you. Need to check who has it in stock? We can do that too.

The number of services we have is increasing all the time, and already includes tenders, leasing, financing, advice, research and more.

We've also added extra software downloads, more research, a range of product reviews and interactive forums which you can join to chat online with your peers and industry players and discuss the issues of the day.

The aim is for www.crn.vnunet.com to become the one site you need to visit, saving the need to search elsewhere, and giving you more time to do business in a world where every second counts.