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Network Services

• Top 10 channel stories of 2023

  It’s time to look back at what topics were making the news across the industry in the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• How was 2023 for channel partners and their vendors?

  With 2023 drawing to a close, it’s time to ask: what kind of year was it for channel businesses? And did 2023 live up to their expectations or did it fall short?  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Dominic Pierce, Cisco

  The latest to share more details about themselves is Cisco’s UK channel lead  Continue Reading

• Five minute interview: Neill Burton, F5

  The latest channel figure to share some details of his life and career is director of channels and alliances for F5 in the UK and Ireland, Neill Burton  Continue Reading

• The channel opportunity around 5G

  This was always meant to be the year that 5G arrived and changed the world. We look at what that means for those trying to sell and support the technology  Continue Reading

• 2021 predictions: Cloud, comms and remote working

  There are reasons for the channel to feel optimistic about the year ahead on numerous technology fronts  Continue Reading

• 2020: A year of accelerated change in the channel

  A look back over some of the main themes of a year that will be long remembered thanks to the pandemic  Continue Reading

• Five-minute interview: Olen Scott, Aryaka Networks

  In this interview, MicroScope asks Olen Scott, senior vice-president of worldwide channels at Aryaka Networks, about his life, career and inspirations  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation doesn’t mean pain, say Apstra and Deloitte

  Nick Booth hears some advice from some of those trying to make digital transformation easier for customers  Continue Reading

• Channel predictions: Opportunities in AI, hybrid cloud, edge and security

  Some of the great and the good in the industry have shared their predictions for what they expect in 2020  Continue Reading

• UC roundtable part 1: Digital transformation, CX and MSPs

  In the first part of our coverage of the MicroScope roundtable covering unified communications and collaboration the discussion centres on the current market landscape and the increasing interest from MSPs  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Angela Whitty, managing director, UK&I partner organisation, Cisco

  Cisco’s UK channel chief shares some views on the year ahead and the progress made in the 2019 financial year  Continue Reading

• SD-WAN: How channel can make net gains

  How prepared are channel partners to take advantage of the rapidly growing SD-WAN market?  Continue Reading

• Brexit crisis: How are businesses coping?

  Theresa May’s impending departure has only deepened the confusion surrounding Brexit – so what does the business community make of it all?  Continue Reading

• Nuvias moving to the next stage

  Before he moves into the executive chairman role Paul Eccleston the CEO of the distributor talks about the journey the firm has been on  Continue Reading

• Roundtable: The challenges and opportunities of SD-WAN

  In the first part of our coverage of the MicroScope roundtable on SD-WAN, the speakers scope out the market and the opportunity for the channel  Continue Reading

• Cisco: Partners play a crucial role

  In an on-going series of Q&A's with channel executives the questions this time were put to Angela Whitty, managing director, partner, Cisco UK & Ireland  Continue Reading

• Cutting through to the SD-WAN opportunity

  There is plenty of hype around software defined networking and plenty of opportunities for those channel partners that get past that and provide solid solutions  Continue Reading

• AI's moment has arrived for the channel

  Vendors are making moves around artificial intelligence and more customers are starting to exploit the technology  Continue Reading

• Distribution positioning for a smart future

  Distribution is making sure it has a role to play in a smart technology driven future  Continue Reading