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• April 03, 2020 03 Apr'20

  Home working product demand increasing strain on channel stocks

  The rush of customers to equip staff for a world of home working has led to huge spikes in demand of certain products over the past few weeks

• March 16, 2020 16 Mar'20

  Sabio hits the acquisition trail again with DVELP buy

  Customer experience specialist Sabio makes its eighth deal in the space of three years

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  CES sets an agenda around AI and 5G

  The organisers of the first major show of the year have predicted some of the technologies that will dominate the decade

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Claris boss looking to add thousands of developers

  The CEO of the workplace technology specialist has an ambition to significantly extend its developer community

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Tech Data CEO points to Q2 results as validation of strategy

  Rich Hume is keen to move the firm to higher value solutions and viewed the second quarter results as a sign that the strategy is delivering

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Ultima talks of growth prospects after landing PE investment

  The intelligent automation specialist has gained a significant investment from a private equity backer that will give it the chance to dedicate funds to both its product strategy and M&A activity

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  Customers don't fear AI but need plenty of education around it

  A couple of pieces of research into the reaction of UK businesses to artificial intelligence has indicated there is an educational role for the channel to play if the technology is to become more widely adopted

• July 11, 2019 11 Jul'19

  OpenText: Partners in “incredible position” in post-ERP world

  Channel partners should guide customers in their transition to next generation information management

• June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19

  IoT seen as key revenue and fresh business generator

  CompTIA has turned to its emerging technology community to ask what technologies are going to drive opportunities and for the second year IoT has topped the list

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  CRM sellers advised to push cloud offerings

  With three quarters of CRM sales heading into the cloud those looking to make revenues in the market need to have a strong SaaS offering

• June 14, 2019 14 Jun'19

  Advanced thanks channel for delivering growth

  Changing market conditions have played into the hands of software player Advanced and its partners

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Splunk encouraging partners to look beyond security

  The vendor's recently appointed EMEA channel boss is keen to get partners selling its technology to more than just security customers

• May 30, 2019 30 May'19

  More AI education needed

  CompTIA finds that many firms are in the dark over the technology and would benefit from some guidance over its advantages

• May 24, 2019 24 May'19

  Salesforce reaches out to ISV community

  The firm has made changes to its app platform to arm ISVs with more information about how their software performs

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  SAP users get the chance to rate and compare resellers

  A TripAdvisor type system means that customers will be able to click through resellers looking for those with the best skills and ratings

• January 14, 2019 14 Jan'19

  Sabio extends workforce optimisation depth with Callware buy

  Sabio strikes its fifth acquisition in two years as it extends both technological depth and its geographical footprint

• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Vector Capital acquires Aspect Software

  Acquisitions could be on the cards after Vector indicates it has growth plans for the business

• November 19, 2018 19 Nov'18

  Data will be flowing through the retail systems this Black Friday

  Resellers that support the retail sector will be keeping a keen eye on how their customers react to the huge amounts of data that will be generated this coming weekend

• November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18

  Customers want more automation and better data

  A global Cisco study has found that customers looking to innovate need to take the pressure off the IT budget by getting better at predicting where problems might occur

• October 31, 2018 31 Oct'18

  Microsoft sounds AI warning

  Those customers that do not take an interest in artificial intelligence face losing ground and missing out on the benefits

• October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18

  Decision Inc buys stake in SAP player Copperman Consulting

  South African firm makes move for UK SAP specialists to increase global footprint and gain a UK base

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  ScanSource snaps up Salesforce partner Canpango

  Another deal struck in a summer of consolidation sees ScanSource increase its CRM options with Canpango

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Software and services suppliers face portfolio challenge

  Making sure that everyone understands the full range of technology and services that are on offer is a challenge for vendors as well as for their channel partners states TechMarketView

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Thoughtonomy on track for 90% channel business target

  The intelligent automation specialist has rolled out a fresh partner portal as it looks to increase channel revenues

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  Interview: Miriam Murphy, senior vice president, Advanced Solutions, Europe, Tech Data

  It has been just over four months since she was handed the chance to run the Advanced Solutions business across Europe and the focus is on next generation opportunities

• May 29, 2018 29 May'18

  Compleat Software makes channel return

  After a break the accountancy software player is back in the channel with a solution built from scratch with partners in mind

• May 21, 2018 21 May'18

  Ingram Micro urges more cloud action

  In the run up to the distributor's Cloud Summit the firm has underlined just why it believes more channel partners need to get involved in the hosted world

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Anaplan looks to channel to support global growth

  Software vendor talks channel growth as partners take greater role in go-to-market strategy

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Couchbase formalises channel relationships

  The engagement database player has launched a global partner programme to support its reseller base

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Sage looking for partners to bring in fresh customers

  The software firm is stepping up support for its channel to encourage the generation of new customers