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Channel Business Management
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January 11, 2018
11
Jan'18
Channel key to future Avaya plans
With its shares going onto the New York Stock Exchange next week the firm has outlined some of its growth plans, with the channel very much part of the future
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January 11, 2018
11
Jan'18
Excalibur snaps up Techs4Education
Excalibur has made its fifth acquisition in seven years bolstering the support it can offer educational customers
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January 10, 2018
10
Jan'18
Westcon aiming to increase UK support levels with fresh MD
Westcon has created the position of a managing director in the UK and Ireland to increase levels of support it can offer resellers
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
Citrix simplifies partner rewards programme
The vendor has used its Summit event in California to outline a revamp to its partner reward scheme
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January 09, 2018
09
Jan'18
Former Cisco channel man Roberts pitches up at Mitel
Mitel has made a major channel appointment as it looks to crank up sales of its unified comms products
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January 08, 2018
08
Jan'18
ConnectWise adds consulting depth with HTG acquisition
ConnectWise adds consulting and training specialist HTG to provide more support to its channel ecosystem
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January 08, 2018
08
Jan'18
GTDC: Distribution set for a solid year
Distribution is well placed in a cloud and multivendor solution world to deliver the support that suppliers are looking for
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January 03, 2018
03
Jan'18
Training in key areas being offered to resellers
The year is just a few days old and already vendors are making sure that the channel can get access to training to support some of the key areas
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January 02, 2018
02
Jan'18
Syscap rebranded as parent opts for more unified approach
Just shy of three years after Syscap was acquired by Wesleyan Bank the operation is going through a rebrand
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January 01, 2018
01
Jan'18
That was the year that was - the channel
In the second part of our look back over last year the focus is on what 2017 meant to the channel
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October 06, 2017
06
Oct'17
Distributor consolidation causing some reseller price concerns
The distribution world has been shrinking in terms of the number of players as the big get bigger and that has raised some reseller worries about price and procurement issues
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September 29, 2017
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Sep'17
Bytes expands UK footprint with Phoenix Software buy
Bytes has boosted its position in the North and the public sector with the move to acquire Phoenix Software
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March 14, 2017
14
Mar'17
Tomlin takes on combined Azlan and Technology Solutions role
With the Avnet Technology Solutions acquisition all tied up the scope of Rob Tomlin's role has expanded
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January 12, 2017
12
Jan'17
Channel must position themselves as digital transformation experts
Customers and vendors are looking for resellers that are in a position to offer real expertise around digital transformation and have undergone the process themselves
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January 03, 2017
03
Jan'17
Dell EMC names first top tier partners
With the launch of the channel programme just a month away Dell EMC is providing more details of just who is getting the top level ranking
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November 14, 2016
14
Nov'16
Exertis expands AV footprint with Medium buy
A month after announcing the Hammer acquisition Exertis is busy again buying AV player Medium
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October 14, 2016
14
Oct'16
Exertis snaps up Hammer
Storage and server specialist Hammer is the latest distributor to be acquired by an expanding Exertis
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May 18, 2016
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May'16
Ingram Micro acquires Comms-care
Ingram Micro has moved to bolster its services capabilities with the acquisition of Comms-care
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April 04, 2016
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Apr'16
Getronics closes acquisition of Colt's cloud business
Getronics completes acquisition of Colt's managed services business, as it looks to intensify European operations
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March 07, 2016
07
Mar'16
Lack of security awareness poses a major threat to businesses
Organisations are putting their reputation and competitive advantage at risk by not addressing the 'human factor' in cyber security. Could the channel come to the rescue?
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February 10, 2016
10
Feb'16
Entatech settles with liquidators of Changtel
Entatech looks to the future, as it announces a new owner and a settlement with Changtel's liquidators
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January 27, 2016
27
Jan'16
Arrow calls time on COO position as Bryant retires
Arrow has followed the example of other firms and opted to spread the COO responsibilities once the current incumbent opts to leave the distributor
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August 03, 2015
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Aug'15
CDW increases Kelway stake to 100%
US reseller CDW has increased the stake it holds in Kelway taking over the business completely
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July 17, 2015
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Jul'15
Daisy completes acquisition of Phoenix IT
Daisy takes step closer to ambition of becoming a £1 billion unified communications & IT infrastructure managed services business
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June 18, 2015
18
Jun'15
Nadella delivers a fresh org chart as Microsoft restructures
Resellers will have a fresh structure to familiarise themselves with as Microsoft's CEO outlines a company restructure
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February 03, 2015
03
Feb'15
Computacenter sells recycling arm to Arrow
Arrow buys IT disposal and asset recovery business RDC for a cool £56m cash
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December 19, 2014
19
Dec'14
Exclusive Networks acquires ITEC
Distributor bags global services firm, extending support reach across the globe
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October 20, 2014
20
Oct'14
Daisy Group agrees to £494m takeover
After nearly three months of uncertainty, Daisy announces that a deal has been struck
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November 13, 2013
13
Nov'13
Amazon Web Services beefs up channel programme
Amazon Web Services is increasing the support for those resellers that put some consulting muscle behind selling its cloud offering
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October 29, 2013
29
Oct'13
Arrow Computerlinks purchase a done deal
The acquisition of Computerlinks by Arrow Electronics formally closed on 28 October 2013
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October 07, 2013
07
Oct'13
Computer 2000 renamed Tech Data
The Computer 2000 name is to disappear from the UK market 15 years after its purchase by global distribution giant Tech Data
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October 01, 2013
01
Oct'13
Ingram Micro buys hardware recycling outfit CloudBlue
Ingram Micro buys into reverse logistics business with acquisition of US-based asset disposition, data destruction and e-waste recycling firm CloudBlue Technologies
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July 01, 2013
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Jul'13
Evesham founder Richard Austin pops up at Centerprise
Evesham co-founder and chairman Richard Austin back in the channel after six year absence
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May 15, 2012
15
May'12
Dell launches social media training for partners
Dell Premier and Certified partners are to get access to social media training sessions, with on-demand modules set to be added to Dell's Partner Direct portal in the near future.
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November 29, 2010
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Nov'10
Phoenix IT Group to merge Servo and ICM businesses
Phoenix IT Group is to merge its Servo and ICM Continuous Business division from the beginning of April in a nod to the converging technologies they sell.
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March 10, 2010
10
Mar'10
How important is the role of CEO?
Amro Gebreel reports on the diverse range of views of the top job from a cross-section of CEOs in the channel. Just how important is the position of a CEO?
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February 03, 2010
03
Feb'10
Phoenix IT Group acquires KCOM network break fix arm
Phoenix IT Group has confirmed that it has acquired the contracts held by KCOM's network maintenance arm for £1.8m.
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November 27, 2009
27
Nov'09
Computacenter completes Thesaurus acquisition
Computacenter has completed the acquisition of Thesaurus Computer Services for £900,000, bolstering its IBM z series business.