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Channel Business Management

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  NAO report calls for government IT procurement rethink

  Criticism abounds of reliance on big tech to deliver digital transformation across government departments

• January 16, 2025 16 Jan'25

  DORA unpreparedness spells channel opportunity

  Compliance regulations come into force on 17 January, but many in the financial services community are not ready

• January 15, 2025 15 Jan'25

  Zyxel, Trellix and Picus improve partner programme offerings

  Vendors rewarding and supporting partners that get involved with key products and widen routes to market

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  Exclusive Networks brings Beal on board to run Americas

  Former Barracuda Networks executive starts fresh chapter by taking senior position at the distributor

• January 13, 2025 13 Jan'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  There have been recent moves of note at IBM, Agilitas IT Solutions, LG Business Solutions, Dragos, Ivanti,Unit4, Exabeam, SmartBear and Aryaka

• January 10, 2025 10 Jan'25

  Kaseya on the hunt for fresh CEO

  The decision by Fred Voccola to move upstairs provides the managed services specialist with the chance to bring in a fresh face

• January 06, 2025 06 Jan'25

  Neil Hall joins Focus Group as CEO

  Computacenter veteran starts fresh challenge, and is joined by a couple of board appointments

• January 06, 2025 06 Jan'25

  FluidOne keeps focus on growth with fresh CFO

  Channel player is working to an ambitious plan to increase the size of the business, and has kicked off the year with a significant hire

• December 23, 2024 23 Dec'24

  2024 review: Main themes in the channel

  MicroScope takes a look back at some of the main themes that affected the channel over the past 12 months

• December 18, 2024 18 Dec'24

  MirrorWeb plans channel expansion

  Archiving specialist MirrorWeb is looking to increase the volume of business generated by partners in 2025

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Exclusive Networks unifies security services

  Distributor brings together its consultancy, training and technical expertise under one roof to make life easier for partners, while Westcon-Comstor has rewarded a number of staff with senior promotions

• December 17, 2024 17 Dec'24

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Changes and moves announced at Computacenter, Genesys, The Noledge Group, Forcepoint and CirrusHQ

• December 11, 2024 11 Dec'24

  Okta progressing with partner-first strategy

  Identity player shares progress update a couple of months after it went all-in with the channel

• December 06, 2024 06 Dec'24

  AvePoint growing an aware channel community

  The vendor’s UK channel lead shares an update on progress to increase communication with partners

• December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

  Quocirca: Print industry must promote remanufactured goods programmes

  Printer world continuing to improve its green position through a range of internal and external moves, but there needs to be more promotion of remanufactured goods

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  SysGroup shows transformation progress in H1

  Managed service player shares first-half numbers that show it is changing the business without having too much of an adverse impact on revenues

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Moves in the past week at logicalis, Evolve, Rapid7, MirrorWeb and Board Intelligence

• November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

  Avanade sounds alarm over mid-market approach to AI

  Viewing the technology as an opportunity to cut staff and reduce costs is not the right approach, the channel player has warned

• November 26, 2024 26 Nov'24

  BGF continues to back North-East firms

  Just days after funding an MSP in the region, the finance specialist has extended the support it provides for accessibility specialist Recite Me

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Avanade welcomes fresh UK&I boss

  Microsoft partner appoints former Iberia boss and experienced vendor veteran to grow the business

• November 25, 2024 25 Nov'24

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  There are moves this week at a range of organisations, including Apogee, Enfocus, Logpoint, Altia, NFON and Dragos

• November 22, 2024 22 Nov'24

  Making a channel event hit the target

  The industry enjoys a good get together, but with pressure on time, those organising conferences have to pitch it just right. MicroScope speaks to Distology to find out how

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  Nasuni cuts ribbon on enhance partner programme

  Data player Nasuni adds to a list of vendors, including Mimecast, that has chosen to enhance or launch fresh offerings

• November 19, 2024 19 Nov'24

  ITC signals growth plans with BGF backing

  Managed services player indicates money will support both organic and M&A growth as it looks to widen its reach beyond North-East England

• November 18, 2024 18 Nov'24

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Personnel moves of note have been made at Proofpoint, N-Able, NTT Data UK&I and Red Canary

• November 13, 2024 13 Nov'24

  Giacom adds Inform Billing to bolster cloud services

  Firm makes acquisition to add further depth to the tools it can provide its channel partners

• November 13, 2024 13 Nov'24

  Questions over the future of Exertis as DCC signals break-up

  Group’s chief executive signals a strategic shift to focus solely on its energy business, with it unclear what comes next for its channel business

• November 11, 2024 11 Nov'24

  Budget should spark channel to drive more AI and automation

  Recently announced changes to National Insurance, capital gains tax and increases to the minimum wage should spark opportunities for partners

• November 11, 2024 11 Nov'24

  Channel moves: Who's gone where?

  Moves of note this week as Mark Halpin remerges to take up a senior role at SCC Digital, and there are senior additions at Agilitas IT Solutions and Workjam

• November 08, 2024 08 Nov'24

  Illumio listens to partner feedback and rolls out programme enhancements

  Security player Illumio has taken feedback from partners on board and has introduced a number of additions to its Enlighten offering

• November 06, 2024 06 Nov'24

  Infinity Group CEO shares AI experiences

  Microsoft partner has embraced Copilot, and has some lessons to share to encourage others to do the same

• November 05, 2024 05 Nov'24

  Exclusive UK and Ireland managing director plans to increase partner support

  SME-sized resellers and MSSPs are going to be getting increased backing from the distributor

• November 04, 2024 04 Nov'24

  Arrow amplifies cloud opportunities

  Channel player Arrow cuts ribbon on a programme designed to get more partners able to sell and support cloud technologies

• October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24

  Cisco executive outlines rationale of partner programme changes

  EMEA president shares insights into why the vendor needs to update its approach and why delivering customer value is the route to success

• October 30, 2024 30 Oct'24

  Cisco signals fresh partner programme

  Vendor Cisco announces its 360 offering, with its channel given a 15-month transition period to get ready for the changes

• October 25, 2024 25 Oct'24

  Lenovo points partners in the direction of growth areas

  Roll-out of tailored journeys with 360 framework enhancements indicate where the vendor expects success to come from

• October 24, 2024 24 Oct'24

  Softcat provides investor cheer with solid FY24

  Channel player continues almost two decades-long stretch of delivering double-digit growth, despite tough market conditions

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  SME reluctance to spend hits Bechtle Q3 numbers

  Channel player updates the market with a sober assessment of the consequences of trading in a surprisingly weak market

• October 22, 2024 22 Oct'24

  Exclusive Networks launches finance offering

  After a successful UK pilot, the distributor is ready to make XPS available to partners across Western Europe

• October 21, 2024 21 Oct'24

  Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?

  The weekly roundup of a selection of the moves across the industry shows the continued appetite for fresh faces to drive growth

• October 18, 2024 18 Oct'24

  Schneider Electric shares French lessons with the UK

  Power specialist shares progress made in circular efforts on the continent, and will bring them to this side of the channel

• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  Cisco partners viewing AI as major revenue generator

  Bulk of activity for the vendor’s channel over the next few years will be connected with selling technologies that support artificial intelligence

• October 17, 2024 17 Oct'24

  Okta bolsters support to drive partner-first strategy

  Security player Okta is keen to increase the volume of business going via partners and has enhanced the enablement it provides

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Canalys: AI threatening green progress

  Analysts share why it’s not been a good year on the ESG front, and some of the routes to improvement the industry could make

• October 16, 2024 16 Oct'24

  Logicalis rolls out sustainability blueprint offering

  Channel player keen to share range of green services with users to support their drive to reduce emissions

• October 15, 2024 15 Oct'24

  Distributors taking steps to widen reach

  Moves made by Arrow, Ingram, Westcon-Comstor, Climb and Exclusive, plus an APAC opening at Nebula, show the desire to extend growth opportunities across the channel

• October 11, 2024 11 Oct'24

  Canalys: There are reasons for optimism

  Chief analyst shares reasons why the channel should be positive, but encourages investment in emerging technology and services to remain relevant

• October 09, 2024 09 Oct'24

  Barracuda steps up partner enablement

  Barracuda enhances support for its channel, with a focus on extending security support for technical specialists

• October 08, 2024 08 Oct'24

  HP outlines workspace opportunities for partners

  HP’s latest insights into what makes a happy worker signals areas where the channel can make an impact

• October 07, 2024 07 Oct'24

  MSPs must train to fill security skills gap

  Following moves by Sophos to increase channel expertise, others in the industry agree with the logic of improving