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Channel Business Management

• April 04, 2016 04 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

• 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?

• 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

• 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

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  CDW increases Kelway stake to 100%

  US reseller CDW has increased the stake it holds in Kelway taking over the business completely

• July 17, 2015 17 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

• 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

• 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

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Exclusive Networks acquires ITEC

  Distributor bags global services firm, extending support reach across the globe

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• July 01, 2013 01 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

• 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.

• November 29, 2010 29 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.

• 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?

• 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.

• 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.