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Cloud Platforms

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  HPE arming partners with latest AI technology

  Vendor keen to ensure its channel is up to speed on agentic AI as it unveils a number of product enhancements

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Colt and ALSO Cloud UK continue to talk sustainability

  Channel players share progress to reduce emissions and call on more efforts to counter the energy demands of AI

• June 24, 2025 24 Jun'25

  Westcon-Comstor marks 40th birthday with look ahead

  Distributor outlines the main trends that are shaping the channel as it plans to share more insights to prepare partners for the future

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at AvePoint, Nebula Global Services, Pulsant, Skyhawk Security and HackerOne

• June 11, 2025 11 Jun'25

  Pax8 enhances AI support for MSPs

  Marketplace player Pax8 uses Beyond 2025 event to unveil offerings designed to make life easier and more profitable for managed service providers

• June 10, 2025 10 Jun'25

  Channel continues to deliver security training and support

  Research and MSP training platforms from security players underline the position of partners to deliver threat awareness

• June 04, 2025 04 Jun'25

  Kaseya hires ‘passionate SME advocate’ as next CEO

  Supplier of tools for managed service providers concludes its five-month search for its leader

• June 03, 2025 03 Jun'25

  Maintel shares progress ahead of AGM

  Channel player Maintel provides update on how the first five months of the year have gone ahead of its annual general meeting

• May 27, 2025 27 May'25

  Security growth buoys Westcon-Comstor

  Distributor shares full-year results that underline the benefits of operating in security, networking and cloud

• May 21, 2025 21 May'25

  Crayon Q1 hit by underperforming Nordics

  Channel player Crayon shares first-quarter numbers that show a decent performance across Europe, APAC and the US, but softer conditions in the firm’s home markets

• May 08, 2025 08 May'25

  Climb increases AI support

  Distributor looks to guide partners from start to selling to get more comfortable pitching artificial intelligence offerings

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  AWS continues to strengthen commitment to partners

  A senior channel executive at Amazon Web Services shares insights into where the cloud giant has been gaining ground with its ecosystem

• April 30, 2025 30 Apr'25

  AWS targeting SME market with channel

  Cloud giant indicates that growing its presence across a segment it believes is largely untapped – SMEs – is a priority

• April 25, 2025 25 Apr'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Datatonic, Parallels, Central Technology Group, Cowbell and FiberLocator

• April 23, 2025 23 Apr'25

  UK acquisitions fuel Advania growth

  Channel player shares numbers for FY ’24, with the business set up to repeat that performance again this year

• March 18, 2025 18 Mar'25

  Bytes signals financial milestone has been hit

  In a trading statement ahead of its full-year results, channel player Bytes indicates it has broken through the £2bn barrier on gross invoiced income

• March 14, 2025 14 Mar'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Exertis Supplies, Softcat, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Fivetran, SUSE and Centreon

• March 13, 2025 13 Mar'25

  Channel express concerns over lack of cloud skills

  The pressure is on to meet customer demand for hosted services, but some resellers lack the cloud skills to meet that need

• March 07, 2025 07 Mar'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Schneider Electric and OVHcloud, while SonicWall and Sophos talk MDR

• March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

  Corndel adds to evidence of channel role in providing AI education

  More research reinforces the sense of disconnect between business leaders and their staff when it comes to using artificial intelligence, presenting opportunitities for the channel

• March 06, 2025 06 Mar'25

  Wavenet working with Konversational to improve systems

  MSP Wavenet chooses Irish firm to help deploy ServiceNow to improve its workflow processes

• March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

  N-able: MSP growth coming from security and AI demand

  Survey of managed services community reveals that the majority feel optimistic about revenue prospects for this year

• March 04, 2025 04 Mar'25

  CrowdStrike and Okta reach AWS Marketplace milestones

  Security players underline the volume of sales that can be generated by distributors, MSPs and ISVs on the AWS Marketplace platform

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  Channel education needed to support more successful AI adoption

  Research from WalkMe underlines the dangers of rolling out artificial intelligence tools and software without preparing users

• February 26, 2025 26 Feb'25

  WWT and Kyndryl expand customer support centres

  Firms invest in more logistics and enablement capability to increase the assistance they can offer those users looking for help with digital transformation and artificial intelligence

• February 19, 2025 19 Feb'25

  Kaseya boss looks back on his time at the helm

  As he moves into a vice-chairman position, the boss at the managed service provider tools specialist reviews the progress made under his leadership

• February 19, 2025 19 Feb'25

  TD Synnex hands Andy Brown responsibility for driving AI programme

  Distributor continues to put muscle behind data, analytics and artificial intelligence with latest senior appointment

• February 18, 2025 18 Feb'25

  Evolve IP teams up with Cavell to share market insights

  Comms channel player working with market watcher to make sure partners can identify opportunities provoked by an evolving landscape

• February 14, 2025 14 Feb'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Geographic expansion, partner programmes, fresh warehouses and attempts to increase trust levels in artificial intelligence have all been happening over the past few days

• February 13, 2025 13 Feb'25

  Insight lists AI, security and 5G among channel opportunities

  Channel player Insight is the latest to share its view of which trends are worth getting involved with this year

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  AvePoint increases MSP support as Acronis warns they are targets

  Managed service providers set to benefit from improvement to vendor’s platform at a time when criminals have them firmly in their sights

• February 12, 2025 12 Feb'25

  Crayon looking for public sector growth

  Ahead of its tie-up with SoftwareOne, the firm’s CEO outlined its fourth quarter performance and touched on her hopes for 2025

• February 07, 2025 07 Feb'25

  Westcon-Comstor driving data-sharing strategy

  The distributor’s recently appointed digital sales leader shares his ambitions for the year ahead, and the importance of passing insights to partners

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  Distie roundup: Activity at Arrow, CMS, Exclusive, e92plus and Westcon-Comstor

  Channel players are extending vendor relationships to add more services and routes to market

• January 27, 2025 27 Jan'25

  Softcat: Customers want innovation and resilience

  Channel player’s latest annual insights into customer priorities underlines the need for the channel to recognise the budgetary challenges most users are under

• January 22, 2025 22 Jan'25

  ServiceNow ramps up partner incentives around AI

  ServiceNow uses its channel event to announce a number of enhancements to reward specialists in areas of artificial intelligence

• January 17, 2025 17 Jan'25

  Citrix hands Arrow exclusive mid-market role in Europe

  Software player Citrix gives distributor the responsibility for growing and supporting channel partners focused on that customer base

• January 14, 2025 14 Jan'25

  Gamma bolsters European position with Starface move

  Cloud comms player Gamma returns to a familiar pattern of using M&A as a means of expanding its reach

• January 07, 2025 07 Jan'25

  Distributors busy extending options

  Westcon-Comstor, Arrow Electronics and TD Synnex Maverick choose first few days of 2025 to extend vendor relationships and launch fresh services for partners

• 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 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 13, 2024 13 Dec'24

  TD Synnex UK&I managing director: AI set to grow in 2025

  This might not have quite been the year the industry was expecting, but there are reasons to believe markets will improve

• December 10, 2024 10 Dec'24

  Node4 ushers in fresh CEO to drive MSP’s growth

  After more than two decades leading from the front, Node4’s founder and CEO is stepping back as the business starts a fresh chapter

• December 04, 2024 04 Dec'24

  Salesforce partners alerted to AI Agent opportunities

  Vendor shares details of current state of UK’s ability to use AI as it looks to shake-up the market

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  Westcon-Comstor adds Juniper Networks to AWS Marketplace options

  Distributor continues to widen the services it can offer via the cloud giant’s platform

• December 03, 2024 03 Dec'24

  Automation already making a difference for MSPs

  The focus is all on artificial intelligence, but managed service providers can already take advantage of existing tools

• November 29, 2024 29 Nov'24

  AWS adds Crayon to European distribution ranks

  Cloud giant makes its second distribution appointment in a matter of days as it bolsters its ability to reach partners

• November 28, 2024 28 Nov'24

  Westcon-Comstor appointed European partner by AWS

  Distributor continues to build on its relationship with the cloud giant with an opportunity to support the vendor across the UK and mainland Europe

• November 21, 2024 21 Nov'24

  Canalys: Cloud services continued to grow through Q3

  There’s been demand for AI-fuelled growth and investment from the three main hyperscalers over the most recent quarter