News

Cloud Platforms

• September 11, 2025 11 Sep'25

  GTDC: CROs can grow with distribution

  Industry organisation GTDC delivers a guide to inform those pulling the purse strings about the benefits of working with the channel

• September 05, 2025 05 Sep'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments of note this week at Synaxon, Ricoh Europe, Zyxel Networks, SentinelOne and Sharp

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Softcat and Pure Storage provide investor cheer

  A trading update from the channel player and Q2 numbers from the vendor show both are heading in the right direction

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Microsoft shares insights from SI artificial intelligence initiative

  Vendor has been working with a selection of partners over the past few months to support wider cloud and AI adoption

• August 11, 2025 11 Aug'25

  Aspire sets sights on £100m revenue

  Strength of channel player’s 2024 fiscal year gives it the confidence to go for an ambitious growth target

• August 08, 2025 08 Aug'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Lenovo, Exertis Enterprise, Phoenix Software, NTT DATA and WatchGuard Technologies

• August 07, 2025 07 Aug'25

  Ingram Micro CEO addresses ransomware attack

  Paul Bay, CEO of Ingram Micro, shared an update while discussing the distributor’s second-quarter numbers

• August 06, 2025 06 Aug'25

  OVHcloud rejigs partner team and increases support

  Cloud player makes a fresh hire and a couple of promotions to change the lineup responsible for delivering partner programmes

• July 31, 2025 31 Jul'25

  Climb Global Solutions hints at further M&A

  Distributor shares Q2 progress, with CEO talking of willingness to make strategic investments to expand the business

• July 29, 2025 29 Jul'25

  Maintel revenues flat in H1

  Channel player provides update on how the first half of 2025 has gone, and the progress of its transformation efforts

• July 25, 2025 25 Jul'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Westcoast, Exertis, TD Synnex, Orange Cyberdefense, Iomart, Source Code Control and Pentest People

• July 23, 2025 23 Jul'25

  MSP platform player Inforcer looks for further European growth

  After Inforcer secured its latest round of funding, its sights are set on increasing the volume of channel relationships

• July 22, 2025 22 Jul'25

  German AI player osapiens investing in UK

  Firm will be looking to increase its channel base as it outlines plans to spend millions to expand its presence

• July 18, 2025 18 Jul'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Catch up on developments this week at Apogee, Westcon-Comstor, BlueSnap, SoftwareONE and ISS

• July 15, 2025 15 Jul'25

  Xeretec and Qodea active on M&A front

  Xerox partner and Google consultancy takes steps to widen market reach and add to their portfolios

• July 08, 2025 08 Jul'25

  Evolve IP talks growth amid brand refresh

  Cloud collaboration player uses moment to elevate key personnel and underline its market pitch

• July 07, 2025 07 Jul'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Moves this past week at BCS, 8x8, Leaseweb, Alteryx, CyberArk and TrafficGuard

• July 03, 2025 03 Jul'25

  Advania uses M&A to bolster AI position

  Channel player picks up consultancy specialising in artificial intelligence to add more depth to its ability to support customers looking to adopt the technology

• July 02, 2025 02 Jul'25

  TD Synnex adds more development muscle with Apptium

  Distributor TD Synnex adds more software development expertise while elsewhere Xerox closes its Lexmark deal

• 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