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• October 17, 2018 17 Oct'18

  Exceptional market conditions boost Softcat

  Chanel player reaches revenue milestone and heralds strong 2018 with a slight note of caution about what lies ahead

• October 15, 2018 15 Oct'18

  Channel focus paying off for Agilitas IT Solutions

  The firm has seen a focus on a channel vision has been one of the major contributors to a decent rise in revenues

• October 11, 2018 11 Oct'18

  A hard Brexit would hurt distribution

  Canalys boss Steve Brazier paints a grim picture of how a hard EU exit could impact the channel

• October 08, 2018 08 Oct'18

  Brexit could hit enterprise investment plans

  Deloitte's latest quarterly quizzing of the CFO community makes sobering reading for those hoping that the good times will keep rolling

• October 02, 2018 02 Oct'18

  Kaseya CEO reveals 2019 IPO plans

  MSP platform vendor Kaseya talks IPO, acquisitions and developing home-grown products

• September 27, 2018 27 Sep'18

  DCC heralds impact of acquisitions on profits and makes another one

  The owner of Exertis has updated investors on how its first fiscal half has gone with acquisitions making an impact on the bottom line

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Nadella calls for more 'tech intensity'

  It's an idea that the channel will have little argument with, that customers need to adopt and build the latest technology

• September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18

  MTI cranking up services revenues

  The channel player has shared its first set of numbers since it was taken over by Endless last year

• September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18

  Context: Channel enjoys growth in H1

  The analyst house has shared the headline findings from its extensive channel survey and found that distribution in particular is in rude health

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Many in the UK channel looking at international expansion

  The idea of setting up a bridgehead overseas appeals to a fair few people in the channel

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Computacenter expands European footprint with Misco buy

  Misco's operation in the Netherlands becomes part of the Computacenter family after the UK player expands its European reach even further

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Computacenter delivers more market cheer with strong H1

  The firm's investors are getting used to the channel player providing them with decent revenue growth

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Peach and Getronics add to summer of consolidation

  Peach IT and Getronics have both struck acquisitions adding to a growing list of deals that have been made over the last few weeks

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  NTT bringing comms, security and Dimension Data together

  The Japanese based firm hopes that by bringing its various operations under one roof it can pitch harder for digital transformation business

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  Elite Group talks acquisitions after securing refinancing

  The unified comms specialist is looking to expand the business further after getting more backing from Lloyds

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  Mode Print Solutions gets private investment backing for MBO

  The print management specialist has capped off five decent years of growth with an MBO

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Computacenter looking at a strong 2018

  The channel player has issued a Q2 trading update that refers to growth, momentum and the prospects for the second half of the year

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Softcat delivers investor cheer with profit beating update

  The channel player has issued a trading update indicating that its Q4 is ending even more strongly than it had expected

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  Maintel picks up Atos contracts

  The managed services specialist has spent millions to acquire Atos contracts

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Dixons Carphone challenges will take some time to overcome

  The retailer has indicated that headwinds in the mobile market and the electricals space have taken a toll on the financials

• May 30, 2018 30 May'18

  MXC Capital leads efforts to support IDE Group

  The managed services player has found life tough but its largest shareholder has come to the rescue

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  Softcat finishing its fiscal year strongly

  The channel player has provided a Q3 update that indicates it will finish the year ahead of expectations

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Exertis delivers the growth to swell out DCC full year numbers

  The decision by Exertis to build a strong AV business is paying dividends with the firm's parent revealing decent numbers for the last fiscal year

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  GCI gets £60m warchest from fresh backer

  Serial acquisition deal maker GCI has changed its major shareholder and been given access to funds to continue to expand the business

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Exclusive Group makes key hire to support growth plans

  Just a few weeks after getting backing from a private equity player the distributor has made an appointment that will support geographic expansion plans

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Late payments hitting SME pockets

  The channel's main customer base is suffering because of late payments and its negative impact on cash flow

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Year starts strongly for Computacenter

  A trading update from the channel player has indicated that Q1 was better than it had expected

• April 24, 2018 24 Apr'18

  Mitel looking at life as a private entity

  The unified comms player has accepted an offer that would see it go into private hands

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Banks investing in cloud and digital

  An insight into the IT investment priorities in the finance sector has revealed a market keen to keep on top of cloud and cyber security

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  Exclusive Group gets private equity backing to continue growth

  The distributor has landed backing from a private equity player that will give it the funds to continue expansion plans

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  Lines of business overtaking IT department as spenders on tech

  IDC has indicated that next year will be a turning point in the way funds are spent on IT and that will have ramifications for the channel

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Extreme Networks increases finance options for partners

  The vendor is hoping it can use zero interest and other finance offers to encourage users to increase their networking investments

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Firms making slow moves to embrace digital

  Research from various sources has pointed the finger at a number of reasons for the slow adoption of digital business processes and some are resorting to acquisition to solve the problems

• March 23, 2018 23 Mar'18

  Barracuda uncovers user issues with cloud licensing

  A failure to provide customers with a menu of payment options for cloud services could be a problem, according to the vendor's research

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Softcat looks West for next wave of expansion

  The firm is looking to open an Ireland office in the next few months as it continues to expand its footprint

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Ambitious SMEs are open to using finance

  Some of the SMEs looking for growth this year are using finance to speed up that process

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Tech Data beefs up credit support

  The distributor has formed a team with a brief to provide positive credit answers to SME resellers looking to grow

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Regulations, budget and culture holding back growth

  Ricoh Europe continues its research into customers with a look at what is holding back further investment in digital transformation

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Chancellor's plans to tackle late payments welcomed

  The Spring Statement included some comments about the government's determination to tackle late payments and increase support for SMEs

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Computacenter hints at expansion after strong 2017

  The firm has released its full year numbers and indicated the over the next few years it would look to expand its geographical footprint

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  Tech Data boss confident in future strategy

  Sharing his view of the future with analysts after its Q4 results were issued the distributor's CEO believes the firm is in the right place to sell digital technology and services

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Security and cloud driving growth at Exclusive Group

  The distributor has shared revenue figures from last year with it again delivering double digit improvements

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Changes at Jigsaw24 following secondary MBO

  One of Apple's largest resellers gets a change of private equity backers ending a five year association with NorthEdge

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Exertis extends reach with Hypertec acquisition

  Exertis, which is no stranger to acquisition, has been active again with a move to buy Hypertec

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Citrix finds optimism flooding through the channel

  Resellers expect this to be a year of growth with Citrix working with Canalys to get a picture of what those operating in Northern Europe expect the rest of 2018 to hold

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Neri presides over first results and talks channel and servers

  Presiding over the first quarterly results as HPE CEO Antonio Neri has indicated that it is working with partners to shift more hardware

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Vectra planning European expansion post funding

  The security firm has secured a round of funding that it intends using to fuel its international expansion

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Tech Data extends reseller credit lines

  The distributor is marking the tenth anniversary of its Credit Elevator scheme by extending the funds on offer

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  GDPR lift and channel revenue expansion help CyberArk

  The Q4 numbers from the identity management specialist reveal customers are spending on GDPR and revenues through partners are increasing

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Ricoh finds digital transformation a growing SME concern

  Seeking out technology that can increase business agility is not an ambition that is confined just to the enterprise end of the market