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• March 11, 2025 11 Mar'25

  Climb’s AI Academy coming to UK and Ireland

  Distributor shares 2024 financial update and indicates its AI Academy scheme launched in Germany last autumn will be coming to the UK and Ireland later this year

• March 10, 2025 10 Mar'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Moves in the past week at BCN, Agilitas IT Solution, Cybit, Abacus Group, Commvault, Schneider Electric and Wordwatch

• 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 07, 2025 07 Mar'25

  IWD: Women bring ‘significant business advantage’ to channel

  As the world marks the importance of women amid the inspirational stories of those who work across the channel, there are calls for more positive action as World Economic Forum predicts gender equity will not be reached for another five generations

• 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 05, 2025 05 Mar'25

  UBDS Digital taking lifecycle transformation approach

  Transforming customers could mean more than just replacing legacy kit and rolling out some fresh apps

• 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

• March 03, 2025 03 Mar'25

  Elastic building out increased channel support

  Vendor Elastic’s recently appointed partner lead is keen to develop and enhance relationships to work more closely with its channel and increase its support

• March 03, 2025 03 Mar'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Moves announced at Avanade, Eficode, Epson, Snom Technology and k-commerce

• February 28, 2025 28 Feb'25

  Channel catch-up: News in brief

  Developments this week at Nebula, Everything Tech Group, Check Point, monday.com, Scality, Horizon3.ai, TD Synnex, DTP Group and CrowdStrike

• February 27, 2025 27 Feb'25

  Lexmark looking to partners to gain A3 market share

  Print player Lexmark has armed its channel with a range of options as it looks to enter the low-page volume end of the market

• 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 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Calls continue for public sector procurement to open wider to SMEs

  Open letter adds to recent NAO report in drawing attention to risks of focusing on cosy relationships and low costs rather than value

• February 25, 2025 25 Feb'25

  Davies gets CEO role at Maintel

  After a year holding the position on an interim basis, the managed service provider has confirmed Dan Davies will continue navigating the business through its transformation strategy

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Juniper Networks increases AI features on WAN offerings

  Vendor expects its artificial intelligence-driven additions will improve life for partners trying to ensure customer networks can cope with increased traffic

• February 24, 2025 24 Feb'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  We take a look at the moves of note this week at Ingram Micro, Proact, Myriad360, Zyxel and Barracuda

• 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 17, 2025 17 Feb'25

  Rapid7 channel programme emerges from partner dialogue

  Security player’s director of global partner programmes outlines the process and ambitions that supported its recently launched PACT offering

• February 17, 2025 17 Feb'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Last week saw ATSG solidify its management structure after the Evolve IP merger, plus some personnel moves at BCS, Fivetran, Armis and Rimes

• February 14, 2025 14 Feb'25

  SailPoint IPO highlights importance of identity

  Security player’s distributor views move as a moment that validates the market, as well as its involvement with the vendor

• 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

  Advania UK unveils unified leadership team

  To integrate its recent acquisitions, Microsoft partner Advania UK has established a structure to oversee all operations

• 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

  Conscia expands UK presence as ITGL buys ISN

  Danish player’s Portsmouth-based operation bolsters its position in the Cisco channel with M&A move

• 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 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Users looking to replace backup solutions

  Kaseya research reveals a portion of users are not only struggling with backup and recovery, but are considering switching technologies

• February 11, 2025 11 Feb'25

  Quocirca: AI is a managed print services opportunity

  Market watcher shares insights into how print vendors and partners are gearing up to take advantage of growing demand for artificial intelligence

• February 10, 2025 10 Feb'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Moves this week at Westcon-Comstor, Infinity Group, Cato Networks, Nile, Calabrio, Scality and Gigamon

• 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 06, 2025 06 Feb'25

  Thales encouraging wider portfolio sales

  Security player introduces fresh partner programme to make it easier for the channel to sell across products, including the fruits of the Imperva acquisition

• February 06, 2025 06 Feb'25

  Mitel highlights hybrid comms opportunities

  Vendor shares research findings that underline the demand and interest from customers in updating their communications strategy

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Visibility the starting point for many security pitches

  Whether it be DORA or just trying to reduce the risk profile for a user, those in the channel with the expertise to uncover risk are set to benefit

• February 05, 2025 05 Feb'25

  Dell shares details of 2025 partner programme

  Focus is on artificial intelligence, PC refresh, storage and collaborating more closely with the channel to support growth

• 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

• February 04, 2025 04 Feb'25

  Infosecurity Europe increasing partner focus with Channel Zone

  Security show will provide a greater focus on the channel community this year

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Channel moves: Who’s gone where?

  Former SysGroup CEO Adam Binks resurfaces at Syrenis, and there are other moves at n2s, HPE, Canon, Cisco, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, NetAlly and Cato Networks

• February 03, 2025 03 Feb'25

  Partner feedback shaping SMART products

  Audio visual specialist uses ISE to share latest offerings, acknowledging the role the channel plays in its strategy

• January 31, 2025 31 Jan'25

  Maintel shares transformation progress with FY24 update

  Managed services player Maintel issues trading statement, with the results of its focused approach clearly seen in the numbers

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  QBS Software picks up Prianto

  Expansive distributor seeks to strengthen its EMEA position with a move for fellow channel player with wide geographical reach

• January 30, 2025 30 Jan'25

  Westcon-Comstor: Clear cloud opportunities for the channel

  Distributor Westcon-Comstor shares insights from those buying security on investment priorities and demands on partners

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Softcat deepens DEX options with Nexthink

  Relationship between vendor and channel player shines a light on employee experience

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Sustainability remains a channel priority

  Research from Agilitas shows there has been an increase in the number of those across the industry viewing reducing carbon emissions as a priority

• January 29, 2025 29 Jan'25

  Computacenter signals strong finish to the year

  After suffering soft market conditions in the first half of 2024, the channel player saw momentum pick up in the second half

• January 28, 2025 28 Jan'25

  Juniper Networks encourages cross-selling with JPA enhancements

  Networking player uses partner programme enhancements to encourage partners to sell a wider portfolio