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• March 15, 2021 15 Mar'21

  Sapphire expands prospects through acquisition

  SAP specialist’s CEO shares the strategy behind the string of deals it has already signed this year

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Offices won’t be full for some time to come

  Channel will have a role in helping customers adjust to a hybrid working world, with many staff indicating they will continue to work from home

• March 12, 2021 12 Mar'21

  Brother extends as-a-service approach to label printers

  Vendor Brother extends options for partners with monthly payment plans being offered on its label printer range

• March 11, 2021 11 Mar'21

  F-Secure and Barracuda bolster MSP support

  Security players react to changing customer needs with subscription pricing, multi-tenant management and product enhancements

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  Exclusive Networks UK boss on a strong start to the year

  Coronavirus, Brexit and having to do everything virtually have not dented distributor’s optimism

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  HPE reveals channel momentum around GreenLake

  Vendor rolls out enhancements to its infrastructure-as-a-service offering and reveals the strength of channel involvement

• March 10, 2021 10 Mar'21

  WatchGuard enhances MSP cloud platform

  Security player continues to add more depth to its cloud platform as it continues to reach out to more MSSPs

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Bryant taking channel on NetApp’s journey to cloud

  The vendor’s recently appointed UK&I channel director, Denise Bryant, shares her immediate priorities as she looks to increase support for partners.

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Restore bolsters Apple business with Bookyard buy

  Recycling specialist Restore continues with its strategy of acquiring more market coverage with its second deal this year

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Illumio adds to ecosystem with BT Security partnership

  Security player views move to add to its number of relationships a positive for its channel

• March 09, 2021 09 Mar'21

  Impact of coronavirus seen in Midwich FY numbers

  Audio visual distributor saw a year of two halves, but has been able to indicate to investors that things are continuing to improve

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Sabio moves for Salesforce partner makepositive

  Customer experience specialist Sabio again turns to acquisition as a route to expanding its capabilities and market reach

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?

  A Sophos EMEA channel appointment leads the list of personnel changes that have happened across the channel in the past week

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  International Women’s Day: The need for diversity continues

  Diversity in the channel has improved and Vivienne Francis, a senior channel executive at Motorola Solutions, is making sure that trend continues

• March 08, 2021 08 Mar'21

  Cherwell signals expanding ITSM opportunity

  Firm’s recent virtual Clear conference indicated that more customers were looking for employee development tools and no-code options

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Jamie Farrelly takes on EMEA channel role at Commvault

  Former Veritas staffer Jamie Farrelly joins Commvault at a time when the data player is going through a transformation and is keen to take its channel partners with it

• March 05, 2021 05 Mar'21

  Air IT and Onecom keep consolidation trend going

  Both firms have dipped their toes back into the acquisition waters after making recent purchases

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  Dell gives authorised partners the chance to stand out with RISE

  Vendor ushers in EMEA programme to help partners work with distribution to earn more rewards

• March 04, 2021 04 Mar'21

  Ultima adds services depth with Just After Midnight buy

  Automation specialist picks up cloud support player with operations stretched across the globe

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  Budget: SME Help to Grow scheme could foster further cloud adoption

  The channel has focused in on the impact of the budget on the SME community with the chancellor of the exchequer looking to increase digital skills and technology adoption

• March 03, 2021 03 Mar'21

  Node4 welcomes fresh backers, and Radius buys again

  Fresh from an acquisition, MSP Node4 has attracted fresh backers, and Radius has sealed its eighth acquisition in the past two years

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  Distribution helps UK deliver laptops to schools

  Figures from Context indicate the impact of the government schemes to get laptops into the hands of students learning from home

• March 02, 2021 02 Mar'21

  SAP channel consolidation continues as Sapphire buys InCloud

  Sapphire Systems has moved for InCloud Solutions in a bid to add more depth to its cloud ERP expertise

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Until the robots take over, the best chance of gaining growth is to reach out to an experienced and skilled person. More across the industry have done just that in the past week

• March 01, 2021 01 Mar'21

  Veale looks for channel growth at Vectra

  NDR player views the channel as key to growing its footprint in the growing mid-market

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  NetApp highlights public sector opportunity for partners

  Impact of the pandemic has only accelerated a move to a hybrid world and underlined the need for partner support, says NetApp

• February 26, 2021 26 Feb'21

  Node4 bolsters MSP position with Starcom Technologies buy

  Firm adds staff and offices as K3 chooses to sell off its managed services operation

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  SAP looking for ambitious channel growth

  Vendor keen to ramp up revenues from partners over the next few years as it takes steps to increase support for the channel

• February 25, 2021 25 Feb'21

  Tech Data and Seagate strengthen XaaS options

  Distributor and storage player both take steps to increase their as-a-service options, through acquisition and a service launch

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Cloud security doubts remain

  Even with the acceleration in adoption of hosted services, the channel will still have to convince some customers that all is safe when it comes to cloud security

• February 24, 2021 24 Feb'21

  Kaseya expands security reach with RocketCyber buy

  MSP specialist continues to add more depth to its platform offering with a cloud-managed SOC now integrated into the portfolio

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  Trustwave holds out a helping hand to security starters

  Security players referral programme will help those without security skills to still provide support for their customers

• February 23, 2021 23 Feb'21

  Content+Cloud snaps up Sipcom

  Deal will bulk out the firm’s Microsoft proposition as well as giving it a foothold in the US for the first time

• February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another busy week in the world of channel recruitment, with security personnel changes emerging as one of the themes of the past seven days

• February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21

  Exclusive Networks expands X-OD

  Distributor increases the number of countries that can access its as-a-service offering and increases the vendors involved

• February 22, 2021 22 Feb'21

  Nuvias Group adds to sense of a positive year ahead

  Distributor Nuvias Group shares channel research that reveals many are expecting decent growth in 2021

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Partners join Avaya on its SaaS journey

  Comms player has seen its channel embrace the opportunities that have emerged from a shift towards the cloud

• February 17, 2021 17 Feb'21

  Channel is key to supporting CyberGRX UK ambitions

  Risk assessment specialist says partners will play a crucial role in its development in the market

• February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21

  Virgin Media Business adds to picture of post-Covid boom

  Comms player adds its own research into the debate about the prospects for the channel as the economy starts to recover after the pandemic

• February 16, 2021 16 Feb'21

  Sophos: Ransomware remains a top channel concern

  Vendor has charted a persistence in cyber attacks that its partners are countering as they take steps to keep customers safe

• February 15, 2021 15 Feb'21

  Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?

  Those seeking growth and a chance to breathe some fresh life into their channel relationships have been recruiting over the past week

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Northamber looks to build on H1 2020

  Distributor issues an update detailing how it fared in the last six months of 2020, with coronavirus and Brexit both having an impact on the business

• February 12, 2021 12 Feb'21

  Apax takes majority stake in Herjavec Group

  Managed security services provider with a global footprint is snapped up by private equity player

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Onecom picks up Olive Communications

  Combination of two of Vodafone’s largest partners, Onecom and Olive, will create a communications powerhouse

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Microsoft encourages more co-sell in programme updates

  Vendor is keen to unify its programmes and put more partners in front of each other and customers

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  CDW weathering Brexit and Covid-19 storms

  Channel player CDW shares details of its trading as it wraps up on 2020

• February 11, 2021 11 Feb'21

  Microsoft sizes channel opportunity at £9bn

  Research shows that customers looking to improve competitiveness will be reaching out to the channel over the course of this year

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Vendors court managed service community with enhancements and programmes

  Schneider, Datto, Secureworks, Group-IB and SecureDrives have all made moves to reach out to a wider channel base

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  D-Link sets sights on MSP growth

  Networking player D-Link wants to grow its channel base in 2021, with managed service providers among its targets

• February 10, 2021 10 Feb'21

  Trend Micro makes Softcat its first UK platinum partner

  Security player has deemed that the time is right to unveil its first highest-tiered partner in the country