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• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Channel backing apprenticeships

  It is National Apprenticeship Week and the channel is doing its bit to arm the next generation with the skills and opportunities to make a difference in the IT world

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  England gets nod as next CEO of Nuvias

  Distribution veteran Simon England will take up the role at the start of next month at the EMEA wide VAD

• March 07, 2019 07 Mar'19

  Juniper Networks bets on managed partners for growth

  Juniper’s EMEA channel chief overhauls channel model to focus on top partners

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Olive Communications sets sights on global expansion

  The communications firm has taken steps to increase its global coverage with an operation in Australia

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Partner numbers and investment up at Salesforce

  The CRM firm has revealed that it has grown its partner base and seen an increasing number go through certifications

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Roundtable: More channel skills required to crack SD-WAN market

  In the second part of our SD-WAN roundtable the question of skills comes up with it clear that more needs to be done by those keen to exploit the market opportunity

• March 06, 2019 06 Mar'19

  Computacenter expands depth of European coverage

  An acquisition of a Swiss reseller will provide the firm with a solid pipeline of business in the country

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Civica picks up SaaS player TranSend

  The acquisition will add delivery management tools to the Civica portfolio and give it more options to pitch around those looking for help with transport and logistics

• March 05, 2019 05 Mar'19

  Vendors stepping up security training

  Gartner has produced a list of trends for the year ahead and has noted that there has been a reaction to the ongoing skills crisis

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Lots of appointments this week as some firms shuffle their executive packs in the hunt for growth

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  UKFast opens doors to 100 more apprentices

  The cloud specialist is ramping up its commitment to apprenticeships with plans to bring on board a significant number of new recruits

• March 01, 2019 01 Mar'19

  Those failing to use the channel are missing out on growth

  Research from Investec makes it clear that those that fail to use the channel well are losing out on significant amounts of revenue

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Journey to the cloud not a straight line from A to B

  Campaign from Cogeco Peer 1 to help customers understand that moving to the cloud can be more complex than some might think

• February 28, 2019 28 Feb'19

  Rigby Group sells off FluidOne

  After being involved with the data delivery firm the Rigby Group has opted to sell the business to a private equity player

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Component shortages continue to plague PC market

  Analysts warn of disruption throughout the first half of the year before shortages ease

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Cloudflare open to channel expansion

  Cloud based security and web performance player is keen to expand its UK channel relationships

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Cohesity reaches out to ISVs

  The storage player has launched an app market place and increased the support it can offer developers

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  Resellers showing interest in managed print services

  An analysis of how the print market fared in Q4 from Context has revealed that more are looking to add managed services to their offerings

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  ConnectWise looking at sale to private equity player

  The MSP tools specialist has announced its intention to accept an acquisition offer from Thoma Bravo

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Those hunting growth often look to bring on talent and this last week has been no different

• February 25, 2019 25 Feb'19

  SMEs failing to embrace innovation

  The channel ill need to do a lot of hand holding to help more SMEs embrace some of the latest technological innovations

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  HPE boss: "If the channel doesn't grow we can't grow"

  Speaking to analysts about the HPE's Q1 numbers Antonio Neri made it clear that partners play a pivotal role

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  Huawei looking to step up UK investment

  The telco firm has indicated partners here could benefit from more investment if the ongoing problems in the US continue

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Vendor lock-in a user concern for those heading to the cloud

  Research from Fujistu has revealed some of the anxieties that customers are going through with the cloud

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Foresite to use funding to build partner network

  The cyber security specialist is looking to build its partner network across EMEA after getting backing from an investor

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  Brother highlights the 'paper-lite' opportunity

  Firm has charted an increase in scanning as SMEs look to try to reduce the amount of paper they are printing

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  Extreme Networks increasing partner support

  A number of enhancements to the partner programme should make life easier for the networking player's channel this year

• February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another busy few days across the industry with some executives deciding now is the time for a fresh challenge

• February 18, 2019 18 Feb'19

  Advanced brings more mainframe options to UK with GT Software

  GT Software gets a chance to get into the UK market via an exclusive partnership with Advanced

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Channel has to do more to help SMEs with IoT and AI

  Cloud Industry Forum and Ingram Micro Cloud urge resellers to do more to help users overcome hurdles holding back emerging tech adoption

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Logicalis gains Cisco IoT authorisation partner status

  The channel player has become the first in the UK to gain the IoT certified status just a month after the scheme was launched

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Lack of understanding holding SD-WAN sales back

  The technology might deliver cost savings and efficiency improvements but not enough customers understand SD-WAN

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Fear of failure a digital transformation barrier

  KCOM has taken a closer look at what is holding back customer innovation

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Asolvi makes another UK acquisition with Vantage Computing deal

  The service management specialist has made it two deals in two months so far in 2019

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  It has been another few days of personnel changes in the industry as firm's of all shapes and sizes

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Firstcom Europe expands UK footprint with Telesis buy

  The cloud comms player has ambitions to increase revenues and is using acquisition as one of the ways of getting there

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  Xerox signals SME growth ambitions

  It has been a theme in the vendor's channel for the past 18 months but the importance of growing SME market share is something the firm has flagged with investors

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Mid-sized firms taking risks to get digital

  Aruba discovers medium sized firms are under pressure to digitally transform their business

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Dell reduces obstacles in partner route to gold

  The vendor has revealed that it is making it easier for authorised partners to move up into its tiered programme

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Dell sets sights on $70bn channel revenues

  The vendor has revealed that the channel is within touching distance of hitting $50bn in revenues and it is now looking for a larger goal

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  MSPs need to cut down on customer churn

  Research has shown that most MSPs have no problem gaining new customers the problem is keeping them

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Zero trust a channel opportunity

  It might sound like a buzzword but Zero Trust is a security issue that should be a door opener for many in the channel

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Pulseway extends MSP support

  Firm identifies marketing challenge faced by many MSPs and moves to help plug the gap

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Cloud providers need to build channel trust

  The big cloud providers need the channel to help widen sales but Canalys has warned they must generate more trust in those relationships

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another seven days and as usual there have been some moves made by those channel firms looking for a change in talent to drive growth

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Context: Distribution set for another year of growth

  After a decent 2018 things should go well again this year, depending on Brexit, for distribution

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Canon could expand Business Centre network

  Having opened its first UK-based Canon Business Centre last year the firm's channel boss is looking into building on that progress

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Fear of hard Brexit sparking SME exodus

  More firms are looking at relocation as a way of avoiding the worst effects of a hard Brexit

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Securonix goes two-tier with Cloud Distribution

  The SIEM specialist has decided the time is right to turn to distribution to increase its presence in the channel

• January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

  Second hand phones could expose resellers to data risks

  The increase in the secondary phone market means more mobiles could find themselves in the hands of resellers who might not be aware of the need to wipe personal data