Opinion

Opinion

Channel Business Management

• Help us to help you – how the customer-first model helps you empower your business

  We are in the middle of the fourth industrial revolution, with technologies such as the internet of things, data analytics, artificial intelligence and cloud-based business management tools a regular talking point. But technology alone won’t solve ...  Continue Reading

• Eight tips to lead your prospect from discovery to purchase

  With stronger competition than ever, it can be difficult for the channel to help their teams succeed in their sales proposals – here are eight tips to help you on your way  Continue Reading

• The channel is really big business

  Channel revenues at Dell have gained the attention of quite a few industry watchers, Billy MacInnes included  Continue Reading

• What has the channel ever done for digital transformation?

  How the channel can play an important role in the drive for digital transformation  Continue Reading

• Drive that growth through the channel

  Avaya’s comments about increasing revenues via partners have got the thumbs-up from Billy MacInnes, who hopes it will act as an example to others  Continue Reading

• Channelling the cloud – building healthy CSP relationships

  Creating a successful relationship with cloud service providers is essential for channel partners looking to increase their cloud portfolio. iLand 's director of channel sales has five tips to make the most of the opportunity  Continue Reading

• Insight 2019 technology predictions

  Michael Guggemos, CIO of Insight, shares his thoughts about what will be the key issues for the channel in the months ahead  Continue Reading

• Combatting deal slippage in the channel

  Rene Stuiver, Finance Solutions Manager EMEA, Tech Data has some advice for those facing this channel problem  Continue Reading

• Enhancing the role of the channel essential for the tech industry

  Ben Boswell, Vice President for Europe at World Wide Technology (WWT), discusses how vendors and the channel need to work together to ensure outstanding outcomes for customers  Continue Reading

• Partners the key to unlocking SME sales

  Vendors want to increase SME sales and Billy MacInnes knows that working with the channel is the only way to achieve that goal  Continue Reading

• Does the digital services tax idea add up?

  An idea that emerged at the recent Conservative Party conference has sparked some thoughts from Billy MacInnes  Continue Reading

• Does the IT industry think diversity and Dyslexia Awareness is just for one week in October?

  Amazon, the Prince’s Trust and Nuance all do their bit to make the IT industry more accessible. But is there really a diversity dividend wonders Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• The need to keep women from falling out of the IT world

  The discovery that women often fall into IT is one that got the attention of Billy MacInnes who hopes that more can be convinced to stay  Continue Reading

• Could YouView save our home from surveillance marketing by the Big Browser brigade

  The IoT-connected home is becoming a location for commercial opportunities for the channel finds Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• Looking overseas through Brexit tinted glasses

  The idea that UK resellers want to expand internationally caught the interest of Billy MacInnes who found that Brexit was having an impact on those dreams  Continue Reading