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2020 Stories
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January 27, 2020
27Jan2020
News
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Who has moved into a fresh job in the past seven days? We highlight some of those making moves in the industry in the past week Continue Reading
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January 27, 2020
27Jan2020
News
ERP specialist Symatrix steps up investment in managed services
Manchester-based business is looking to build on its existing managed services offering adding more staff to support its ambitions Continue Reading
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January 24, 2020
24Jan2020
News
BETT: HP hits the road to support educational partners
Vendor aims to get its education offerings out in front of customers and support resellers across the country Continue Reading
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January 24, 2020
24Jan2020
News
Intel boss ‘maniacal’ about eliminating supply constraints
CEO updated analysts on the progress the vendor is making in eradicating the CPU supply issues that have been a problem throughout 2019 Continue Reading
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January 23, 2020
23Jan2020
News
BETT: Lenovo calls for more tech investment
The hardware vendor has worked on a report that indicates that money needs to be spent on tech to keep education in touch with the digital demands of the future Continue Reading
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January 23, 2020
23Jan2020
News
Computacenter eyeing vast opportunities
Channel player shares details of strong 2019 and indicates that the future is one where it can enjoy further growth Continue Reading
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January 23, 2020
23Jan2020
Opinion
IT security is broken: Six ways partners can help fix it
Many organisations have numerous non-integrated security point products installed across their enterprise, the management of which is a huge challenge. Here, we discuss how partners can help their customers to adopt a more holistic approach to ... Continue Reading
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January 22, 2020
22Jan2020
News
IT firms victims of worsening late payment situation
Last year saw the problem with invoices being settled getting worse and IT firms are struggling to get their bills paid on time Continue Reading
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January 22, 2020
22Jan2020
News
Avaya appoints former channel boss to UK&I MD role
The comms specialist has turned to its former European channel chief to help continue its drive into the cloud Continue Reading
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January 21, 2020
21Jan2020
News
Ignition Technology and Global Distribution add to vendor rosters
Distributors adding depth to the portfolio to widen the solutions and services they can put in front of resellers Continue Reading
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January 21, 2020
21Jan2020
News
Fresh efforts made to tackle late payment woes
Late payments have been a headache for SMEs for years but fresh attempts are being made to clamp down on the issue Continue Reading
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January 20, 2020
20Jan2020
News
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Moves at a fairly senior level seemed to be the trend over the past week with firms looking to kick on in 2020 with some fresh talent Continue Reading
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January 20, 2020
20Jan2020
News
Kaspersky rolls out licensing portal for MSPs
Security player aims to make licensing easier with online tools and more flexible with a monthly billing option Continue Reading
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January 17, 2020
17Jan2020
News
Canalys warns 2020 unlikely to match last year in the PC market
The analyst house has cast its eye over the state of the PC market and given the reasons why the months ahead might prove to be slightly more challenging than 2019 Continue Reading
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January 17, 2020
17Jan2020
News
Increasing security shift and platform approach benefiting Kaseya
Firm lifts the lid on how 2019 fared and details of its growth and increasing customer numbers Continue Reading
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January 16, 2020
16Jan2020
News
Skills crisis threatens to derail customer growth ambitions
Getting hold of talent is top of the list of concerns for UK tech leaders and is causing many of them to cast doubts over the prospects for the industry in the next couple of years Continue Reading
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January 15, 2020
15Jan2020
News
Bamboozling the enemy
Attivo Networks CTO explains the approach the firm takes to keeping hackers and cyber criminals at bay Continue Reading
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January 15, 2020
15Jan2020
News
Logicalis: CIOs under pressure to deliver transformation
The challenge of making digital transformation happen and keeping systems running and secure is becoming a difficult juggling act for more customers Continue Reading
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January 14, 2020
14Jan2020
News
PC market enjoys annual growth for first time in nine years
Both IDC and Gartner agree that last year was the best year for PC hardware since 2011 Continue Reading
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January 14, 2020
14Jan2020
News
Windows 7 turn off sparks security pitches
The end of support has finally arrived and the spectre of rising security risks is likely to be a boon for the channel Continue Reading
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January 13, 2020
13Jan2020
News
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Several executive moves have caught the eye over the past seven days with this roundup capturing a few of the notable ones Continue Reading
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January 13, 2020
13Jan2020
News
Sabio continues down acquisition path with Team vision buy
Customer experience player looks to Spain for its latest acquisition opting to snap up fellow CX specialist Team vision Continue Reading
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January 13, 2020
13Jan2020
Opinion
Beware of falling for the hype machine
With more companies resorting to hyperbole to sell products, Billy MacInnes warns of the necessity to see past exaggeration and look at the true effectiveness of products and technology Continue Reading
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January 13, 2020
13Jan2020
News
Ingram Micro Cloud and Cloud Distribution both enjoy strong 2019
Distributors Ingram Micro Cloud and Cloud Distribution share details on how they fared on the revenue front in 2019, with it proving to be a positive time for the big players Continue Reading
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January 10, 2020
10Jan2020
News
Synnex splits in two with Concentrix getting its independence
Distributor is looking to gain more flexibility and focus by splitting away from the customer experience specialist Concentrix Continue Reading
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January 10, 2020
10Jan2020
News
Zuckerberg expecting AR to make it big
The boss of Facebook has outlined some of the changes he sees coming in the 2020s and has put AR up there as the platform for the future Continue Reading
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January 09, 2020
09Jan2020
News
Veeam plans investments after $5bn Insight Partners buy
Firm will move base to US and expand operations after being acquired by Insight Partners Continue Reading
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January 09, 2020
09Jan2020
News
Desmond returns as Exclusive strengthens executive team
After a year away from his role at Exclusive Networks, Barrie Desmond has returned to the distributor alongside three other hires to add muscle to the channel player’s executive team. Continue Reading
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January 08, 2020
08Jan2020
News
Extreme Networks hands resellers the solution to go after retailers
Vendor is giving partners the option to take a number of options out to retailers that want automated and easy connectivity Continue Reading
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January 08, 2020
08Jan2020
News
CES sets an agenda around AI and 5G
The organisers of the first major show of the year have predicted some of the technologies that will dominate the decade Continue Reading
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January 07, 2020
07Jan2020
News
Wavenet snaps up Microsoft Teams player VIA
Deal has been struck in a move by Wavenet to increase the expertise it can offer around Teams Continue Reading
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January 07, 2020
07Jan2020
News
Trust a challenge for security resellers
ESET has quizzed CIOs and found that many are struggling to trust those that supply them security tools and services Continue Reading
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January 06, 2020
06Jan2020
News
Channel roundup: Who's gone where?
Just a few executive changes to concentrate on the first full week back to work of 2020 Continue Reading
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January 06, 2020
06Jan2020
News
LogicMonitor planning to invest in partners
It's been almost a full twelve months since the AIOps player launched its channel programme and it is looking to build on that over the course of 2020 Continue Reading
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January 03, 2020
03Jan2020
In Depth
Channel faces another year of evolution
Distributors, vendors and trade associations share their expectations for the year ahead, with the need to embrace change a key part of the message Continue Reading
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January 03, 2020
03Jan2020
News
Enghouse Systems strengthens software side with Dialogic buy
The unified comms specialist will have more tools to offer partners after it seals a deal to pick up Dialogic Continue Reading
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January 03, 2020
03Jan2020
E-Zine
MicroScope: SMEs and managed services
In this issue of MicroScope, we look at the channel opportunity in the SME customer base as they look for managed services support, our roundtable discussion looks at the transformative appeal of unified communications, and consider why software ... Continue Reading
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January 02, 2020
02Jan2020
In Depth
Channel predictions: Opportunities in AI, hybrid cloud, edge and security
Some of the great and the good in the industry have shared their predictions for what they expect in 2020 Continue Reading