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Channel Business Management

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  HP increases channel support for EaaS approach

  The vendor has taken steps to make life easier for those partners looking to get involved with Everything as a Service

• March 18, 2019 18 Mar'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another busy few days in the personnel departments across the channel with some fresh faces arriving

• March 15, 2019 15 Mar'19

  Channel growth a priority for Juniper Networks

  The vendor's recently appointed EMEA channel head is looking to work more closely with its top tier of partners

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  HPE puts solution architects at heart of customer engagement

  HPE's Tech Pro programme will bolster technical training and support and equip solution architects for customers’ transformation projects

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  Spring Statement uodates progress on late payments

  Business groups are hoping that the government has made some progress on cracking down on those firms that are late paying reseller invoices

• March 12, 2019 12 Mar'19

  Computacenter breaks through £4bn revenue barrier

  The channel player has released its 2018 year results breaking new ground and indicating that there is more growth to come

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  HPE steps up technical support for partners

  Vendor will introduce technical community programme to EMEA and the US after running a successful pilot

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  There have been a mixture of personnel changes across the channel in the past seven days

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Nexsan listening to partners

  The firm has chosen to celebrate its 20th anniversary by rolling out a partner advisory council

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Tech Data CEO looking for the higher value

  The distributor is continuing to make its move towards higher value business

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  Growing opportunities for women to make a difference

  On International Women's Day some of those women working in the channel have talked of their experiences and urged others to follow their lead

• 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

  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

  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

  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 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

  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

  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 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 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 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 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

  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 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 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

  CompTIA reveals the trends the channel must track

  The industry organisation has pulled together its thoughts about what the rest of the year will hold

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Dell calls for more digital transformation progress

  The vendor has revealed the findings of global research into the progress in the adoption of digital transformation

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Scalable Software launches partner programme and signs distributor

  The IT asset specialist is looking to work more formally with the channel to drive growth and increase the support it can offer partners

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  Cisco increases channel IoT programmes

  The vendor is looking to build a global network of certified partners that can help customers embrace more IoT

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another busy few days in the channel with the revolving doors moving at a few firms that decided the time was right to bring in some fresh talent

• January 28, 2019 28 Jan'19

  Brexit is hitting IT spending

  Research confirms what many in the channel had already experienced with customers hitting the pause button on IT projects

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  NCC Group H1 update shares skills issues

  The cyber security specialist has shared an interim first half update that exposes its issues with resources

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Rubrik formalises programme for ISVs

  Cloud data management player Rubrik is looking to build a stronger ecosystem with its latest technology partner programme

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Computacenter ahead of expectations for 2018

  The channel player has updated investors with a trading statement indicating that it exceeded its own expectations in the last fiscal year

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  CloudHealth partner programme set for 2020 re-launch

  Following its acquisition by VMware, CloudHealth will overhaul its channel programme

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?

  As January chugs on, the appointments continue to rack up across all tiers of the channel

• January 18, 2019 18 Jan'19

  Talent shortage now the top corporate concern

  Digital transformation, GDPR, cloud and artificial intelligence all need skilled people, and the shortage of talent is a leading concern, according to Gartner