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Channel Business Management

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Computacenter hints at expansion after strong 2017

  The firm has released its full year numbers and indicated the over the next few years it would look to expand its geographical footprint

• March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  More movement in the channel with boards being strengthened, consultancy departments padded out and R&D getting a boost

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  Tech Data boss confident in future strategy

  Sharing his view of the future with analysts after its Q4 results were issued the distributor's CEO believes the firm is in the right place to sell digital technology and services

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  More work to be done to increase gender diversity

  Senior industry figures have called for more diversity on International Women's Day

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Mitel lines up unified global partner programme

  The final part of Mitel's intregration of ShoreTel is to combine the partner programme into a single offering

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  Security and cloud driving growth at Exclusive Group

  The distributor has shared revenue figures from last year with it again delivering double digit improvements

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Changes at Jigsaw24 following secondary MBO

  One of Apple's largest resellers gets a change of private equity backers ending a five year association with NorthEdge

• March 05, 2018 05 Mar'18

  Exertis extends reach with Hypertec acquisition

  Exertis, which is no stranger to acquisition, has been active again with a move to buy Hypertec

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Channel focus and increased support the mark of champions

  Fujitsu is among the handful of vendors that have been marked as champions by the latest Canalys EMEA leadership matrrix

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Citrix finds optimism flooding through the channel

  Resellers expect this to be a year of growth with Citrix working with Canalys to get a picture of what those operating in Northern Europe expect the rest of 2018 to hold

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another week and more moves across the channel as firms look to land the best talent to drive forward growth

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Netwrix looking for expanded partner base with fresh channel programme

  The vendor has launched a global partner programme and put executive muscle behind it in EMEA

• February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18

  Neri presides over first results and talks channel and servers

  Presiding over the first quarterly results as HPE CEO Antonio Neri has indicated that it is working with partners to shift more hardware

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Dell EMC steps up support for digital transformation skills

  The vendor has rolled out a series of certifications aimed at arming people with the right skills to navigate some of the cloud and security issues that many customers are dealing with

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Phoenix Business Solutions shuffles senior management pack

  It's all change at the top of the legal IT specialist as the CEO moves on to another opportunity

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Skills gap still causing concerns

  Those hoping that this year would see an easing of the skills gap are going to be disappointed

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Vectra planning European expansion post funding

  The security firm has secured a round of funding that it intends using to fuel its international expansion

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Rubrik shares growth stats and welcomes fresh faces

  The cloud data specialist has revealed it is growing quickly and has attracted more talent to join the executive ranks

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  Commvault channel chief increasing partner support

  The recently appointed channel chief at data management player Commvault has pledged to increase support for partners

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Tech Data extends reseller credit lines

  The distributor is marking the tenth anniversary of its Credit Elevator scheme by extending the funds on offer

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  If there is a trend this week it is in vendors looking to install fresh channel leadership to get more partner growth

• February 16, 2018 16 Feb'18

  GDPR lift and channel revenue expansion help CyberArk

  The Q4 numbers from the identity management specialist reveal customers are spending on GDPR and revenues through partners are increasing

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Ricoh finds digital transformation a growing SME concern

  Seeking out technology that can increase business agility is not an ambition that is confined just to the enterprise end of the market

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Channel numbers continue to swell at SonicWall

  Since spinning out of Dell the security firm has received strong backing from the channel

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  They say that talent will rise to the top and a fair few firms have been creaming off the best of the best over this last week

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Warranties not hitting the mark with millennials

  The next generation of buyers do not seem to be that bothered about warranties

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Dell looking for a $50bn channel business

  The vendor is aiming to take global channel revenues through the $50bn barrier as it lays down plans for a year of growth with partners

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  UK delivers growth for CDW

  Full year numbers from the US firm indicate that the UK performed well over the course of last year

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  IoT projects need to deliver growth

  Those pitching IoT solutions have underlined the importance of showing customers the positive results

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Channel open to more collaboration

  A significant number of resellers are happy to work with other partners to make sure they avoid skill gaps and meet customer demands

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Dell weighing IPO options

  An SEC filing from the vendor reveals it is musing over the idea of returning to public ownership but it has called on partners to remain calm in the face of the speculation

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Watts takes the reins in the UK at Tech Data

  In a move that will add more muscle to the UK management team long time staffer David Watts has formally been given the country management role

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Talari Networks looking for channel expansion

  The appointment of its first worldwide channel boss and plans to work with distribution in Europe are moves being made by the SD-WAN player

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Vodafone highlights the UC opportunities

  Vodafone's UK channel chief has provided a progress report one year on from rolling out its partner programme

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  CompTIA: Digital transformation driving IT spending growth

  The demand for cloud, security , IoT and a fair few other technologies should keep the channel busy throughout the rest of 2018

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Silver Peak puts the emphasis on local support

  Changes made this month designed to provide partners with stronger local support

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Connect Managed Services makes double acquisition

  The firm has struck two deals on both sides of the Atlantic as it looks to bolster its portfolio and customer base

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  HP and Lenovo make their educational pitches

  The BETT show saw the two leading hardware players unveil more products, expand the reseller base and talk about the importance of VR

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Couchbase formalises channel relationships

  The engagement database player has launched a global partner programme to support its reseller base

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Microsoft boasts of partner profitability levels

  The vendor's partners are able to generate extra revenue for every $1 that they gain selling Microsoft

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Tech Data increases support for hyper converged, security and cloud

  The distributor's Advanced Solutions business has been given investment to ensure it can support resellers around key growth technologies

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Carphone Warehouse Business rolls out dealer reward programme

  Taking a lead from established reward programmes available in the IT channel the firm has launched one to appeal to mobile dealers

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Sage looking for partners to bring in fresh customers

  The software firm is stepping up support for its channel to encourage the generation of new customers

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Computacenter enjoys a solid 2017

  Digital transformation projects helped Computacenter exceed expectations and deliver growth across all its operating regions

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  The attraction of the single tier approach

  Crowdstrike and SecureAuth are both security vendors and have both recently taken the decision to move away from distribution

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Dell ups rewards to encourage partners to embrace hyper converged

  The vendor is keen to ensure that its partners are getting involved with the growth hyper converged infrastructure market

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Arrow extends learning options with virtual classroom

  The distributor has rolled out its virtual classroom programme in the UK and across EMEA

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  SAP increases support for partners selling SME cloud services

  The vendor has increased the support that partners can gain access to if they are serious about increasing their cloud revenues

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Riverbed: Changing times need a different partner programme

  The vendor has overhauled its partner programme in a move that should align its channel with the demands of customers

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Adept4 cuts pre-tax losses as cloud services grow

  Managed services player has taken steps to simplify its structure and make a security push with the latest prelim numbers showing progress