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• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  TelcoSwitch and Charterhouse expanding through acquisition

  Both firms have already been in the headlines this month thanks to funding rounds and acquisitions

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Achab says ‘Buongiorno’ to UK MSPs

  Italian distributor sets up shop in Reading with plans to work with managed service providers on this side of the Channel

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Versa Networks rolls out more formal channel approach

  Global partner programme replaces an ad-hoc approach and comes at a time when both SASE and SD-WAN are surfing a wave of demand

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Another week of movement across the channel, with vendors and partners hiring for growth

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  Maintel, Six Degrees and Apalo extending managed service options

  As-a-service offerings are growing in importance as customers look for greater flexibility

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Context: Shortages causing concern, but distributors optimistic

  The first few weeks of this year have come on the back of a solid Q4, but it is still difficult to get stocks in some hardware product categories

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Computacenter adds to picture of strong Q4

  Channel player issues trading update that adds to a growing list of evidence that H2 and the last few months of last year were robust for the channel

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  Sectigo launches programme and bolsters channel training

  Security firm Sectigo is stepping up its channel support with a programme and portal designed to provide more access to training and marketing

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  Riverbed still pitching visibility and performance

  Networking player believes its message is a good one for channel partners to take out to customers drawing up future strategies

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  Midwich weathers Covid-19 storm

  Distributor issues end-of-year trading update indicating that its second half was strong and its pipeline is looking healthy going forward

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  Canalys: Cyber security channel set for further growth

  Analyst house Canalys forecasts another decent year ahead for those set to can help customers fend off cyber attacks

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  ‘Sticking plasters’ applied in first lockdown leave users vulnerable

  Channel urged to make sure customers are not left using inadequate products that they acquired in March last year to get them through the pandemic

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  Channel roundup: Who’s gone where?

  Another busy week in HR departments across the industry with some significant channel appointments being made

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  Keysource talking expansion after MBO

  Datacentre specialist Keysource starts fresh chapter with financial backing that can support a buy-and-build strategy

• January 15, 2021 15 Jan'21

  CrowdStrike backing top partners

  Security player will deepen investment in its top-level partners as it looks to reward those who have invested in the firm

• January 15, 2021 15 Jan'21

  Commvault’s channel chief outlines a busy year ahead

  Recently appointed John Tavares has plans to reach out to MSPs, get more partners involved with SaaS and has a partner programme to launch in Q2

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Kaseya CEO: MSPs stopped an SME catastrophe

  The managed service community has kept many small and medium-sized enterprises going throughout the course of the pandemic, says Kaseya CEO

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Distribution comes through pandemic year strongly

  Record sales and a rapid response to the changing demands caused by the coronavirus pandemic helped the channel get through 2020

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Tech Data launches hardware apprenticeship

  Distributor plans to offer more support to resellers as staff sign up to increase their technical knowledge

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Restore bolsters ITAD market position with CDL buy

  Recycling and asset disposal specialist continues on its mission to become one of the biggest players in the UK market

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  Exertis increases efforts to drive diversity and inclusion

  Channel player keen to increase its appeal across the globe as a diverse and inclusive employer

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  August Equity backs fourth MSP

  Firm continues its strategy to invest in managed service players it believes can become significant in the market

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  PC market enjoying a revival

  Shipments tracked by Canalys in 2020 were the highest for a decade as users embraced notebooks and mobile workstations

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?

  The first working week of 2021 saw a few personnel moves across the industry

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  Agilitas opens Euro logistics hub to sidestep Brexit issues

  Channel player will have stock in the Netherlands to keep supplying its customers spread across the EU

• January 08, 2021 08 Jan'21

  Atos makes move for DXC

  Unsolicited offer from Atos for its rival could see the creation of a mega solutions provider

• January 08, 2021 08 Jan'21

  Intel unifies partner programmes

  Vendor hoping simplicity and increased support in a fresh partner programme will benefit its channel

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  Sapphire, Charterhouse and Pax8 strike deals

  Appetite for acquisitions across the channel shows no sign of abating, with a few deals struck already this week

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  DWS demerges from Daisy with Inflexion investment

  Channel comms player starts a fresh chapter with private equity player taking a significant minority stake in the business

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Kaspersky warns against endpoint risks

  Security player Kaspersky urges partners to educate customers around the risks of putting their faith in apparent ‘silver bullets’ from rivals

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Commvault ushers in fresh channel chief

  Former Dell EMC executive takes up the challenge of strengthening Commvault’s global partner base

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  TelcoSwitch plans to use funding to boost channel

  Unified communications specialist TelcoSwitch gains access to a few million pounds in a funding round that should provide more support for its partners

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  Softcat enjoys strong December and Agilitas sees revenues jump

  Channel players share details of their recent trading performance, with both revealing that last year was strong

• January 04, 2021 04 Jan'21

  Softcat bolsters public sector efforts with major hire

  Channel player turns to former VMware staffer to take charge of its public sector division

• January 04, 2021 04 Jan'21

  Secureworks flagging XDR channel opportunity

  Vendor has seen its channel respond to the shift to home working, but is keen to highlight other areas where partners can increase revenues this year

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Sharp Business Systems UK pitches the complete solution

  Firm is building on last year’s acquisition of Complete IT with plans to provide a more expansive solution to SME customers

• December 17, 2020 17 Dec'20

  Subscription model predicted to increase

  Those looking ahead have already tipped increases in flexible consumption models as one of the main features of 2021

• December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20

  Supply delays hitting some customers

  Brexit is looming and there are delays at the ports – and that is having an impact in the channel and among its customers

• December 16, 2020 16 Dec'20

  Canalys recognises vendor leadership through pandemic

  Analyst firm’s latest Channel Leadership Matrix picks up on those vendors that have given partners excellent support

• December 15, 2020 15 Dec'20

  Fujitsu puts ecosystem platform at heart of channel approach

  Vendor is adding partners to its collaborative platform that launched last month to encourage more cross-channel partnerships

• December 15, 2020 15 Dec'20

  Virgin Media Business Wholesale shines light on network upgrade opportunities

  The shift to home working and operating online has underlined the need for customers to upgrade networking infrastructure, but the channel must overcome some resistance to unlock that business

• December 14, 2020 14 Dec'20

  Veeam ending the year with growth across the channel

  The backup software vendor has seen demand rising from customers of all sizes, with its partners able to tap into those market conditions

• December 11, 2020 11 Dec'20

  Bytes IPO over subscribed

  Business valued at approximately £646.6m as it marks a successful IPO with conditional trading starting on the LSE

• December 10, 2020 10 Dec'20

  Insight UK boss on taking the positives from a challenging year

  Darren Hedley opens up about the impact the current pandemic has had on his relatively short time in the UK&I managing director role at Insight

• December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20

  Ingram Micro ends Chinese adventure with $7.2bn sale

  Distributor Ingram Micro has been picked up by US private equity player Platinum Equity, ending four years under the ownership of the HNA Group

• December 09, 2020 09 Dec'20

  F-Secure charts growing importance of channel to SME customers

  Security player has seen its channel become more important during the pandemic to those customers looking for trusted advisors

• December 08, 2020 08 Dec'20

  AWS channel chief: Partners key to growing the business

  Public cloud giant Amazon Web Services’ channel chief speaks of the importance of partners and the acceleration of cloud adoption during the coronavirus pandemic

• December 08, 2020 08 Dec'20

  Denise Bryant gets UKI channel role at NetApp

  Well-known channel figure Denise Bryant takes lead role for indirect business at cloud and data management specialist NetApp

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  Channel round-up: Who’s gone where?

  There is still time in 2020 for some senior appointments to be made across the industry

• December 07, 2020 07 Dec'20

  KCOM and Giacom team up to deliver Microsoft services

  Firms local to each other combine expertise to deliver connectivity and cloud services