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• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  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

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  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

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  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

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  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

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Computacenter eyeing vast opportunities

  Channel player shares details of strong 2019 and indicates that the future is one where it can enjoy further growth

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  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

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  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

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  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

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  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

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  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

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  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

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  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

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  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

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  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

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Bamboozling the enemy

  Attivo Networks CTO explains the approach the firm takes to keeping hackers and cyber criminals at bay

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  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

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  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

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  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

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  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

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  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

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  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

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  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

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  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

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Veeam plans investments after $5bn Insight Partners buy

  Firm will move base to US and expand operations after being acquired by Insight Partners

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  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.

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  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

• January 08, 2020 08 Jan'20

  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

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  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

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  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

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Just a few executive changes to concentrate on the first full week back to work of 2020

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  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

• January 03, 2020 03 Jan'20

  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

• December 23, 2019 23 Dec'19

  Motherhood is the necessity of invention, says Mellanox channel boss

  Mellanox vice-president Yael Asseraf Shenhav talks about how her employer has enabled her to thrive in a male-dominated industry and sheds light on how we can all better manage our time

• December 20, 2019 20 Dec'19

  Resellers feeling good about 2020

  Context has surveyed thousands of resellers across the UK and Europe and found that levels of optimism are higher than at this time last year

• December 19, 2019 19 Dec'19

  VMware arming channel with skills to unlock digital opportunities

  Reaping the digital transformation rewards is more than just an IT conversation and VMware's UK channel chief is taking an approach based on helping partners increase their capabilities

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Canalys reveals its Channel Champions

  Analyst house places 12 vendors in the champions category for delivering high levels of support to partners

• December 18, 2019 18 Dec'19

  Radius Payment Solutions buys again to strengthen telecom arm

  The firm has made several acquisitions in the past few weeks to add extra muscle to its telecom operation

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Consenna gearing up for HP for Education programme

  Channel player ready to support the eighth year of the vendor's education trade-in programme

• December 17, 2019 17 Dec'19

  Sophos enhances MSP programme

  Security player adds more compatibility and flexible billing options to make life easier for managed service providers

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Channel roundup: Who's gone where?

  Before the channel starts to go into full on festive mode there have still been some appointments worth highlighting

• December 16, 2019 16 Dec'19

  Channel must prepare for greater digital transformation complexity

  Industry predictions are starting to be shared by industry experts and it's clear that there will be a role for the channel to play with users planning to get more digital

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  HP expands channel finance options

  Vendor renews its relationship with HPE and adds DLL to the mix to provide channel finance options

• December 12, 2019 12 Dec'19

  Context warns channel to expect challenging year ahead on the PC front

  Without some of the reasons to upgrade that have existed throughout this year being around for much longer the analyst house is warning of a soft second half to 2020 in the PC market

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  SonicWall and Veeam enhance managed service support

  Increasing support for those looking to deliver services is behind changes in partner programmes at both vendors

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  Circle IT secures major university deal

  The Welsh managed services specialist has won the opportunity to help its local university deliver a network fit for the demands of the 21st century

• December 10, 2019 10 Dec'19

  SCC chief heralds solid year

  The last twelve months have been busy ones for SCC and its chief executive is keen to highlight its achievements

• December 10, 2019 10 Dec'19

  Stone Group undergoes an MBO

  Firm goes through second MBO in the space of 11 years as it changes investment backers

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Northamber founder David Phillips passes away

  The founder of Northamber has sadly died after suffering a short illness

• December 09, 2019 09 Dec'19

  Sabio looks for growth with fresh CEO

  Firm looks to build on six acquisitions in the last three years with a fresh face in the CEO chair

• December 05, 2019 05 Dec'19

  Barracuda enjoys MSP growth

  The firm has seen its MSP business improve over the last year and there are no signs that will slow down in the short-term