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Management

Barlow leaves Computacenter

Former Equanet chief said to be looking for next channel opportunity after parting company with corporate reseller 06 Oct 2008

BT TowerVoice and Data

BT reveals ambitious plans for services arm

Telecoms giant looks to double turnover for renamed services division 06 Oct 2008

Veeam targets VMware channel

VMware management tools vendor plans to recruit 50 partners after touching down in UK 06 Oct 2008

Online VARs appeal to card issuers

Etailers look to credit card firms in battle against fraud 06 Oct 2008

IBM opens Scottish data centre

New Greenock facility aimed at mid-sized firms looking to consolidate their IT infrastructure 06 Oct 2008

One in three schools needs IT improvement

BESA report hints at VAR opportunity by concluding UK state schools are under-equipped for learning platforms as 2010 deadline nears 03 Oct 2008

Cisco spins out WebEx to VARs

Collaboration portfolio welcomed by partners 03 Oct 2008

Choiix targets mini-notebook channel

Vendor claims VARs can make continuous profits from its mini-notebook accessories 03 Oct 2008

Plimsoll figures show depth of reseller peril

Number of VARs using overdrafts as permanent means of finance is causing growing concern 03 Oct 2008

Microsoft pushes S+S vision

Software giant asks partners: are you ready to evolve? 03 Oct 2008

Mitel ransacks rivals for partner staff

Mitel Sales Academy will recruit and train experienced industry sales staff and place them at Mitel resellers 03 Oct 2008

2e2 closes Netstore buy-out

Integrator targets £50m revenue spike and increased SaaS expertise 03 Oct 2008

Targus Entas Mac market

Manufacturer tasks distributor Enta with taking its first Mac notebook accessory to market 03 Oct 2008

PC market shrugs off crunch

Second quarter unit shipment growth of 14.5 per cent exceeds expectations 03 Oct 2008

BSA makes four pirates walk the plank

Anti-piracy body swoops in biggest settlement of the year 02 Oct 2008

Lenovo boosts partner rewards

PC vendor and technology partners offer goodies and holidays to channel sales staff 02 Oct 2008

Repton hits £40m turnover

Infrastructure reseller celebrates spike in top and bottom lines 02 Oct 2008

SmartFixIT plans to storm the UK

But rivals question the demand for another call-out service 02 Oct 2008

Interactive Ideas grabs handful of Indian outfit

Linux distributor buys an 18 per cent stake in Indian open source services firm 02 Oct 2008

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Comment

Set meaningful KPIs

Ian Tomlinson argues that more attention should be paid to setting – and using – key performance indicators (KPIs) 02 Oct 2008

Analysis

Tee is for tremendous

A good time is always par for the course at the CRN Channel Golf Challenge. Sara Yirrell reports 25 Sep 2008

Avaya gets channel centric

Communications vendor used EMEA partner conference to reassure VARs their future is safe, reports Sam Trendall 25 Sep 2008

Managing remote workers

Users and resellers must ensure they don’t make a mountain out of a molehill, says Adrian Burholt 30 Sep 2008

Teach the children well

It’s up to resellers to educate schools about IT, according to Lyndon Chapman 26 Sep 2008

Putting the IT in equality

Gender in IT should no longer be an issue, says Sara Yirrell 25 Sep 2008

latest issue

CRN 22 September 2008

Articles from the 22-09-08 edition of CRN - Computer Reseller News 23 Sep 2008

Channel in distress?

The Large Hadron Collider did not finish us, but there may be another abyss, says Nitin Joshi 25 Sep 2008

Speaking in code

Encryption is a topic shrouded in mystique and misunderstanding, but this is changing as companies become aware of the importance of data protection, says Tony Ross-Booker 24 Sep 2008

A different distribution

Customer needs and converging technologies have given birth to a new breed of distributor, argues Andrew Binding 23 Sep 2008

Get ready to cash in on solid state gold

The increase in Flash memory production is sending a clear message about the future of SSD, says Alex Tatham 18 Sep 2008

Automate and consolidate

Stefan Zeitzen looks at workload automation as a support to IT consolidation 19 Sep 2008

A tangled web we weave

Web 2.0 has made skipping over security measures much easier, says Andrew Fourie 18 Sep 2008

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Vendor Q&A Session: Rick Wallis, NEC Computers

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CRN Channel Awards 2008

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