Channel

Broadcom to end VMware’s channel program, move partners to its own invite-only offering

Suppliers don’t know much about what’s going on. Which leaves users in limbo, too

Channel28 Dec 2023 | 9

Everyone's talking about AI but industry reps say few are ready to implement

Canalys APAC Forum Finding a reason to do it might be the hardest part

AI + ML15 Dec 2023 | 6

SonicWall swallows Solutions Granted amid cybersecurity demand surge

CEO Bob VanKirk makes near-20-year partnership official, teases big things coming to EMEA

CSO17 Nov 2023 | 1

Microsoft tells partners unbundling Teams is a 'compromise' with the EU

Meanwhile, Zoom boss calls on US authorities to consider adopting Europe's breakout policy

Channel06 Sep 2023 | 17

Microsoft pauses delayed partner ecosystem security update to count its money

Active Directory privilege de-escalation will run for nine days in May before taking June off

Channel16 Mar 2023 | 2

Microsoft warns some Azure usage notifications – including abnormalities – are broken

There's a lot of manual work to do from now to March to make sure you don't break the cloud bank

Off-Prem02 Feb 2023 | 13

Microsoft fumbles zero trust upgrade for some Asian customers

Enhanced access privileges for partners choke on double-byte characters, contribute to global delays

Security13 Jan 2023 | 4

Cloud vendors should take some responsibility for stolen compute, says Canalys CEO

Canalys Forums APAC Crypto winter also attributed to semiconductor slumps in recent quarters

Cyber-crime16 Nov 2022 | 5

Microsoft extends deadline for partners to improve their clients' security with unauthorised Azure AD tweaks

Partners may be dragging the chain a little – perhaps you'd like to hurry them up?

Channel14 Oct 2022 |

Extreme Networks fesses up to selling kit to Russian hypersonic missile maker

Buyer Avangard's ordnance has reportedly been used against Ukraine

Networks13 Oct 2022 | 21

Microsoft to stop accepting checks from partners

Maybe it's putting the savings into discounts for Windows Server and M365 it's told the channel to sell?

Software06 Sep 2022 | 44

Salesperson's tech dream delivered by ill-equipped consultant who charged for the inevitable fix

Who,Me? ‘I had a sharp new suit and a misplaced sense of confidence’ – and made a costly mistake

Channel05 Sep 2022 | 56

VMware customers optimistically wait for Broadcom’s impact

VMware Explore As vCEO Raghu Raghuram tells us Big B won’t treat VMware like its other slash and burn acquisitions

Virtualization31 Aug 2022 | 2

Microsoft to drop price for Teams Rooms, add free Basic tier for SMBs

Hardware still required – plus tolerance for visiting the office and remote collaboration

On-Prem18 Aug 2022 | 9

Intel axes Nvidia-powered NUC X15 laptops for Arc GPU reseller push

Soon enough, you won't have to turn to a large PC vendor to buy an Arc laptop

Personal Tech13 Jul 2022 | 3

Microsoft gives its partners power to change AD privileges on customer systems – without permission

Updated Somewhat counterintuitively, this is being done to improve security

Security01 Jul 2022 | 11

Microsoft postpones shift to New Commerce Experience subscriptions

The whiff of rebellion among Cloud Solution Providers is getting stronger

Channel29 Jun 2022 | 8

Microsoft warns partners to revoke unused authorizations that drive your software

June debut of zero trust GDAP tool should make it harder for crims to attack through MSPs and resellers

Security18 May 2022 | 7

Singapore to license pentesters and managed infosec operators

Outfits that can rummage around inside customer systems need to prove they're up to the job - and accountable

Security12 Apr 2022 | 17

Distributor dumps Kaspersky to show solidarity with Ukraine

Security software vendor saddened but says its channel is holding firm

Security25 Mar 2022 | 33

IT vendors set to use headline inflation to justify price hike

Analysis It shouldn't affect costs, but it will, says software asset management intel org

SaaS18 Feb 2022 | 14

Even desktops showed up on growth radar in global PC shipment stakes for 2021

341 million units sold last year, up 15%

Personal Tech12 Jan 2022 | 5

IBM bosses wrongly sacked channel salesman after Tech Data joint venture failed, tribunal rules

TSS UK redundancy selection was 'biased, superficial and wholly inadequate'

Legal05 Jan 2022 | 34

Holy margins, Batman: Pandemic tech prices balloon as demand outweighs stocks and suppliers get greedy

Hall of Shame as IT buyers admit to paying £110 for a £14 mouse and keyboard

On-Prem21 May 2021 | 40

ConnectWise issues a slightly scary but unusually significant security advisory

Because IT service providers use ConnectWise to run your IT and this is its first-ever bug report

Security12 Jun 2020 | 2

Resellers facing 'months' of delays for orders to be fulfilled. IT gathers dust on docks as coronavirus-stricken China goes back to work

SSDs, laptops, servers all hit in the struggle for stock

Channel12 Mar 2020 | 52

UK.gov lays out COVID-19 guidance as the tech supply chain considers its own

Calm down now

Channel03 Mar 2020 | 59

Brit consumers still holding off on buying new PCs until that Brexit thing is over and done with

Even businesses' attempts to destroy Windows 7 with firehose of cash fail to reverse sales droop

Personal Tech17 Jul 2019 | 60

Apple reseller Solutions Inc pulls down shutters, calls in administrators

Updated Staff told: 'Do not come to work tomorrow. Do not attempt to re-enter the store for any reason'

Channel20 Feb 2019 | 46

Brexit? Now that it's raining more than ever, know we're OK at Computacenter

We are just a very humble reseller, eller, eller, eh, eh, eh

Channel23 Jan 2019 | 5

Black Friday? Yes, tech vendors might be feeling a bit glum looking at numbers for the UK

2018: The year the US-imported shopping promo bonanza goes pffft?

Channel22 Nov 2018 | 82

NCC hires three Bank of England cyber experts to beef up assurance business

Intros CENTA - that new money smell

Security15 Sep 2017 | 3

Capita is STILL the BIGGEST tech services supplier to UK.gov

Slurped £1.9bn of taxpayer cash in 2016, research claims

Channel22 Dec 2016 | 11

Job cuts, falling sales and now a mega pension deficit at RM

Hole in retirement pot widens to £35m, remains 'fly in ointment' for investors

Channel13 Dec 2016 | 8

Northamber almost strikes cheery note, warns profit a year off

Cautious distie sees revenues slip, losses climb

On-Prem28 Oct 2016 | 2

When selling to line of business types, start with a self-help book

Emotional intelligence, not tech skills, is the way to woo suits

Channel27 Oct 2016 |

UKFast owner slurps app security biz Pentest

Swells the ranks of ethical hackers at Secarma

Channel18 Jul 2016 |

Want $50bn from Uncle Sam? Put in a bid on these IT contracts

US government asks for quotes on massive Alliant 2 program

Channel28 Jun 2016 | 4

US giant Ingram Micro snaps up little Brit Comms-care

Regulator mulls Ingram's acquisition by China's HNA

Channel18 May 2016 | 2

Computacenter eyes investment plans for growing cash mountain

Sun shines in Germany, outlook unsettled in UK in 2015

Channel11 Mar 2016 |

XMA shutters its City pad, will service London from St Albans

Walks away from shoebox

Channel03 Mar 2016 | 14

Truncated Q4 helped send Ingram Micro sales down 19 per cent

Not as bad as it sounds, says soon to be Chinese distie giant

Channel26 Feb 2016 | 1

Official: EMC concedes defeat on certified partner sales volumes

But don't worry about that... look at the other stuff we've done that isn't a climb down

Channel25 Jan 2016 |

HPE finds new Azure czar lurking in channel biz

John Ansell leaves partner hat on stand, successor Hughes tries on for size

Channel19 Jan 2016 |

IT luminaries stranded in tropical paradise with Indian crime lord

Eruption of Indonesian volcano ground planes... worse places to be stuck

Channel06 Nov 2015 | 6

Fujitsu channel boss Simon Worsfold steps down

No reasons given for departure

Channel23 Oct 2015 |

'Cilla Black introduced me to my wife on Blind Date': Channel man's heartwarming story

Re-seller re Cilla - 'we were the first success story'

Channel03 Aug 2015 | 26

Blighty tablet sales plunge 31 per cent in saturated market

Eurozone buffer helps desktop PCs sales rise 20 per cent, however

Personal Tech28 Jul 2015 | 20

Symantec announces latest grand fromage prior to split

Gives everyone the Bird as ex-Check Point man climbs on board

Channel17 Jun 2015 | 1

Lenovo waves bye-bye to UK channel director Phelps

Sources cast doubt on vendor's claims he quit for pastures new

Channel17 Jun 2015 | 1

Revenue up 62 per cent, as Redcentric posts bumper post-buy results

Firm sets sights on bigger mid-market slice

Channel15 Jun 2015 |

Second-hand IT alliance forms to combat 'bully' vendors

Free ICT Europe says: vive la resistance!

On-Prem03 Jun 2015 | 19

Sophos looks to raise £65m with IPO

Could this be the biggest UK floatation yet?

Channel03 Jun 2015 | 8

EMC UK channel overlord Poole exits role but not company

Less than a year on the job and local exec eyes European enterprise glory

Channel18 May 2015 |

EMC to channel: Put all your sales eggs in our basket and we'll hurl cash at you

Huge rebates on offer if you push out our rivals, says veep

On-Prem18 May 2015 | 7

Martinwolf: The state of the tech industry in Q1 2015

Roll up, roll up, get your exclusive market insights

Channel15 Apr 2015 | 1