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HPE scraps financial guidance over COVID-19 uncertainty
Vendor claims it is unable to predict how severely the pandemic will affect its business operations
From Econocom to Softcat: Everything Europe's largest VARs have said about COVID-19 so far
The far reaching impact of COVID-19 has set in among Europe's top resellers. Here we compile everything that leading resellers from the Nordics, France, the UK and Germany have said about the virus so far
'Winners and losers are decided in a crisis like this' - Atea CEO on recovery roadmap and contingency planning for COVID-19
CEO Steinar Sønsteby opens up on the measures Atea is taking to make sure it emerges from the coronavirus crisis unscathed
Security Summit podcast: Is security automation an option for SMBs?
Logicalis’ director of managed security services, Ricky Magalhaes, discusses why he thinks automation is the key to vendors winning in the SMB space
Nordic reseller Dustin says COVID-19 could have long-term impact on its business
Sweden-based reseller giant says it has benefited from a boost in products for home working, but expects tough times ahead
PC sales see massive surge in Europe as nations enter lockdown
Notebook sales see 51 per cent growth across western Europe, claims Context, as customers scramble to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pure Storage's global channel boss on the rationale behind new back-end incentives
Flash storage vendor plans to roll out new incentives in June ready for 2021
COVID-19 takes bite out of server and storage market for 2020
Crisis brings ‘tensions and uncertainty’ to the market, claims IDC
Dell and VMware abandon fiscal 2021 targets over COVID-19 fears
Vendor duo says it is ‘unable to predict’ how severely pandemic will hit business
ALSO CEO says IT industry will get 'surge of growth' due to coronavirus pandemic
Hugely optimistic outlook from distribution giant provides early signs that the channel could thrive during crisis
Cancom postpones annual report and warns of sales hit after adopting new accounting rules
German giant’s FY2019 expects to see top line suffer and its FY2020 forecast postponed to April 28, 2020.
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'People aren't buying anything' - MD of French reseller on running a business during national lockdown
MD of €600m-revenue IT and print reseller tells CPI that the vast majority of sales people are now on reduced hours after French prime minister declared total lockdown
Bechtle's overseas business grows twice as fast as German arm in 2019
German VAR now has €2bn-revenue business outside of its home country
Nuvias parts ways with Forcepoint in EMEA
Cybersecurity vendor replaced Arrow with Nuvias in 2018, claiming that ‘distribution status quo is over’
Econocom plans further divestments as revenues dip in 2019
French reseller in talks to make another sale after shedding Jade Solutions in the UK and Rayonnance in France
NetApp swoops on software-defined vendor Talon Storage
Storage vendor claims acquisition adds to cloud data services portfolio
SCC opens new HQ in Romania as it expands its global delivery centre footprint
Romania and Vietnam centres now generate £20m in annual revenues, SCC claims
HPE's sales shrink as compute arm falls by double-digits
Infrastructure vendor plagued by Intel chip issues and coronavirus uncertainty
Insight acquires Gold Microsoft cloud partner in France
Acquisition adds consulting and managed services team around Microsoft Cloud solutions
Live blog: Rolling updates on coronavirus' impact on the channel
Live coverage on event cancellations, vendor reaction and more
VMware claims 'hundreds' of partners have reached top level of new channel programme
Virtualisation vendor launches Partner Connect programme and promises to integrate acquired businesses Carbon Black, Pivotal and VeloCloud in coming months
Bechtle acquires €50m-revenue SOLIDWORKS reseller
German VAR makes another concentrated acquisition around computer-aided design and manufacturing tech