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CompuCom owner Office Depot puts 13,100 jobs at risk in shift to IT services
CompuCom owner to shell out $543m to close retail stores and distribution centres as part of continued shift to IT services
KKR sells a third of its stake in SoftwareONE
US private equity firm has sold almost five per cent of its total shares in the Swiss licensing giant
Orange Cyberdefense exec reveals what cybersecurity technologies he's investing in this year
International business development boss of the €700m-revenue European giant tells CPI where he’s placing his bets in the cybersecurity space
How COVID-19 is shaking up the MSP market across Europe
CPI has spoken to the top vendors and partners from across EMEA to lay out the nuances in the Benelux, DACH, southern Europe and the UK
Bechtle hails strong start in Q1 despite delays to projects and deliveries
German VAR sees surge in demand for home office solutions amid ‘extremely unfavourable’ conditions in March
'Our own service offering to resellers has been selling like hotcakes' - MSP K3 Business Technologies
The solution provider tells CPI it created a reseller-targeted service two weeks before the UK went into lockdown
Avanade snaps up Italian Microsoft Dynamics partner
US systems integrator makes another Dynamics partner purchase as it rapidly expands its European footprint
Cognizant creates new Workday unit with enterprise app partner acquisition
US services giant bolsters cloud management portfolio with the acquisition of one of the largest Workday partners
'There's been a huge change in customer expectations' - Vistafon CEOs on how COVID-19 is shaking up the German MSP market
The DACH AV partner outlines how COVID-19 has drastically changed end user expectations on procurement timelines, and why vendors must keep pace
'MSPs will be more highly valued coming out of this': Complete IT's MD
Colin Blumenthal outlines what he thinks the impact of COVID-19 will have on the managed services market
GFI closes Informática El Corte Inglés acquisition bringing revenues to €2.3bn
French firm becomes ‘benchmark’ IT services company in Europe through acquiring retail giant's IT division
Irish player Arkphire acquires Apple reseller in Singapore
Acquisitive IT procurement and services firm builds out presence in APAC
Top three tweaks Europe's MSPs want their vendors to make right now
CPI has been speaking to MSPs headquartered across Europe to ask what three changes they would like vendors to make to best help their business through the COVID-19 pandemic
Econocom revenues fall double digits in Q1 as COVID-19 bites
French reseller points to lockdowns in France, Italy and Spain for revenue declines
Computacenter remains upbeat despite COVID-19 impact on operations
Services giant sticks to full-year forecasts despite expecting revenue declines for Q1
Atea starts 2020 with flat revenues, despite growth in software and services in Q1
CEO welcomes ‘high demand’ for reseller despite ‘strange times’, but concedes that a hardware sales slump cost the reseller
CPI publisher Incisive Media acquires Trusted Reviews
Trusted Reviews joins Incisive's tech portfolio
Sophos explains why its advising partners to deliver fewer services, and which products it's made free
Scott Barlow tells CPI which products and solutions the vendor has made free as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and how partners can lower costs
'It's frustrating that vendors take a long time to respond to anything of value' - Netstar
One UK MSP tells CPI about the 'insanely intense' demand on its service desk in recent weeks, and what key challenges remain for the business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
Barracuda's global MSP boss on partners asking for service desk help, the 'huge scramble' in the MSP market, and end user cash flow concerns
Jason Howells tells CPI that on top of the surge in service desk pressure, some of his partners are now also concerned about billing
Sopra Steria scraps 2020 targets amid COVID-19 uncertainty
Firm claims it is unable to make reliable forecasts as customers postpone services
EU approves €10bn credit insurance scheme for French businesses
Measures will help alleviate liquidity concerns for French companies during the COVID-19 crisis
Six key things resellers must get right to survive the COVID-19 pandemic
From credit insurance to supply chains, channel consultant and ex-Avnet boss Dieter Lott argues that channel partners must stay proactive if they want to emerge from an approaching global economic crisis
Why Germany's credit insurance masterstroke is a lesson for the UK
Credit insurance expert Mike Stott on how the government needs to do more
