Welcome to the Women in Channel Europe content hub
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Welcome to the Channel Partner Insight Women in Channel Europe hub.
Following the launch of our Women in Channel campaign last month, Channel Partner Insight has created a dedicated content hub for all the latest news and views on inclusion and diversity in the European channel, and why it matters.
CPI's Women in Channel campaign will culminate in an awards ceremony in October.
In the meantime, the CPI editorial team welcomes execs, both men and women, to engage in this issue.
We are striving to magnify the efforts of channel leaders and companies who are being as innovative on this challenge as they are for the needs of their customers.

Esprinet’s CEO tells us why growth via acquisitions will press ahead despite COVID-19 uncertainty, how point of sale sales have surged, and why he’s betting on capturing market share in Portugal

ScanSource Europe to shut down as redundancy process begins - sources
US distributor is shutting downs its European business according to sources


Dell claims storage and server sales hit by 'softening' market
Tech giant buoyed by demand for PC products from commercial and consumer segments

Cloud infrastructure spend grows by a third in Q3 as Amazon, Microsoft and Google tighten control
Canalys claims the top four providers collectively grew by 40 per cent during Q3

Atea promotes Sweden boss to newly created COO role
Announcement comes alongside Q3 results, which show a near 20 per cent growth to EBIT

Nokia seeks to block sales of Lenovo products in Germany after legal spat
Finnish telco looks to block Lenovo sales of PCs, laptops and tablets using its own video-compression tech, following victory in patent case last month

Datto owner Vista will still pull the strings following IPO, filing reveals
MSP vendor reveals that PE backer will retain controlling stake following IPO and will have major input over its future

IBM to spin-off infrastructure services business into new company
Big Blue’s infrastructure services business will become public company

Exclusive Networks launches X-OD platform for resellers in the UK, France and Netherlands
Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint and Google Chronicle are first vendors on the distributors’ new everything-as-a-service platform

LogPoint CEO opens up on plans to take on IBM and Splunk in the US after landing $30m funding round
Danish vendor rakes in $30m round from new Germany-based investor

Most IT service providers in Germany lost business during COVID, claims study
Survey finds that only five per cent of German IT service providers see themselves as winners during the COVID-19 crisis

Google Cloud assembles EMEA A-Team with four high-profile hires from Salesforce, SAP and Microsoft
Vendor giant appoints new regional directors across UK and Ireland, Southern Europe, Nordics and DACH regions

Dell confirms further job cuts
The tech giant is reportedly planning more layoffs on top of those previously announced

SoftwareONE CEO claims Comparex integration is ahead of schedule in H1 results
Dieter Schlosser says entire Comparex business has been migrated to SoftwareONE’s ERP system in ‘major step forward’ for integration effort

Consica on the verge of closing up to three more acquisitions following Credocom buyout
CEO of Cisco integrator powerhouse Conscia claims that COVID-19 has accelerated his M&A strategy

Zoom revenue quadruples during COVID pandemic
Sales climb 355 per cent

Exertis appoints three new regional execs across EMEA
Distributor giant names new senior executives in three EMEA territories

Partners praise 'personable' CEO Pandey as he departs Nutanix
Dheeraj Pandey to step down after helming the storage vendor for over a decade

Konica Minolta acquires cybersecurity partner to bolster IT services arm
Print vendor claims acquisition will “round-out” the defense offering of its All Covered division

Getronics new owner opens up on turning the business around and earning back industry's trust
New owner and executive chairman opens up on turbulent 2019 under previous owner and how he plans to breathe new life into the IT services company

Mixed fortunes for Germany's Bechtle and Cancom as COVID-19 lockdowns hit Q2 results
Quarterly numbers reveal how each reseller fared during the peak of European COVID lockdowns

Everything you need to know about SolarWinds' plan to spin out MSP division
We break down the key points on the rationale behind the move and how it will impact its MSP business

Samsung shutters PC production in China as it looks to cut costs
Tech company likely to shift operations to Vietnam facility

Bechtle's board pushes for vote to become public European company
Germany-based reseller looks to join Cancom and Econocom in moving from a national to pan-European legal entity
Rubrik reveals plan to draw up list of 'double down' partners across EMEA
New channel boss Jan Ursi talks up plans to introduce bespoke business plans to high performing partners

Global cloud sales set to grow this year amid COVID-19 backdrop
Gartner claims public cloud debate has been settled during pandemic as companies move to remote working

Apple partner Jamf's shares sizzle in stock market debut
Shares rise by more than 50 per cent in first day of trading

Our take: Has the coronavirus really triggered a 'new normal' for the channel?
All this talk of a new world order post-COVID hasn’t materialised, argues CPI editor Josh Budd

Computacenter shares soar as H1 trading update hints figures are 'substantially ahead' of last year
Firm says demand for services has soared