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• Channel Beat: Grappling With The Government Shutdown (Video)
  4:17 PM EST Fri. Oct. 04, 2013
  This week's recap also looks at investor pressure on Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates as well as a new alliance between Facebook and Cisco.
• Samsung Highlights Health-Care, EMR Solutions (Video)
  10:40 AM EST Thu. Oct. 03, 2013
  In part three of our series, Samsung shows off some of its new health-care IT solutions at the company's Executive Briefing Center.
• 30 Notable IT Executive Moves: September 2013
  10:00 AM EST Wed. Oct. 02, 2013
  September saw a flurry of executive departures as well as some big changes in the channel ranks at HP, Microsoft and others.
• What's Your Fiscal Outlook For The Rest of 2013? (Video)
  5:17 PM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Solution providers discuss line of business, sequestration, and economic growth as they weigh in on their fiscal outlook for the rest of 2013.
• IT-Telecom Convergence: 'All-Inclusive' Offering Changes The Game
  8:00 AM EST Mon. Sep. 30, 2013
  The desire for customers to invest more in line-of-business, customer-facing offerings is driving more customers to outsource IT-telecom overhead to solution providers.
• Behind The Scenes: Samsung's Executive Briefing Center (Video)
  2:30 PM EST Thu. Sep. 26, 2013
  CRN TV goes behind the scenes of Samsung's Executive Briefing Center to see how the vendor is developing hospitality-focused solutions for partners.
• NetEnrich Looks To Make MSPs More Efficient With Enhanced IT Operations Platform
  9:00 AM EST Thu. Sep. 26, 2013
  NetEnrich hopes the improvements to its IT operations platform will help partners simplify their managed services operations in an increasingly complex world of hybrid IT environments.
• Synnex Sees Improving IT Demand In Q3 Earnings
  8:23 PM EST Wed. Sep. 25, 2013
  Synnex reported a 33 percent jump in third-quarter income, citing improved IT spending across a wide range of product categories, regions and market segments.
• Selling To The Government: Strict Rules To Follow On Gratuities, Gifts
  3:00 PM EST Tue. Sep. 24, 2013
  For solution providers selling to the government, a misstep can be expensive and seriously damage a business' reputation.
• Dell's Battle Has Just Begun
  11:05 AM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  Now comes the hard part for Michael Dell. With the yearlong battle behind him to take Dell private, the company founder now faces the biggest business challenge of his lifetime.
• Government VARs Predict Big Security Changes In Wake Of Navy Yard Shooting
  11:55 AM EST Wed. Sep. 18, 2013
  Government IT executives say tighter security and restrictions on government contractors could be coming following Monday's shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard.
• Millennial Give And Take
  8:05 AM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  Experts say businesses refusing to meet the demands of millennials will face extinction, but the young generation is not always met with open arms.
• The Millennial Revolution: Ignore It At Your Peril
  8:05 AM EST Tue. Sep. 17, 2013
  Millennials are your employees, your customers, or maybe even your competitors. No matter where they fall within the channel landscape, there's no doubt they're shaking things up.
• Take A Golf Lesson: Even Tiger Needs A Coach
  8:00 AM EST Mon. Sep. 16, 2013
  When compared with business, the great game of golf holds many parallels in how athletes and business leaders see the course and receive insight from others.
• Fast Growth 2013: The Top 25
  4:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  Despite turbulent economic times and disruptive technologies like cloud computing and mobility, these companies have steamed ahead in growth.
• Surging Ahead: CRN's 2013 Fast Growth
  4:00 PM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  The solution providers on this year's Fast Growth list have just short of $24 billion in combined annual revenue, up from $21.1 billion last year, $10.4 billion in 2011 and $5.3 billion in 2010.
• Channel Beat: Dell Goes Private (Video)
  10:54 AM EST Fri. Sep. 13, 2013
  This week's recap also looks at Apple's new iPhones and the latest on Massachusetts' controversial tech tex.
• Tech Data Adds VMware vCloud Hybrid To Its Cloud Mix
  5:21 PM EST Thu. Sep. 12, 2013
  Tech Data scores a major cloud win as customers will be able to leverage VMware's new infrastructure-as-a-service offering through TDCloud.
• Republicans Fight Back Against Massachusetts Tech Tax (Video)
  1:39 PM EST Wed. Sep. 11, 2013
  Republican lawmakers in Massachusetts take a stand against the state's controversial tech tax and launch a renewed effort to have it repealed.
• Interactive Map: Best States To Start A Solution Provider Business
  5:20 PM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  Available exclusively on the CRN Tech News App for tablet, The Best States To Start A Solution Provider Business includes an interactive map to provide readers insight into what makes some states better -- and worse -- than others.
• Methodology: Behind The Research
  6:45 AM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  CRN's first annual Best States report is a compilation of 37 measures, which are weighted based on the importance solution providers assigned to them in an exclusive CRN survey.
• It's Your Move: The Best States To Start Or Expand A Solution Provider Business
  6:45 AM EST Mon. Sep. 09, 2013
  There are so many factors entrepreneurs need to consider when deciding where to start or expand a business. CRN's detailed analysis and an interactive map of the business climate in all 50 states reveals what makes some states better -- and worse -- than others.
• Channel Beat: Breaking Down The Microsoft-Nokia Deal
  5:29 PM EST Fri. Sep. 06, 2013
  This week's recap also looks at a big channel promotion for Microsoft's Eric Martorano plus a closer look at Verizon and Vodafone's deal for Verizon Wireless.
• Channel Chiefs Roundtable: Recurring Revenue (Video)
  10:55 AM EST Fri. Sep. 06, 2013
  Top channel executives such as Cisco's Edison Peres and Dell's Frank Vitagliano discuss the importance -- and challenges -- of recuring revenue models.
• Why Solution Providers Need Better Marketing (Video)
  2:45 PM EST Tue. Aug. 27, 2013
  Ingram Micro and Juniper Networks talk branding, lead development and social media for a marketing boot camp aimed at solution providers.