Fresh web

OK, we've given the magazine a facelift, so we figured we'd better do the same for our website www.techpartner.news. When you've got a moment please take a look.

The last incarnation of our web operation was focused pretty much solely on breaking news with the Tendersearch notification service also featuring prominently.

This time around however, we have made some pretty big changes to our web operation in order to mirror what we are producing in the magazine.

Simply, after CRN magazine hits the streets, all the content will be available for you online.

Apart from the latest breaking news, feature stories, section content, profiles and the like, we have added a couple of new features to the website that I'm sure you'll find quite useful.

The first of these is a recruitment section. For some reason, the IT channel is well known for its high level of staff turnover. With this in mind, channel jobs are now a major feature on the site.

I am calling on resellers, distributors, vendors, service providers and any channel-related company that has job vacancies to use this service. After all, CRN readers are quite obviously working in the channel, and by using this service you may just find the right candidate for the position you are looking to fill. Go to the recruitment/submit a job option on the site and you're away.

With training and certification a big priority these days (see cover story this issue) an events section has also been introduced. I'm also calling on all vendors and their channel partners to submit their forthcoming events to be posted on the site.

A comprehensive search database is also a feature of the site. And there are thousands of stories from previous issues that you can find using the search function at the top of the home page.

I'm after your thoughts on the new look CRN magazine and website. Tell us what you think we could be doing better - and more importantly, what we are doing well - so we can gauge how to provide you with the right content in the future.

I honestly believe we are offering an excellent online proposition which, like the hardcopy magazine, will only improve in the future.

Thanks to our star designer Jason Cupitt for his work on the front-end design, and Dan Godden, Rhys Williams and Rowan Williams for their technical work.

Byron Connolly is editor of CRN. He can be contacted on (02) 8399 7648 or via email at bconnolly@techpartner.news.