About CRN

CRN, a media brand of The Channel Company, is the No. 1 trusted source for IT channel news, analysis and insight online and in print. The CRN editorial staff provides objective reporting on daily technology and channel news, events and trends, empowering solution providers such as systems integrators, value-added resellers, managed service providers (MSPs), strategic service providers and IT consultants to maintain a competitive advantage and deliver the business outcomes their customers need.

Our coverage can be found at CRN.com and in CRN magazine, which prints six times per year plus special issues.

Since 1982, CRN's talented team of editors has reported on the news solution providers need to build successful businesses. CRN is the go-to source for breaking news on the IT channel, including technology vendors’ channel programs, channel management executives and product and services portfolios; distributors and cloud distributors; MSP platform vendors and solution providers themselves. Coverage crosses over a variety of technology areas, including cloud, security, data center, networking, software, storage, managed services, computing and components and peripherals.

CRN Awards and Annual Projects

CRN also confers the industry’s most prestigious awards for solution providers and channel vendors, including Solution Provider 500, Fast Growth 150, Tech Elite 250, Managed Service Provider 500, Triple Crown, Annual Report Card, Tech Innovators, Top 100 Executives and Women of the Channel, among others.

CRN Editorial Team

Visit the Meet The Editors page to learn more about our dedicated team of journalists and see our Code of Ethics for more about our journalistic process. For contacts, beat coverage information and our editorial calendar, see our Media Kit.

CRN Family and International Publications

The CRN family also includes CRN UK and CRN Germany, as well as licensees in Australia, India and Poland. Our sister sites include Computing and Channel Partner Insight.