--- title: IQBlade | Competitive Insight and Market Intelligence Blog | Ant Young description: All the latest competitive insight and market intelligence news and updates from IQBlade --- [![IQ Blade](https://blog.iqblade.com/hubfs/IQBlade_December2018/Images/logo.svg)](https://www.iqblade.com/) - [Home](https://www.iqblade.com/) - [Why IQBlade?](https://www.iqblade.com/why-iqblade/) - [Solutions](https://www.iqblade.com/solutions/grow-your-partner-landscape/) - [Clients](https://www.iqblade.com/clients/) - [Case Studies](https://www.iqblade.com/case-studies/) - [Blog](https://blog.iqblade.com/) - [About Us](https://www.iqblade.com/about-us/) - [Login](http://portal.iqblade.com/login) - [Careers](https://www.iqblade.com/careers/) Blog # All the latest news and updates from IQBlade ![](https://blog.iqblade.com/hubfs/IQBlade_December2018/Images/right-diagonal-500.png)   ![](https://blog.iqblade.com/hubfs/IQBlade_December2018/Images/left-diagonal.png) ## Ant Young ### Recent Posts 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 3 Jul 2020 Share this: ## [IQBlade Named in Forrester’s Channel Software Tech Stack 2020](https://blog.iqblade.com/iqblade-named-in-forresters-channel-software-tech-stack-2020) We are really pleased to have been named in Forrester’s [Channel Software Tech Stack](https://go.forrester.com/blogs/channel-software-tech-stack-2020-prm-tcma-ecosystem-incentives-channel-data-learning-readiness-and-pricing/) for the second year running, alongside many prestigious and... [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/iqblade-named-in-forresters-channel-software-tech-stack-2020) [![](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image.png?width=718&name=image.png)](https://blog.iqblade.com/iqblade-named-in-forresters-channel-software-tech-stack-2020) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 17 Jun 2020 Share this: ## [How is tech spend in Europe evolving as lockdowns ease? What our data tells us](https://blog.iqblade.com/how-is-tech-spend-in-europe-developing-as-lockdowns-ease-what-our-data-tells-us) Antony Young, Commercial Director at IQBlade, analyses how real-time sales data is allowing us to see which vertical sectors are emerging the fastest... [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/how-is-tech-spend-in-europe-developing-as-lockdowns-ease-what-our-data-tells-us) [![](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LIGHT.png?width=718&name=LIGHT.png)](https://blog.iqblade.com/how-is-tech-spend-in-europe-developing-as-lockdowns-ease-what-our-data-tells-us) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 26 May 2020 Share this: ## [Harnessing the power of data: a key to recovery for the IT channel](https://blog.iqblade.com/harnessing-the-power-of-data-a-key-to-recovery-for-the-it-channel) Antony Young, Commercial Director at IQBlade, on why organisations need to focus on data strategy in order to better support customers in a... [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/harnessing-the-power-of-data-a-key-to-recovery-for-the-it-channel) [![](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IQB%20-%20blog%20post%20-%20Covid.png?width=718&name=IQB%20-%20blog%20post%20-%20Covid.png)](https://blog.iqblade.com/harnessing-the-power-of-data-a-key-to-recovery-for-the-it-channel) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 8 May 2019 Share this: ## [An in-depth look at the application development & management channel market](https://blog.iqblade.com/an-in-depth-look-at-the-application-development-management-channel-market) In our report [*Tech Impact ’19: How technology is used by the UK’s fastest growing businesses*](https://offers.iqblade.com/techimpact19), we drilled into three of the technology categories that... [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/an-in-depth-look-at-the-application-development-management-channel-market) [![An in-depth look at the Application Development & Management channel market](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/An%20in-depth%20look%20at%20the%20Application%20Development%20%26%20Management%20channel%20market.png?width=718&name=An%20in-depth%20look%20at%20the%20Application%20Development%20&%20Management%20channel%20market.png)](https://blog.iqblade.com/an-in-depth-look-at-the-application-development-management-channel-market) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 25 Mar 2019 Share this: ## [What the tech used by the UK’s fastest growing businesses means for the tech channel](https://blog.iqblade.com/what-the-tech-used-by-the-uks-fastest-growing-businesses-means-for-the-tech-channel) Understanding what will help you grow is valuable information for any business – that’s why we published our report *‘*[*Tech Impact ’19: How technology...*](https://offers.iqblade.com/techimpact19) [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/what-the-tech-used-by-the-uks-fastest-growing-businesses-means-for-the-tech-channel) [![IQB - whitepaper - cover tile-1](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IQB%20-%20whitepaper%20-%20cover%20tile-1.jpg?width=718&name=IQB%20-%20whitepaper%20-%20cover%20tile-1.jpg)](https://blog.iqblade.com/what-the-tech-used-by-the-uks-fastest-growing-businesses-means-for-the-tech-channel) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 18 Mar 2019 Share this: ## [Analysis: how technology is used by the UK’s fastest growing businesses](https://blog.iqblade.com/analysis-how-technology-is-used-by-the-uks-fastest-growing-businesses) *Last week, we published our report [Tech Impact ’19: How technology is used by the UK’s fastest growing businesses](https://offers.iqblade.com/techimpact19). In this blog post, we provide some...* [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/analysis-how-technology-is-used-by-the-uks-fastest-growing-businesses) [![IQB - whitepaper - cover tile-1](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IQB%20-%20whitepaper%20-%20cover%20tile-1.jpg?width=718&name=IQB%20-%20whitepaper%20-%20cover%20tile-1.jpg)](https://blog.iqblade.com/analysis-how-technology-is-used-by-the-uks-fastest-growing-businesses) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 15 Feb 2019 Share this: ## [Channel Skills - Long ignored but not any more!](https://blog.iqblade.com/personal-development-courses-for-channel-specialists-launched) This morning’s Podcast of choice was Channel Journeys, created by [Rob Spee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertspee/). [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/personal-development-courses-for-channel-specialists-launched) [![cpp_institute_logo_small](https://blog.iqblade.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cpp_institute_logo_small.png?width=718&name=cpp_institute_logo_small.png)](https://blog.iqblade.com/personal-development-courses-for-channel-specialists-launched) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 13 Feb 2019 Share this: ## [Beware - Change Ahead! - 2 things transforming tech channels](https://blog.iqblade.com/beware-change-ahead-2-things-transforming-tech-channels) For the past couple of commutes, I have been listening to an excellent podcast discussion between [Marcus Cauchi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandlerchannelsalesexpert/) of Sandler Training and [Jay McBain](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaymcbain/),... [Read More](https://blog.iqblade.com/beware-change-ahead-2-things-transforming-tech-channels) 0 [Ant Young](https://blog.iqblade.com/author/ant-young) 14 Sep 2018 Share this: ## [How intelligent is your CRM System?](https://blog.iqblade.com/how-intelligent-is-your-crm-system) In yesterday's blog,[Ken Cooke](https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/bio/22411/Ken+Cook), Co-Founder of[How to Who](http://www.howtowho.com/), highlighted how CRM systems should be used as a powerful intelligence tool, that has... 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