Logicalis annual revenues up 9%, operating profit up 28%. Continues to see good growth with BYOD, cloud. Economic conditions challenging.
17 May 2013
Westcon margins hurt by low revenue growth and higher costs. Focus on cost control, growth in emerging markets and new vendors key in 2013.
17 May 2013
German PC distributors b.com, COS and Devil all filed for insolvency in last 2 months, as the channel feels the impact of declining PC sales
17 May 2013
Dixons Retail defies UK consumer downturn, with annual sales up 7% y/y. Better store formats, aggressive pricing and Comet's demise helped
16 May 2013
Ingram Micro combines enterprise technologies into one pan-European Advanced Solutions division. Suggests Ingram plans more investment here
16 May 2013
As @Rackspace disappoints, our CCF prediction comes true. Cloud hosting is a low margin, over-supplied, competitive business @CanalysForum
10 May 2013
IBM, Cisco and Rackspace target 'digital agencies' (advertising/marketing) as new partner type. Main attraction is access to non-IT budgets
09 May 2013
Smart mobile device shipments hit 308.7 million units in Q1 13, year-on-year growth of 37.4%.
http://tinyurl.com/czw8bew09 May 2013
If successful Adobe's shift to cloud for Creative Suite would destroy channel revenue & infuriate users. More likely is Adobe U-turn!
09 May 2013
Welcome to #EMC who are a confirmed keynote sponsor of #CCFAPAC 2013 in Bangkok @EMCchannel @EMCcorp
09 May 2013
The impact of distributor consolidation is that vendors are nervous about power shifting to a big few. Vendors considering diversity again
08 May 2013
Congrats to Andrew Ratcliff from Matrix & Sophie Blachére from SCC! Winners of great HP prizes!
08 May 2013
Congrats to Andrew Ratcliff from Matrix & Sophie Blachére from SCC! Winners of great HP prizes!
08 May 2013
EMC to replace Velocity with Business Partner brand. Brand appears thin, covering from OEMs to resellers. Specializations needed #EMCWorld
06 May 2013
Q1 profits fell for some of Europe's top resellers, with margins impacted by the shift to mobility and vendor rebates missed on weak demand
03 May 2013
Around 25% of channel partners expect Android tablets to be widely adopted by businesses in 2013. Canalys expects an even faster uptake
03 May 2013