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Sales go mobile in the channel as businesses turn to tablets

Mehryar Hamid is an IT account executive at GfK

It has been a positive first quarter for B2B sales despite the double dip, says Mehryar Hamid

11 May 2012

GfK: Buying tech offline still has appeal

Eastern promise for UK PC market in Q1

Eastern promise for UK PC market in Q1

Thumbs up

The humble desktop fuels a return to growth as Asian duo Lenovo and Toshiba posts stellar numbers

10 May 2012

Client computing still king as SMB IT budgets grow

IBM PC

Research finds smaller firms' tech spending is set for double-digit H1 rise, with desktops, laptops and tablets the order of the day

08 May 2012

SMBs may be set to boost PC sales

The turn of the year showed signs of promise for UK distribution, writes Marie-Christine Pygott

16 Apr 2012

United we stand

Partners and market watchers give their verdict on HP’s decision to merge its IPG and PSG units. Sam Trendall reports

02 Apr 2012

Special report: Head above the clouds

New-style managed and converged infrastructures mean an expansion of partnering to provide a seamless customer experience

12 Mar 2012

Moving beyond device-centric computing

Tony Lock looks at future-proofing access to workspace services with user virtualisation

20 Feb 2012

Change afoot in the PC market

Vendors, distributors, resellers and retailers must clarify their business models in an increasingly confusing, complex PC market, Fleur Doidge discovered at this year’s Distree EMEA conference in Monte Carlo

17 Feb 2012

Sponsored video: Acer Autumn conference

Find out what gifts Acer has in store for partners for 2012 in this exclusive roundup of its recent conference

27 Jan 2012

Don't be tempted to cut prices

Antony Byford says supply chain disruption caused by the Thai floods show that discounting is not always the best way to recover

03 Jan 2012

VDI out of the box

Matt McPhail says SMBs need VDI that can be deployed, scaled, and managed easily

21 Dec 2011

Cautious optimism sets scene for Q4

GfK’s Dominic Ashford picks out the likely success stories for IT sales following encouraging category performances in the third quarter of 2011

14 Nov 2011

IT automation versus desktop virtualisation

Koby Amedume says automation software should be considered as an alternative to desktop virtualisation

12 Oct 2011

Diversifying on the desktop

Alternatives to VDI still need to be explored, says Paul Robinson

10 Oct 2011

Virtualising the desktop with open source

Evan Powell asks how VARs can ensure VDI lives up to its promise

21 Sep 2011

Leap of faith

Mike Dowling once launched himself too slowly off the edge of a cliff, worrying all his friends as well as the coasteering instructor

05 Sep 2011

Second quarter an uncertain one for IT

GfK market watcher Dominic Ashford notes varying sales strength across categories

05 Sep 2011

HP UK PSG chief: We are not quitting PCs

Paul Hunter hits out at "incorrect stories" and stresses desire to lead partners to future success

25 Aug 2011

Acer to spend 2011 in the red after miserable Q2

Sales slump by a third and quarterly losses reach £150m for embattled PC maker

25 Aug 2011

One hundred years of innovation

As IBM celebrates its centenary, it reveals it couldn’t have done it without its partner community. Sara Yirrell reports

05 Jul 2011

PC sales weaker than expected

Context's Analyzer SalesWatch report confirms PC category decline further through Q1

07 Jun 2011

All those Googley eyes

Chromebook will help eliminate the headache of the Microsoft PC upgrade cycle, says David McLeman

01 Jun 2011

Stone becomes "manufacturing added reseller" with Lenovo deal

System builder to sell Chinese PC vendor's wares into education market

10 May 2011

Acer gets the Wong man to arrest sales slump

Vendor splits business into mobile and PC business units and overhauls management in bid to restore good times

19 Apr 2011

Tablet cannibalisation of PCs set to increase

One in twelve tablets are already being bought as a substitute for other form factors, says YouGov

19 Apr 2011

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