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Acer readies resellers for corporate push

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Consumer and SMB specialist fancies chances in the enterprise space as it launches new partner programme

04 May 2012

Acer: We’ve learned from past mistakes

Acer to use Olympics as B2B lighthouse

HP regains PC crown as tablet growth begins to plateau

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HP bests Apple in the vendor stakes in Q1 as tablets account for 19 per cent of total PC market, down from 22 per cent last quarter

02 May 2012

Taking the tablets

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With unit shipments set to double this year, will tablets be just the tonic for the mainstream IT channel in 2012, asks Doug Woodburn

20 Apr 2012

Unwanted tablets caught in channel U-bend

Elonex to branch out from tablet stronghold

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

Acer finishes torrid 2011 back in the black

Full-year operating losses stretch to more than $200m but shareholders at least get a small post-tax return in closing quarter

16 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

Acer to use Olympics as B2B lighthouse

Consumer-focused vendor gears up for assault on SMB and corporate market

26 Jan 2012

Acer: We’ve learned from past mistakes

Vendor claims channel inventory levels now down to a month in the UK

24 Jan 2012

Acer’s Olympic dream

Following a cloak-and-dagger bus tour of the Olympic Park with no stopping allowed, Sara Yirrell gets a sneaky peak at the mammoth challenge facing the vendor this summer

19 Jan 2012

No Christmas cheer for western European PC market

Lack of consumer demand means market remains in the doldrums, Gartner numbers reveal

12 Jan 2012

Former Acer UK boss bounces back

Bobby Watkins signs first client for his vendor consultancy business

10 Jan 2012

Samsung enjoys tablet ASP rise as market continues to soar

Context numbers pick out Korean manufacturer as a clear best of the rest in western Europe after an impressive Q4

03 Jan 2012

Dell axes consumer netbooks

Hardware giant calls time on consumer netbook sales

16 Dec 2011

Alicia Shepherd

14 Dec 2011

ChannelWeb's top five most read

A rundown of the five most-read stories on ChannelWeb last week

12 Dec 2011

Acer makes UK channel manager role redundant

Vendor continues to shuffle management pack in the wake of Bobby Watkins' departure

07 Dec 2011

Fright night: This year's biggest horror stories

We mark Halloween by running through 2011's biggest nightmares. Read on if you dare

31 Oct 2011

Acer confirms departure of UK chief

PC vendor's UK managing director will leave the firm at the end of 2011 but will hand over day-to-day responsibilities early next month

25 Oct 2011

Good week/Bad week

We take a peek at who's set fair and who's had a mare over the last seven days

24 Oct 2011

Double-digit drop for apathetic European PC market

Channels loath to stock up and consumers more interested in mobile devices, says IDC

20 Oct 2011

EMEA channel reluctant to take on Acer stock

Acer’s EMEA shipments slump by 39 per cent in Q3 as channel exercises cautious stance on placing orders

13 Oct 2011

Touch point for convenience

Pricing will be key for tablet vendors wanting a slice of Apple, says Salman Chaudhry

19 Sep 2011

Lanci fancies Lenovo chances

Former Acer kingpin rocks up at rival to help drive integration of Medion and boost consumer presence

16 Sep 2011

Acer shows some channel love

Vendor calls channel the lifeblood of the Acer machine as it moves on from inventory woes earlier this year

08 Sep 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

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