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UK HDD market starts to normalise after explosive start to 2012

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Average selling prices up 58 per cent annually last month as 1TB kit flies off the shelves, Context stats reveal

29 May 2012

HDD market to hit back in 2012

HDD shortage prompts resellers to adapt

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

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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

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

Intel market share creeps up to 16.5 per cent

Last year saw Intel push rivals further out of world semiconductor market

17 Apr 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

IT retail in solid shape as consumer electronics sales suffer

GfK research notes show ASPs on the up as tablets and all-in-one PCs help spur IT growth

30 Mar 2012

PC market to get back on growth track over next two years

Gartner forecasts ultrabooks and Windows 8 will boost sales, but emerging regions will outpace sluggish mature markets

08 Mar 2012

Thinking beyond the box

Is there really an opportunity for resellers and distributors in vastly expanding their sales of peripherals and accessories? Fleur Doidge investigates

05 Mar 2012

Dell shares drop after stumbling into new fiscal year

Shine taken off robust annual figures as first-quarter forecast underwhelms Wall Street and Q4 profit is pounded by HDD crisis

22 Feb 2012

What's in store for solid state?

Dave Stevinson bets on increased SSD sales for 2012

21 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

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

Good week/Bad week

We look at who's on a roll and who's going downhill fast this week

13 Feb 2012

Gartner: Everything stacked against UK PC market in 2012

Q4 figures paint a sorry picture, with HP, Dell and Acer all stuck in the doldrums

07 Feb 2012

Policing the new network traffic

Adam Davison looks at the future of the network in light of the rise of commercial off-the-shelf hardware

02 Feb 2012

Tablet newcomer Gemini signs Widget as sole UK distie

Former Acer UK boss Bobby Watkins throws weight behind launch of new tablet maker as Hertfordshire distributor signs up

24 Jan 2012

Tech to take over from textbooks

School textbooks to disappear from classrooms as IT marches forward

23 Jan 2012

Services boom gives Centerprise profit boost in FY11

End of the Home Access scheme means system builder drops out of the £50m club, but margins show healthy rise

16 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

Microsoft warns of PC shipments drop

Speaking ahead of its Q2 results, Microsoft execs warn PC sales could miss what were already downbeat analyst forecasts

12 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

Dell axes consumer netbooks

Hardware giant calls time on consumer netbook sales

16 Dec 2011

Kindle to disrupt tablet market as cost becomes king

CCS Insight and Context predict big shake-up for tablet space as big boys get aggressive on price

25 Nov 2011

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Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn