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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

Giants to dominate £4bn government hardware framework

Concerns raised that government is failing to live up to its pro-SMB rhetoric as final e-auction phase of new framework gets under way

17 May 2012

Acer readies resellers for corporate push

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

04 May 2012

GfK: Buying tech offline still has appeal

Analyst confirms IT consumers still want to visit retail outlets as well as shop online

27 Apr 2012

SCC builds IBM platform for G-Cloud push

Secure multi-tenancy cloud will be based on IBM hardware and software

27 Apr 2012

EMEA sales of e-readers doubled last year

Shipments across the region tipped 4.8 million, says IDC

24 Apr 2012

Hardware sales to education set to double

Futuresource figures suggest sales of kit to schools will double by 2015

24 Apr 2012

BYOT boom to shaft hardware channel

BYOT growth represents £2bn opportunity for channel over next five years - but PC and support suppliers will lose out, claims analyst

18 Apr 2012

Fake Hitachi projector lamps flood into Europe

Distributor warns that counterfeits closely resemble the real lamps

18 Apr 2012

Samsung estimates lower sales, higher profits for Q1

World's largest IT vendor discloses slightly lower revenue and higher profit prediction for Q1 2012

10 Apr 2012

HDD market to hit back in 2012

Sales and shipments of storage technology to grow as market recovers from fallout of natural disasters

02 Apr 2012

Netbook sales dying on the vine

Mini form factor now accounts for just 12 per cent of mobile shipments through distribution in western Europe, according to Context

02 Apr 2012

Lenovo sets top-three goal for EMEA

Consumer and SMB key to expansion plans of new EMEA boss Gianfranco Lanci

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

Green short-throw wireless projectors top popularity poll

Specialist projector market analyst finds three features influence most US buying decisions

29 Mar 2012

HP PSG-IPG merger may "confuse" partners

HP's two hardware arms are moving in different directions and merger may not be helpful to partners, claims analyst

21 Mar 2012

Channel Islands VARs come back to Blighty

IJT Direct and Choice Stationery Supplies move operations back to Somerset as VAT loophole abolition date nears

20 Mar 2012

UK suppliers defeat Channel Islands in VAT ruling

VAT loophole will close on 1 April after Jersey and Guernsey lose judicial review

15 Mar 2012

HP flexes muscles at UK Gold Partner Forum

New schemes in hardware, software and services as vendor calls on VARs to help plug skills gap and drive economic growth

14 Mar 2012

Memory and consumables VARs on VAT loophole tenterhooks

One reseller admits he may quit IT market altogether if Low Value Consignment Relief loophole is not abolished on 1 April

13 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

Cisilion diversifies from roots with innovation centre launch

Cisco Gold partner opens satellite office in the City's tallest skyscraper

02 Mar 2012

Fujitsu helps channel flush out year-end PC budgets

Resellers can target public sector spending bonanza in run-up to 31 March with desktop and laptop discounts of up to 18 per cent

01 Mar 2012

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