Chips and Components
Taiwan factory fault predicted to hit memory production and increase prices
Malfunction in factory set to decrease global production by five per cent
HP says components shortages will not impact channel pricing and supply
UK channel boss Neil Sawyer tells CRN it planned ahead for SSD and panel price spikes that impacted rival Dell in its last quarter
Zoostorm founders unveil plans for their new system builder Punch
Newborn system builder close to finalising logistics deal with Entatech as it comes out of stealth mode
System builder that once built UK's cheapest Windows 7 PC now has £2,500 ASP
Kilmarnock-based Utopia says it plans to double average selling price again as it takes on the likes of Dell at the top end of the market
VIP hands reins to Marsden
New boss claims he is looking forward to implementing growth plans
PCs generate minority of Intel's profit for first time
Chip giant drew over 50 per cent of operating profit last year from products outside Client Computing Group
SanDisk and TippingPoint sell up
Western Digital buys SanDisk for $19bn while HP sells TippingPoint to Trend Micro for $300m
Ergo restructures to secure 'sustainable future'
System builder says decision to cut more jobs was 'difficult yet necessary'
PC builders gearing up for Skylake after spec leak
Intel's new processors could play well among schools demanding longer battery life from their machines, claim UK PC assemblers
Tariffs scrapped on 201 IT products
'Landmark' deal will lead to lower IT prices and boost GDP around the world, according to WTO boss Roberto Azevêdo
AMD's channel business avoids Q2 carnage
Sales fall 35 per cent and losses widen but the channel is still buying AMD's chips
Mobile phone dealer slapped with ban over £1m carousel fraud
Fiaz Razzak Malik disqualified from being director for 13 years
Bill Gates admits envy for Moore's Law as it turns 50
Microsoft founder admits his own predictions have nothing on Gordon Moore's enduring axiom that computing power will double every two years
Ergo founder Bellamy bows out
Neil Bellamy exits Nottingham-based system builder 25 years after setting it up and 16 months after sale to VIP
Raspberry Pi breaks UK record
Charity announces it has sold 5 million of its mini computers
ASUS improves ‘nightmare' RMA policy
VIP hails move from ASUS to begin offering credit on motherboard returns via distribution
Breakout year wear ever you like
Certain types of wearable are tipped to grow faster this year but activity trackers continue to dominate
Plummetting prices drive SSD sales boom
UK market closing in on one million-unit mark on back of 60 per cent growth this year
Partnering has more power than ever
Businesses and other organisations need more reseller guidance on the many system and PC choices, says James Blackman
Musings on the IoT
Certain issues must be addressed to drive innovation in a more profoundly connected world, notes Olivier Pauzet
Distributor Asbis shutting Irish office to focus on UK
Russia-Ukraine crisis prompts global reorganisation
Spin cycle
Channel companies have been told over and over that SSD is gaining on spinning disk. Has the wheel turned?
PC builder trio in Microsoft schools coup
Microsoft invites Millennium, NS Optimum and Red Cat into inner circle following complaints it was 'distorting the market' with cut-price schools PC scheme
