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Windows 8.1 not a magic bullet for PC sales
Context analysts say those anticipating a boost to PC sales from Windows 8.1 may be waiting in vain News | 17 Jun 2013
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MicroScope ACEs 2013: The winners
We reveal the full list of winners in the 2013 MicroScope ACEs News | 13 Jun 2013
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Dell board backs founder bid
Michael Dell's plans to take Dell private have been given the backing of the vendor's board described as the best alternative for the firm News | 03 Jun 2013
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Lenovo sales increase amid PC market crash
Lenovo's attempts to drive more of its business through tablet and smartphone devices appears to be paying off News | 23 May 2013
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Whitman trumpets channel efforts as HP turnaround gathers momentum
HP's CEO has highlighted its efforts to improve its channel programmes and support as one of the factors helping its turnaround plans News | 23 May 2013
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Context paints bleak European picture of the PC market
The latest Context numbers covering the performance of the PC market show declines right across Europe News | 21 May 2013
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Apple Stores get the thumbs up from shoppers
Apple has come top of the charts with high street shoppers according to the latest Which? survey of who is doing well in the retail market News | 17 May 2013
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Dell profits slide as ownership battle rages on
The future ownership of Dell might be uncertain but in the present the firm continues to struggle as the bleak PC market takes it toll on its numbers News | 17 May 2013
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Demise of competitors bolsters Dixons
The exit from the electrical retail market of Comet was one of the contributing factors that helped Dixons deliver a strong set of numbers for its fiscal year News | 16 May 2013
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IDC cuts global IT spending expectations
IDC has cut its forecast for growth in IT spending as the ongoing problems in the global economy continue to take their toll News | 15 May 2013
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The resurrection of the IT industry
This Easter, Nick Booth finds there are some parts of the IT industry that are seeing a ressurection of their own Report
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Thirty years of hardware
As part of MicroScope's 30th birthday celebrations, Mar Dixon looks back at three decades of hardware, tracking the evolution of the computer from exclusivity to ubiquity Feature
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A trip down memory lane
Simon Quicke revisits some of the events that made the headlines during MicroScope's first decade in print – the heady days of the 1980s Feature
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Here’s to 30 more years of MicroScope and the channel
As MicroScope's 30th birthday celebrations continue, Billy MacInnes mulls over how IT and the channel have developed since 1982 Feature
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The sales opportunities behind Windows 8
Amro Gebreel looks at the related security, management and hardware pitches resellers can make with the launch of Microsoft's latest operating system Feature
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Slow business uptake for Windows 8 but OS could still transform market
Consumer sales have been most evident at launch, but Windows 8's touch OS could change direction of hardware, writes Simon Quicke Feature
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Guide the way in a complex world of virtual technology
With the trend towards server and desktop virtualisation growing, VARs with the right skills will be called on to guide customers through a maze of choices. Billy MacInnes reports Feature
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Interview: ACEs lifetime achievement winner Steve Raymund
Interview with this year's ACEs lifetime achievement award winner Steve Raymund, chairman of Tech Data INTERVIEW
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Research: Tablet investment planned to cope with BYOD
Customers are planing to make investments in order to support the growing trend of workers bringing their own devices to work. According to TechTarget research surveying customers on their IT buying intentions, many are looking to spend on tablets a... Feature
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In-depth: 2011, how was it for you? part II
The decorations have come down and the lights have been out away for another year but as we look back over 2011 there are still plenty of things worth talking about. For many in the channel it was a 12 months of hard work but in the majority of cases... Feature
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Dell is going to get his company back
As Michael Dell tries to get private control of the company he founded Billy MacInnes wonders if his strategy for reinventing the vendor will work Opinion
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BETT wrestles with BYOD in action
One of the major challenges facing schools is to deal with the rising number of pupils that want to use hardware in a more flexible way Opinion
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4G to drive BYOD and desktop virtualisation growth
Comms-care managing director Ben Davies looks at how 4G mobile services could affect take-up of other technologies among end users Opinion
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Whitman's latest report makes grim reading
Meg Whitman might have provided analysts and investors with a great deal of honesty about the time it's taking to turn the business around but as Billy MacInnes discovers the bad news has been coming for quite a while now out of HP Opinion
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Lack of imagination STEMs any enthusiasm for science
There's a massive shortage of UK children studying the core STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects; not great news for our industry, says Nick Booth Opinion
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SCH sells distribution business – what took it so long?
In the wake of SCH's decision to sell its distribution business, Billy MacInnes asks, why now? Opinion
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Where does HP go from here?
With more hard times still ahead for HP, Billy MacInnes wonders where the firm's turnaround will come from. Opinion
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Microsoft's Metro mystery
Microsoft may have to rename its Metro UI after a trademark dispute with a mystery European company. Billy MacInnes is on the trail. Opinion
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Column: How hard can it be for Dell's premier partners to double their money?
I have to admit to being fascinated by Dell's decision to make premier partners double the amount of business they do with the vendor if they wish to retain their status after 31 January 2013, writes Billy MacInnes. If you missed the story in MicroS... Opinion
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Team Epson UK's London to Brighton charity bike ride
In the first of an occasional series of guest blog posts in the run up to the London to Brighton bike ride we hear how training is going for the Epson team planning to ride to the South Coast. On June 17 this summer, Epson UK-based staff will once a... Opinion
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Windows 8.1 not a magic bullet for PC sales
Context analysts say those anticipating a boost to PC sales from Windows 8.1 may be waiting in vain News
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MicroScope ACEs 2013: The winners
We reveal the full list of winners in the 2013 MicroScope ACEs News
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Dell board backs founder bid
Michael Dell's plans to take Dell private have been given the backing of the vendor's board described as the best alternative for the firm News
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Lenovo sales increase amid PC market crash
Lenovo's attempts to drive more of its business through tablet and smartphone devices appears to be paying off News
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Whitman trumpets channel efforts as HP turnaround gathers momentum
HP's CEO has highlighted its efforts to improve its channel programmes and support as one of the factors helping its turnaround plans News
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Context paints bleak European picture of the PC market
The latest Context numbers covering the performance of the PC market show declines right across Europe News
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Apple Stores get the thumbs up from shoppers
Apple has come top of the charts with high street shoppers according to the latest Which? survey of who is doing well in the retail market News
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Dell profits slide as ownership battle rages on
The future ownership of Dell might be uncertain but in the present the firm continues to struggle as the bleak PC market takes it toll on its numbers News
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Demise of competitors bolsters Dixons
The exit from the electrical retail market of Comet was one of the contributing factors that helped Dixons deliver a strong set of numbers for its fiscal year News
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IDC cuts global IT spending expectations
IDC has cut its forecast for growth in IT spending as the ongoing problems in the global economy continue to take their toll News
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About Desktop PCs
The Desktop PC still constitutes the main relationship between user and computer technology, and there are still plenty of developments in this market. This section will cover the sales figures and performance of the major desktop PC vendors as well as charting the technological developments taking the PC into the all-in-one and touchscreen-based future.