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PC market shrugs off economic pressures and HDD woes
The PC market in EMEA has shrugged off the current tough economic conditions and the ongoing HDD supply issues following last year's Thailand floods and delivered growth in the first quarter. It's become almost commonplace to see the PC figures on t... News
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 20 April 2012
New role for Jones as Brother reshuffles UK management Brother sales and marketing director Phil Jones is to step into the role of UK country head and deputy managing director as the firm repositions its UK management for a renewed push for new marke... News
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Acer meets London 2012 Olympic challenge head-on
With under a month to go until the 2012 London Olympics, we went behind the scenes at LOCOG to find out how Official Worldwide Olympic Partner Acer is meeting the challenge of supplying IT hardware to the greatest show on Earth. News
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Apple sales through distribution expand significantly in Q1
The amount of Apple products being handled by distribution across Western Europe continues to rise as demand for the vendor's tablets, notebooks and smartphones carries on spiralling upwards. According to the latest figures from Context, which track... News
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Shares plunge as Promethean performance disappoints
Shareholders who backed interactive whiteboard (IWB) manufacturer Promethean when it listed on the stock exchange two years ago saw their shares drop to just a third of the original price following poor results from the vendor. Difficult trading con... News
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Decline in server sales and European weakness hurt IBM
A weak performance in Europe and from its systems and technology hardware operations took the gloss off the first quarter for IBM. Although Big Blue was able to deliver a set of top line numbers for the three months that ended XXX which all pointed ... News
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New role for Jones as Brother reshuffles UK management
Brother sales and marketing director Phil Jones is to step into the role of UK country head and deputy managing director as the firm repositions its UK management for a renewed push for new market share. The firm is planning to get closer to solution... News
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The BYOD count is rising; if only we worked like the Mafia
Morality aside, there's much we can learn from criminal organizations. Granted, their products aren't everyone's cup of tea, but it has to be said they do run a very tight ship. News
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C2000 consumer division adopts Triade name
Computer 2000 has announced it will adopt the TDTriade name for its consumer electronics division in the UK and Ireland, writes Linda Endersby. The move brings the firm in-line with parent Tech Data's European ops, which are renaming their consumer e... News
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EMEA PC sales shine in Q1, reports Gartner
Strengtheningsales into the professional market boosted overall growth in the EMEA PC sector during the first quarter of 2012, according to Gartner's preliminary figures. Total shipments into the region of 28.2 million units were up 6.7% on the same ... News