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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 | 12 Apr 2012
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Sony swings axe on 10,000 and sets out on business review
Sony is to swing the axe on 6% of its global workforce putting 10,000 people out of work as it tries to claw its way back in the market. The firm has been struggling in the face of intense competition and difficult economic conditions and the new CE... News | 12 Apr 2012
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Commodore 64 visionary Jack Tramiel dies aged 83
Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore International and the man behind many of the iconic PC brands of the 1980s has died aged 83. Born Jacek Trzmielin Poland in 1928, Tramiel's family was confined to the Jewish ghetto in Lodz in 1939, and was subse... News | 11 Apr 2012
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Apple iPad rivals pin tablet hopes on Windows 8 launch
Vendors hoping to challenge Apple's seemingly unbeatable iPad with their own tablet offerings appear to be hedging their bets andholding off until the launch of Windows 8 later this year, according to Gartner. Carolina Milanesi, Gartner research vice... News | 10 Apr 2012
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Dingley gets UK MD role at Konica Minolta
Konica Mintola has shuffled its management pack with the UK managing director of the last five years returning to Japan. The decision by Yuki Kobayashi to head back to the HQ in Japan gives an opportunity for the operations director and company secr... News | 10 Apr 2012
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 6 April 2012
Resellers top the growth charts The channel has flown the flag strongly in a list of the fastest growing mid-sized companies indicating that it's far from all gloom and doom in the reseller world. The latest list of the 100 fastest growing mid-sized ... News | 10 Apr 2012
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Kyocera ditches the Mita to focus on solutions angle
Kyocera Mita is to drop the Mita from its stationery, and would now like to be known as Kyocera Document Solutions. The move reflectsa commonevolution among printer firms from the traditionalpure-play print hardware and ink supplier role into an end-... News | 04 Apr 2012
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Arrow ECS bolsters European operations with Altimate buy
Consolidation in the distribution world has continued with Arrow ECS strengthening its hand across Europe with the acquisition of DCC owned Altimate. Altimate specialises in security, data management and virtualisation and operates across eight coun... News | 04 Apr 2012
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Resellers top the growth charts
The channel has flown the flag strongly in a list of the fastest growing mid-sized companies indicating that it's far from all gloom and doom in the reseller world. The latest list of the 100 fastest growing mid-sized companies includes 16 which ope... News | 03 Apr 2012
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Dell gets Wyse as acquisition bandwagon rolls on
Dell has announced its second acquisition in the space of a month, forking out an undisclosed sum to acquire cloud clientand cloud softwarespecialist Wyse Technology. Round Rock's latest purchase, which comes barely three weeks after it bought firewa... News | 02 Apr 2012