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No relief for hard disk prices in 2012, says IHS
In spite of a ramp up of hard disk drive (HDD) production in recent weeks, the supply chain will remain constrained and prices will remain high for at least two more quarters, according to market analysts IHS. HDD producers Western Digital and Toshib... News | 13 Feb 2012
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Kemp plans for UK expansion after VC backing
Load-balancing specialists Kemp are planning to use some of the proceeds of venture capital backing to increase its foothold and levels of channel support in the UK. The vendor, which targets the SME end of the load-balancing market, recently receiv... News | 13 Feb 2012
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VIP vertical push continues with corporate VAR team
VIP Computers has set up a corporate reseller team to increase the amount of business it can get through the top VARs as part of its ongoing push into specific vertical markets. The dedicated team will support the top 150 corporate resellers and has... News | 10 Feb 2012
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Fujitsu embarks on VDI VAR recruitment drive
Fujitsu is ramping up its exposure to the virtualised desktop (VDI) market and is on the prowl for specialist virtualisation partners to make its dreams come true The firm has launched a new SELECT Expert accreditation to address the market, as well ... News | 10 Feb 2012
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MicroScope's top stories, week ending 10 February 2012
RM asleep at the wheel during education spending crisis RM has admitted that it was caught napping during the slowdown and failed to fully appreciate the scale of thecrisis thanks to the mitigating effect of the cancelled BSF programme. The education... News | 10 Feb 2012
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Context predicts emergence of two-tier tablet market
The tablet market is splitting into two tiers with high-end and luxury brands at one end of the spectrum and mainstream offerings at the other. As a result there will be little room for success in the middle ground, warned Context research, which ha... News | 09 Feb 2012
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Lenovo numbers show share taking strategy is delivering
Lenovo's strategy of protecting its market share and attacking that commanded by rivals appears to be paying off as the vendor reported growth in its third quarter. The vendor has been climbing up the market shares charts and has made several statem... News | 09 Feb 2012
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Potts handed channel reins at IBM
IBM has shuffled its UK channel management pack as the former partner head Jacqueline Davey heads to Europe to move into a strategic sales leadership role. Her replacement running business partners and mid market for the UK and Ireland is Richard Po... News | 09 Feb 2012
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Intellect calls on better use of IT to drive economic recovery
Dropping productivity across the UK threatens to undermine any chances of economic recovery unless a coherent strategy is established to exploit IT. IT trade body Intellect has warned that although technology cannot solve all of the problems in the ... News | 09 Feb 2012
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Desktop management vendors poised to challenge PC market
Desktop management andVDI strategies areproving a hot topic for the industry in the opening months of the year, with multiple solutions jostling for position as the migration to Windows 7 gathers paceand the PC market flounders. Rob Lovell of hosted ... News | 08 Feb 2012