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<item><title>Storage, Servers, Software Boom for Avnet in Q2</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:43:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Value-added distributor Avnet saw strong sales of storage, software and industry-standard servers during the second quarter of its fiscal 2012, driven by vertical solutions and customers looking to leverage IT to be better businesses.   -  The big data explosion and a growing concern in the C-suite that IT drive efficiency and productivity mean that storage is selling. And it's selling well, according to value-added distributor Avnet Technology Solutions.
The Phoenix, Ariz.-based company announced its second quarter earnings for fisc...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ingram Micro Appoints New CEO as Spierkel Retires</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:35:02 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Technology distribution giant Ingram Micro will have a new captain at the helm starting on January 20 as CEO Greg Speirkel steps down.   -   
Technology distribution giant Ingram Micro (NYSE:IM) has
named Alain Monie as CEO, effective January 20, replacing Greg Spierkel who is
leaving the role to spend more time with his family after helping with the
management transition until April 15.
Monie, 61, joined Ingram Micro as executive ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Tech Data Expands Cloud, Mobility Solutions</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:03:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tech Data's accessTD, an app for iPhone, iPad and iTouch, was just one innovation unveiled at the distributor's TechSelect partner convention in Orlando. Tech Data also used the event to announce new and expanded initiatives for partners in cloud computing and mobility.   -  Tech Data today unveiled the latest in an ongoing series
of platforms and solutions designed to help its solution providers boost
productivity, reap new opportunities, and expand profits, with the debut of
accessTD during its TechSelect partner convention in Orlando.
A mobile application for App...]]></description>
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<item><title>Data Center Growth Continues at Avnet Despite Economy </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:26:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Companies are still investing in the data center, despite a weak economy, and that's good news for distributor Avnet and its partners. Revenue was up 3.9% for the first quarter of the company's fiscal 2012.   -  Companies are still spending
money on data center technology, despite a weak economy, as they look to drive
greater efficiency and boost employee productivity, and that's good news for
the channel, according to Phil Gallagher, Avnet Technology Solutions global
president.
 quot;Are CFOs holding ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Avnet Launches Oracle Exadata, Mobile Data Center Sales Tools</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:36:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[At the Oracle Open World conference in San Francisco, distributor Avnet launched new sales tools for partners selling the Oracle Exadata Database Machine and other Oracle data center hardware and software.   -  Avnet
Technology Solutions launched new sales tools and training materials for
solution provider partners selling Oracles Exadata Database Machine and other
Oracle hardware and software data center solutions at Oracles Open World
conference in San Francisco on Monday. 
First, Avnet
announced e...]]></description>
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<item><title>Avnet Launches Data Center Lifecycle Services Portfolio </title>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:01:21 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Distributor Avnet's Data Center Lifecycle Services portfolio seeks to enable solution providers to make more data-center focused services sales.   -   Avnet Technology Solutions is launching a new set of services
focusing on data center technologies to help partners win business and
provide more comprehensive solutions to their customers. 

The Avnet Data Center Lifecycle Services portfolio combines
supplier-branded resold services and manag...]]></description>
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<item><title>DandH Helps VARs Tackle Lucrative Vertical Market Opportunities</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:17:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[D&amp;H Distributing is offering new resources to help VARs target niche markets with high revenue potential, such as education, government and health care.   -  D amp;H
Distributing is offering several new resources to help resellers looking to tap
into growing vertical markets such as health care, government and education,
including training programs, sales advice and vendor information portals.
The
Harrisburg, Pa.-based distributor launched a new Edu...]]></description>
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<item><title>Arrow ECS Launches Empower Enablement Program for Business Analytics</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:54:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Value-added distributor Arrow ECS is launching a new partner-enablement program to help solution providers develop data center technology practices, beginning with a program focused on IBM's Congnos technology.   -  Arrow ECS is launching a new
partner-enablement program, called Empower, to help solution providers sell
data center technologies, beginning with business intelligence and analytics
solutions from IBM.  
Under the Empower enablement
program, Arrow ECS, a division of Englewood, Colo.-based Arrow...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ingram Micro Launches Partner Network for Health Care VARs</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:23:24 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ingram Micro Health Care Partner Network will leverage the distributor's services network to bring together VARs working in the health care industry.   -  Broadline distributor Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM) announced a new
network for channel partners who have expertise in IT for the U.S.
health care market.
The Ingram Micro Healthcare Partner Network is the company's first
dedicated to resellers and managed service providers working in the
health care...]]></description>
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<item><title>Lenovo Targets SMB Market With Distributor SED International</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:52:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Distributor SED International will offer its channel partners a selection of Lenovo's desktop and notebook computers targeted at small and midsize businesses.   -  Lenovo has teamed up with distributor SED International Holdings to
reach channel partners targeting the small and midsize business
markets.

SED International will begin distributing a variety of Lenovo's
ThinkPad laptops, ThinkCentre desktops, IdeaPad laptops and
Lenovo-branded laptops and o...]]></description>
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<item><title>Apple, Amazon May Hit Tablet Production Squeeze</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple's iPad production could create scarcity in the tablet component supply chain, leaving Amazon's Android tablet vulnerable, according to a new DigiTimes report.   -  Demand for Apple  s iPad could hamper Amazon  s efforts to  manufacture an Android-based tablet, reports DigiTimes.  According to unnamed   industry sources   speaking to the  publication, Amazon will take delivery of its first batch of touch panels  in September, with an ultimate aim of shipping 4 ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ingram Micro's Wiser to Run Specialty Solutions</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:30:24 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ingram Micro said that Wiser will lead the high-margin specialty solutions division which includes data capture/POS, consumer electronics subsidiaries IMCE and AVAD, among others.   -  IT
distribution giant Ingram Micro has appointed a new executive to lead its specialty
solutions division which includes Data Capture/POS; consumer
electronics subsidiaries IMCE and AVAD; and the Ingram Micro Mobility and
Physical Security business units, as well as Securematics. 
Brian Wiser w...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ingram Micro Unveils Cloud Marketplace, Partners</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:22:15 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[IT distribution giant Ingram Micro unveiled its cloud marketplace where IT solution providers can buy and provision cloud services, billed on a monthly basis. Ingram Micro also announced the launch of several services from vendors such as Cisco, N-able, Symantec, and VMware, among others.   -  IT distribution giant Ingram
Micro used its Cloud Summit in Phoenix this week to demonstrate its Cloud
Marketplace, a transactional online marketplace where IT solution providers can
shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly
from Ingram Micro.
“Ingram Micro ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Tech Data Quarter Sales Climb 13 Percent</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 13:33:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[IT distributor Tech Data Corp. saw net sales grow by 13 percent on strength in Europe.   -   
IT distributor Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:TECD) reported net
income of $48.7 million on sales of $6.3 billion, for its fiscal first quarter
ending April 30. The net sales marked a 13 percent increase from the same
period a year ago.
“We are pleased to report another solid performance with
recor...]]></description>
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<item><title>Ingram Micro Launches Integrated Virtualization Solutions for SMBs</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 10:20:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ingram Micro is offering integrated virtualization solutions and complementary marketing enablement resources for channel partners selling to SMBs.   -  IT distributor Ingram Micro announced a lineup of fully integrated virtualization solutions and complementary marketing enablement resources for channel partners selling to small and midsize businesses. The Ingram Micro Virtualization (IM-V) bundles include EMC VNXe storage systems, designed for sim...]]></description>
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