Year: 2007

  • Ingram Micro Q3 Sales Up 15%

    Jessica Davis

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    Computing distribution giant Ingram Micro reported double-digit net income growth on strong sales for its third quarter. The Santa Ana, Calif. company earned net income of $72.4 million or 41 cents per diluted share, a 24 percent increase over the same period a year ago. Sales grew by 15 percent to $8.61 billion, from $7.51… Read more

  • Arrow’s Enterprise Computing Sales Up 15%

    Jessica Davis

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    Arrow Electronics saw strong growth in its global enterprise computing solutions group in the third quarter, with sales climbing by 97 percent to $1.17 billion on a spate of acquisitions including KeyLink Systems Group and Alternative Technology. On a pro forma basis, sales increased 15 percent year over year for the distribution giant’s enterprise computing… Read more

  • Avnet Q1 Revenues Grow on Acquisitions

    Jessica Davis

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    Distribution giant Avnet saw sales from its Technology Solutions group sales grow in its first fiscal quarter by 32.5 percent over the same period a year ago, jumping to $1.61 billion. In numbers from the quarter, which ended Sept. 29, the Phoenix-based distributor’s total revenue grew to $4.10 billion in the first quarter, an increase… Read more

  • Novell Cries Wolfe

    Novell Cries Wolfe

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    On Oct. 25, Novell appointed Tim Wolfe as president of Novell Americas. In this position, he’ll be responsible for the execution of Novell’s strategy across the Americas. Before this job, Wolfe, who brings nearly three decades of software, technology and consulting leadership experience to the role, most recently held the position of vice president and… Read more

  • IP Address Management Headaches Open Door to Managed Services

    Michael Vizard

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    If you talk to customers today they will all tell you that they are generally short-handed and have little to no expertise in network management. And they will also tell you that this state of affairs is becoming a particularly acute problem when it comes to IP address management because not only do their subnets… Read more

  • VARs Reluctant on Marketing Spend

    Sara Driscoll

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    Solution providers are failing to adopt a proper marketing approach to technology and the business changes happening in the market. At the Gartner ChannelVision event in Palm Springs, marketing or the lack of it in the channel was a hot topic. “Marketing resources are absolutely lacking in the channel because it’s hard to prove the… Read more