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Ingram Micro: The Recession Is Over
IT distributor Ingram Micro’s revenues and profits came roaring back in the first quarter, with revenue growth up 20 percent year over year and net income more than doubling, signaling an end to the recession and a potential recovery. “If you’d asked me two quarters ago, did we think we’d be looking at strong double-digit…
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OnForce First Quarter Indicators The Promise of 2010 Tech Sales
OnForce First Quarter Indicators The Promise of 2010 Tech Sales Employment numbersThe unemployment rate remained steady at 9.7 percent or 15 million people with 162,000 jobs added in March, compared to 36000 lost in February and 20,000 lost in January. No Title Consumer confidenceIncreased from February to March to 52.5. In February the index fell…
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OnForce: Price Stabilization, Higher Demand Characterize Market
Dollars are beginning to flow again as pent up demand for technology refreshes, project work and security is finally coming to market and IT budgets are being spent again, albeit judiciously. IT services marketplace OnForce CEO Peter Cannone tells Channel Insider that work order volume grew about 15 percent during the first quarter over the…
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Channel Insider’s Guide to Cisco’s and HP’s Dueling Channel Partner Events
HP Signals Call to Arms against Cisco, Dell HP’s channel leadership promised profitability, less complexity, better products and sales support in the increasingly tense battle for dominance against rivals in networking, data centers, PCs and services. Cisco Fires Back at HP, Talks Business Transformation Cisco Systems told channel partners at its partner summit in San…
