Tag: IT
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Good Sign? IT Distribution Downturn Levels Off, GTDC says
Categories: News and TrendsThe worst may be over in relation to the sharp drop in IT industry sales that occurred over the past year, according to the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC). The GTDC cited recent trends revealed by The NPD Group’s Distributor Track, which captures GTDC members’ actual U.S. sales. "The recession that has hurt industries across… Read more
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HP’s CEO: Not Ready to Call It Better
While Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) and Avnet’s (NYSE:AVT) CEOs have recently mentioned the word “bottom” when referring to the current economic crisis, that’s not a word that was in Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd’s vocabulary during the computer giant’s second-quarter conference call with analysts this week. Instead, HP’s CEO provided a more conservative outlook on the state… Read more
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IT Reseller Economic Stimulus Opportunity: Hospitals and Doctors
One of the biggest buckets of money expected to trickle down into the IT market as a result of the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package, or American Recovery and Reivestment Act, comes from the $20.4 billion directive to modernize hospitals and physician practices through the creation of electronic medical records and the end game of making… Read more
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Software Piracy Costs IT Services Providers $200 Billion in 2008
Categories: News and TrendsWorldwide software piracy climbed to a record high in 2008 to $50.2 billion in actual losses for illegally distributed and used applications, and cost another $150 billion to $200 billion in value-add technology services, according to a new report by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and technology research firm IDC. In their sixth annual report,… Read more
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Small Business IT Distribution Specialist Reports Sales Growth
Strength in netbooks, notebooks and overall mobility solutions has driven D&H Distributing to a 6 percent growth in sales during the calendar first quarter of 2009—a time when other IT distributors have reported double-digit declines in sales. D&H announced the results the week of May 4. But it’s important to note that D&H is not… Read more
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Optimism Surfaces in New IT Outlook Studies
Categories: News and TrendsDespite the gloom-and-doom atmosphere surrounding 2009’s economic outlook, both vendors and solution providers are surprisingly optimistic about their prospects this year. Two studies bear this out – one from managed security services provider MXLogic and the other from Amazon Consulting. Here are the top five channel trends expected by both vendors and solution providers. 1.… Read more