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Business Laptops

• August 30, 2019 30 Aug'19

  Dell shows there is plenty of life in the commercial PC market

  Vendor's second quarter numbers include record revenues and units in the client services group with strong sales of notebooks and desktops

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Tech Data CEO points to Q2 results as validation of strategy

  Rich Hume is keen to move the firm to higher value solutions and viewed the second quarter results as a sign that the strategy is delivering

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  Intel increasing CPU production

  Vendor reveals that it expects to deliver more CPUs to ease some of the shortages that have been in the market

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  Rivals moving to plug the Arrow ITAD gap

  The decision by Arrow to exit the IT asset disposal business in the UK could be an opportunity for others

• July 12, 2019 12 Jul'19

  Windows migration helping drive growth in the PC market

  Both Gartner and IDC agree that the second quarter was a good one globally for the PC market

• July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19

  Remanufactured laptops ticking the green boxes

  Resellers selling into customers keen to reduce electronic waste advised to consider the remanufactured option

• June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19

  Exertis stepping up DaaS efforts

  Distributor hires former Tech Data staffer to come on board and run its desktop as a Service efforts

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Channel delivers solid growth for Lenovo

  Firm aiming to build on the momentum of its last fiscal year with the channel playing a key role in delivering the growth

• June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19

  Lenovo joining the DaaS party

  Vendor on the brink of rolling out an offering that channel partners can take out the SME customers

• May 29, 2019 29 May'19

  Windows 7 refresh driving commercial PC market

  Forecasts from IDC indicate that the Windows 7 refresh is going to help keep the momentum going in the commercial PC market

• May 16, 2019 16 May'19

  Firm grip on technical asset management eluding most customers

  Real time insights into the technology estate is a wish for the majority of customers but at the moment just remaining a dream which is opening up an opportunity for the channel

• May 01, 2019 01 May'19

  Michael Dell: Customers need trusted advisors more than ever

  Channel will be “super important” for cutting through complexity, says CEO of the hardware giant

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Which? warns Brexit could lead to more unsafe products

  Consumer group highlights concerns that lack of intelligence sharing could leave UK behind in dealing with dangerous electrical problems

• April 11, 2019 11 Apr'19

  CPU shortages hitting PC shipments

  Intel CPU shortages and Brexit issues have combined to hit the UK PC market in the first quarter

• April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19

  HaaS already an option for many customers

  Hardware as a Service is a model already being used by plenty of customers according to research from Spiceworks

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  PC revenues holding up

  Context figures indicate that although volumes might be down slightly revenues have increased for distributors in the first couple of months of this year

• February 27, 2019 27 Feb'19

  Component shortages continue to plague PC market

  Analysts warn of disruption throughout the first half of the year before shortages ease

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  Workers shifting away from desktops in search for flexibility

  Pressure on the humble desktop continues with LaptopsDirect.co.uk charting its decline in the workplace

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  CPU shortages and political issues hit PC market

  Things had been going well in the first half of 2018 but then a couple of negative factors undid a lot of that good work in the last months of the years

• December 05, 2018 05 Dec'18

  Panasonic lifts lid on growing hardware as a Service demand

  The hardware player has been doing its own research to see the extent of the appetite for acquiring mobile devices on a subscription model

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Dell and HP share reasons to be optimistic about the PC market

  Both hardware firms used their latest quarterly results announcements to share the progress they continue to make in the PC space

• November 21, 2018 21 Nov'18

  Black Friday failing to spur a laptop sales spike

  A close examination of sales flowing through distribution has led Context to conclude that the impact of Black Friday will be slight

• October 30, 2018 30 Oct'18

  Education resellers get Budget boost

  A £400m bonus for schools is going to spent by some on improving the technology they use in the classroom

• September 20, 2018 20 Sep'18

  DaaS pointed to as a long term answer once Windows 10 refresh wears off

  Canalys has provided insights into its expectations in the PC market next year and advised the channel to think beyond just working with customers looking to upgrade old hardware

• September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18

  Users planning upgrading investments

  Research from Spiceworks indicates that money will be spent next year by users looking to upgrade old infrastructure

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Commercial customers keep PC market ticking over

  Demand from enterprise users meant that last month remained a positive one for those selling PC hardware

• August 16, 2018 16 Aug'18

  Lenovo talks of turning corners and intelligent transformation

  The vendor has shared a set of Q1 numbers that are much healthier than the ones it issued this time last year

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  SMEs changing the bundles approach

  Bundles have often been a bit hit and miss but thanks to the need to cater them for SME customers things are improving

• June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18

  Commercial PC market continues to generate sales growth

  An analysis of the first couple of months of Q2 from Context has indicated that the commercial customer base is continuing to spend on PCs

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  Jigsaw24 increases focus on enterprise market

  The growing number of Apple products being used in the workplace have triggered a response from one of the vendor's largest resellers

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Microsoft rings in the changes to support devices

  Partners have a new organisation management chart to get to grips with as the firm looks to split the teams running Windows and devices

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Commercial market driving PC sales growth

  A market analysis from Context has indicated that commercial PC sales are driving growth on that side of the hardware market

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  The Chromebook opportunity

  With a wide range of price points and the flexibility that should appeal to customers in vertical markets the channel might want to take a closer look at the hardware

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Warranties not hitting the mark with millennials

  The next generation of buyers do not seem to be that bothered about warranties

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Commercial PC market continues to deliver

  An analysis of the market from Context indicates that the year ended strongly for those selling into the commercial market

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  HP and Lenovo make their educational pitches

  The BETT show saw the two leading hardware players unveil more products, expand the reseller base and talk about the importance of VR

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  The Spectre silver lining

  Customers looking to ensure that their processors are secure could opt for a fresh CPU and that could be a benefit for the hardware channel