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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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

The attraction of TaaS

Offering technology and desktops as a service sounds like a good approach for the channel to take and the early adopters are urging more to get involved Continue Reading

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• Billy MacInnes

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

Users planning upgrading investments

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

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

Commercial customers keep PC market ticking over

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

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Billy MacInnes

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

The importance of Tech Data's relationship with Apple

Apple is the distributor's biggest vendor partner, which got Billy Macinnes wondering why that will come as a surprise to so many of us Continue Reading

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• Billy MacInnes

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Warranties not hitting the mark with millennials

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

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

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 Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor

A trip down memory lane

Simon Quicke revisits some of the events that made the headlines during MicroScope's first decade in print – the heady days of the 1980s Continue Reading

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• Simon Quicke, Microscope Editor