Switch and router sales see continued growth

IDC recorded growth of almost 11% sequential in the worldwide market for Ethernet switches in Q3, with year-on-year growth at just over 6%. Revenues reached of $5.9 billion. The worldwide market for routers grew by 2.9% year-over-year. Most of the growth came in the Asia/Pacific region, where switch sales increased by almost 28% and now account for a quarter of worldwide revenue. China experienced a remarkable 44.1% year-over-year growth. Revenues generated by 10GbE switches increased by almost 30% and almost doubled in terms of port shipments, due to continued adoption in data centres and campus core deployments. A record total of 2.09 million 10GbE ports were shipped in the quarter.

Tech Data announces changes to its European organisation

New European Executive Board and two geographic regions formed to optimise business efficiency between its European functions, specialist divisions and country operations.

Tech Data Europe today announced changes to its European organisation which will enable Europe’s leading technology distributor to optimise the business efficiency of its central resources and specialist divisions whilst enhancing the support for its country operations.

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Get registered to sell Adobe CLP licensing

Any reseller can now apply to sell Adobe CDP but you need to register before March to be sure of getting onto the current scheme and enjoy the full benefits of the new Adobe Partner Program. Once you are enrolled, you’ll be able to take advantage of free training for Adobe certification – and all the benefits that go with that, including higher rebates, co-op marketing, leads, deal registration, access to a partner portal and account management – and enhanced credibility for your business.

Standard TV is dying, long live the Smart TV!

Smart TV is a big opportunity to sell add-ons and accessories, connectors and installation. There are lots of great products in this area now and the Computer 2000 PC Components team has been busily getting its hands dirty so that we can provide you with all the latest information on the products that matter. The ‘app-driven’ experience that a smart TV gives the user is completely new and really exciting. The potential for integration of the web and TV opens up lots of new possibilities. TV makers are expected to ship more than 500 million sets with Internet connectivity by the end of 2015, according to a report from research firm DisplaySearch. This year alone, around 25 percent of all flat-panel sets will come with some form of Internet capability and this trend is expected to grow to 47 percent by 2015. If you want to know more about the Smart TV opportunity, get in touch with the PC Components team – call us or email components@computer2000.co.uk.

Tech Data to acquire distribution business of Man and Machine, boosting Datech presence across Europe

Tech Data has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets pertaining to the Value Added Distribution (VAD) business of Man and Machine, a leading VAD in the design software market in Germany, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, the enelux, Poland and Romania. The agreement, which is subject to certain conditions being met and the merger approval of the European Commission, should be completed by the end of October. With this agreement, Datech, Tech Data’s design software division, strengthens its position as Autodesk’s leading VAD in Europe, establishes a presence in Benelux and Romania, and extends its product portfolio to include the Autodesk software for the manufacturing industry in Italy, France, UK and Poland. In addition, a number of highly skilled and qualified professionals will join Datech’s team across Europe. ‘This agreement is further evidence of Tech Data’s strategy to grow its specialist divisions by making selective acquisitions in technology areas and geographies where we can continue to grow profitably for our shareholders and enhance the service and support to our customers.’ said Nestor Cano, President, Tech Data Europe. Following the acquisition, Man and Machine intends to transform its business into a value added reseller leveraging its knowledge and expertise in the market. Mike Appel Director of Datech Europe, said: ‘We are very excited about this agreement. It fully supports our strategy to expand and enhance our service and specialised added value to the Autodesk VAR channel. We are committed to make this a great success for our VAR customers, Autodesk and for Datech.’

Hot technologies and markets for the channel in 2012 Part 2

Disaster recovery for virtualised environments

Virtualisation is hot. VMware is making money hand over fist and everybody wants to save cash through the new magic bullet. But if you’re a large enterprise, you still need to put in place a  bulletproof disaster recovery position to protect this shiny new virtual infrastructure. The traditional method is to create alternative sites and replicate the data from the primary to the backup. This
is expensive and further complicated in a fast evolving virtualised environment.

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McAfee makes significant investments to enable partners to sell McAfee security solutions into SMB

McAfee is making significant investments to enable partners to sell McAfee security solutions to Small and Mid-size Businesses (SMB) so we thought it was a good idea to put their press release up here on the C2000 blog.

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Tech Data achieves impressive growth for Q4 in Europe

Our parent company, Tech Data, increased European sales by almost 15 percent in the final three months of its fiscal year, which ended 31 January 2011. In local currency terms, the increase was an even more impressive, 25 percent.

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Computer 2000 named Distributor of the Year 2010 at Channel Awards

What a great night for Computer 2000 as we were named Distributor of the Year 2010 at the Channel Awards in London. It was the eleventh time we’ve claimed the title – the highest honour in the industry that any distributor can win – in 12 years. In addition, we were named Software Distributor of the Year and Maverick was named Audio visual Distributor of the Year.

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Tech Data appoints Philippe Bosquier to head IT in Europe

Tech Data has appointed Philippe Bosquier, a senior IT professional with extensive experience in the supply chain and distribution sector, as Vice President of IT EMEA.

With immediate effect, Bosquier takes full responsibility for Tech Data’s ERP, e-business, communications, IT operations and application development functions throughout the region. As a key member of the European business management team, he will also join Tech Data’s European Executive Committee.

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