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April 25, 2008

Friday, April 25, 2008 3:58 PM/EST

IT Distributors Say Economy Hurting Sales

Challenging economic conditions are beginning to affect IT sales, if the earnings of IT distributors are any indication. In particular, server sales were hurting at two of the three distributors reporting earnings the week of April 21.

February 29, 2008

Friday, February 29, 2008 2:43 PM/EST

Distribution Diversifies into Denim

Strange goings-on from the land of distribution, as one well-known company makes good use of its empty warehouses.

February 13, 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 1:56 PM/EST

Distribution Grows Up

Tech Data has opened up its online tracking tool, so VARs can include deals done through rival distributors, a very mature attitude.

January 10, 2008

Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:20 PM/EST

Can Software Lease Finance Stave Off Vendors' Economic Woes?

With dark clouds apparently on the economic horizon as analysts predict flattened IT spending, lots of businesses that sell to IT are planning on how to weather the storm. But software vendors apparently may have some ideas about how to...

December 19, 2007

Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:45 PM/EST

Ingram Micro: CES Attracts as Many Resellers as Comdex Ever Did

Ingram Micro may not have an official booth at CES, but the IT distributor will have a showroom and suites at the Monte Carlo hotel in Las Vegas during the giant consumer electronics extravaganza, turned all-around tech meeting place. And...

April 16, 2007

Monday, April 16, 2007 6:54 PM/EST

Channel in the Fortune 500

Distributor Synnex made the latest Fortune 500 list, joining Tech Data, Ingram Micro, Avnet, Arrow Electronics, CDW and others.

March 16, 2007

Friday, March 16, 2007 5:01 PM/EST

Partnering Among VTN Members Up to 88 Percent

Eighty-eight percent of Ingram Micro's VentureTech Network members are partnering with each other, up from 77 percent in 2006. Other VARs and distributors should take note. Analysts, channel chiefs and many VARs pay lip service to the concept of partnering...

March 15, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:10 PM/EST

What's Left on the Table?

How much money are you leaving on the table? Kirk Robinson, vice president of North America Channel Marketing at Ingram Micro, posed that question to a roomful of VARs March 15 at the distributor's VTN conference in Nashville. If you're...

Thursday, March 15, 2007 1:24 PM/EST

Cisco's SMB Recruitment Banks on Disties

Cisco System's five-year effort to engage an SMB channel, has relied almost exclusively on distributors to introduce, recruit and train VARs about the vendor and their SMB value. It has engaged all of the distributors with programs with programs that...

March 14, 2007

Wednesday, March 14, 2007 8:25 PM/EST

Marketing on $25 a Week: Three VAR Marketing Strategies That Work

Three VARs share successful marketing strategies from celebrity appearances, learning seminars and paid Google searches for $25 a week that netted a six-figure deal.



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