Lexmark beats billion mark in second quarter
Lexmark’s second quarter sales climbed 14% year-on-year to US$1.03 billion. The imaging and printing solutions vendor’s profits soared fivefold to US$85m compared to the previous year. Second quarter printing solutions and services division (PSSD) sales were up 20% year-on-year at US$752m. Imaging solutions division (ISD) sales slipped 2% to US$275m.
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Second quarter sales climb at Ingram Micro
Global distribution giant Ingram Micro has announced second quarter sales up 24% year-on-year at US$8.16 billion. For the quarter ending July 3rd 2010, after-tax profits more than doubled to hit US$67.7m – compared to US$25.3m a year earlier. Sales in EMEA were up 18% year-on-year at US$2.37 billion with operating profits of US$22.3m.
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UK-based distributor VIP Computer Centre has added graphics card vendor KFA2 to its vendor portfolio. KFA2 and VIP will look to target the growing specialist market for high-end graphics cards. KFA2 offers Nvidia Geforce cards and the vendor’s range consists of overclcocked cards as standard.
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20:20 Mobile seals Starlink deal in Qatar
European mobile phone distributor 20:20 Mobile has struck a deal with Qatar-based Starlink. Under the terms of the agreement, 20:20 Mobile will provide services for Starlink’s new in-store mobile phone recycling service. The recycling scheme, which will be launched in Starlink’s Qatar stores, will offer customers the chance to trade in out-of-use handsets for a new device.
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The EMEA Channel Wrap – 30/7/10
With the EMEA channel gearing up for summer holidays, it’s time to take our latest tour of the top in-country news sites, to find out what’s making headlines across the region. If you’re already on holiday and reading this on the beach, we’re very jealous. We’re heading to Russia first this week to get to grips with some of the latest channel developments in this vast market.
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EMEA PC market recovery continues
Research house IDC’s latest EMEA data points to a continued recovery in the region’s PC market. IDC reckons that second quarter sales were up 21.1% year-on-year with almost 24 million PCs shipped. According to IDC, the market exceeded expectations in both the commercial and consumer segments.
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DCC MEA 2010: VIDEO OVERVIEW
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Paul Evans, Redstor
Redstor’s Paul Evans explores the drastic impact cloud computing is having on businesses and the technology channel.
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Moscow Strategy Forum
Channel EMEA Editor Stuart Wilson focuses on the cloud and HR issues in the second part of a commentary series on what happened at the inaugural DISTREE Strategy Forum for the Russia & CIS IT channel.
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