Happy Birthday
Steve Hilleard!

Old & Past It or ready

to revive ex-must read?

OPI's CEO Steve Hilleard celebrates his 50th birthday today! Congrats Steve! Welcome to the guild of aging office publishers... 

Dell delighted
w/private year 

Renews channel focus
investment & security

Dell has issued a report outlining its financial performance over the past year – its first full one as a private firm.

Amazon Achilles
heel emerging? 

Elements expansion of
commodity private label

Following countless resellers, Amazon is expanding its lineup of private-label to inc. food & beverage supplies to business. Will this reversal of original brand strategy be Bezos' first big stab in his own foot?

Jawbone hits
Fitbit IP theft

Distraction for health
tracker ahead of IPO

As it approaches an initial public offering, fitness-tracker company Fitbit faces a lawsuit from rival Jawbone that is spiced with betrayal and the alleged theft of trade secrets.

Amazon deliver

FREE same day

Prime service extends
to 14 city metro areas 

Amazon wants to make impulse buys more impulsive. The dual etail/wholesaler giant is offering free same-day delivery service for Prime members..

Daisy saves
Phoenix Group 

Leads to job losses &
director departures

Daisy Group has acquired Phoenix IT in a move to become the "first truly converged IT and unified communications provider in the UK mid-market"

GoPro drives
drone videos

Making first steps too,
in VR for prosumers

With a lion’s share of the video camera market locked up, GoPro is turning to its next chapter: Virtual reality and drones. Re/Code's Kara Swisher interviews Nick Woodman 

Staples funds
growth firms

Making loans happen

for micro businesses

Since launching in February, Staples online financing service with Lendio has processed $1.5m in loans for dozens of small businesses...

T e c h D a t a
tailing market

Europe recovers to
offset slow Americas

Tech Data, the global #2 wholesaler of tech products with $26Bn in sales, reported flat Q1'16 results again to 30 Apr'15. Excuses about selecting only profitable business were less than convincing... 

EMC's Cloud

hovers over HP 

Will VM Ware owner add
to Virtustream move?