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3 Jun 15

Updated: 3 Jun 15

New Insight

logo illogical

Does intricate redesign
miss simplicity meaning?

Global IT reseller Insight Enterprises says new logo and brand refresh reflects how the industry has changed since it set up shop in 1988. But has it misread the market?

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3 Jun 15

Updated: 3 Jun 15

Dixons: double

% growth drive

Carphone integration &
mobile demand boost

Dixons Carphone Group, the electricals and mobile device retail leader in Europe reported outstanding Q4'15 results to 2 May; 12 months after its merger

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3 Jun 15

Updated: 3 Jun 15

H o l l o w
P r e t e n s e 

Discover: Meg moving
deckchairs on Titanic.
Showboating Wall St.

HP's Discover 2015 conference opened today in Las Vegas supposedly for the benefit of  10,000 IT leaders. Apologies for thinking it was a separation showcase ahead of its split on Nov 1 and subsequent HP Enterprise merger with EMC...

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 3 Jun 15

TechData: Will  
W/S go direct?

CEO Dutkowsky answers
questions after STG deal

Last week #2 IT wholesaler, Tech Data's CEO Bob Dutkowsky was interviewed by CRN re concerns resellers have over its acquisition of VAR Signature Technology Group (STG). Will it start a trend?

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 2 Jun 15

Apple streams to
new Beats tune

Preview WWDC event
of new Spotify rival

Apple is about to make a play to capture a huge part of the music industry. Can it succeed on Spotify's turf?

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 2 Jun 15

The phenomenal
rise of WeWork

Inside the world leader
in co-working spaces

 
Last week we met with WeWork's Luca Gualco at the Bisnow's'Office of the Future' event in Boston. On Friday we tour their co-working spaces at South Station and SeaPort. We profile its progress

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 2 Jun 15

What's next: an
uber salesforce?

On-demand talent
selling productivity
services to the CFO 

The everything on-demand economy may have no limits in the new digital world. Amazon, Uber, AirBnB and Zillow are now overtaking conventional service channels. Next: the on-demand salesforce?

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 2 Jun 15

Stand up for
Productivity!

Neocon 2015 Preview:
'Sitting is new smoking'
movement hotting up

The sit/stand ergonomics revolution is a powerful movement. Why then do furnituremakers waste money advertising in trade mags with lifeless images, whilst upstarts e.g. Varidesk/Stir communicate directly with users? Later today

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 3 Jun 15

Why Dell wins

& HP hype fails

A contrast in ownership
v selfish, hired help spin

We are grateful to Tech Guru's Rob Enderle for his insight and analysis of Dell's DAAC conference and preview of HP Discover event this week. 

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2 Jun 15

Updated: 2 Jun 15

"Mobilize your
webstore plse"

Lucy wants to buy local
but are dealers ready?

The mobile is now the preferred shopping channel for the majority user choosers. 31% (44% for businesswomen) of web traffic is now via mobile, with more shopping or info searching. Updated