Computer Trade Shopper articles from January 2005

Computer Trade Shopper archives from January 2005

There's light at the end of the tunnel.(Editorial)
January 19, 2005... Is it not amazing that other more mature industries have managed to maintain a greater level of value in their products than IT? Especially when you consider the importance of our industry in shaping the world of commerce. Intense...

Resellers keep their fingers crossed for growth.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... Despite there being no technological revolutions round the corner, fears of a general election disrupting spending and vendors' gradual moves towards the direct model, resellers are cautiously optimistic about prospects for growth this year in...

Police seize re-marked AMD chips.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... Distributors have come across re-marked AMD processors and are working with the manufacturer to minimise the destabilising impact that defunct chips could have on the UK market. This follows a Taiwanese police raid on HaD Hwa Technology...

"Affordable" Apple Mac Mini could boost peripheral sales.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... After weeks of speculation, Apple finally unveiled the Mac Mini, its low-end, entry-level desktop, previously known only by its code name Q88, at last week's MacExpo in San Francisco. Despite retailing at 339 [pounds sterling] in the UK,...

Cisco's 'demand generation' scheme disappoints partners.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... The promise of lead generation from Cisco's SMB Select partner programme has failed to materialise, according to some of the vendor's partners. The SMB Select programme launched last year is a cornerstone of Cisco's push into the...

Falling dollar could lead to further PC price reductions.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... The price of PCs could fall by as much as ten per cent this quarter as manufacturers take advantage of the continued strength of the pound against the dollar and offset the material gains. The US dollar has been weakening for the past 12...

BT expands SME reach.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... BT has made another huge step into the SME space after distributor DMSL signed a deal with buying group Integra, which will add another 400 IT dealers to its channel. The deal follows a similar agreement with Brigantia Group last year,...

More time for OS migration.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... Microsoft will continue to provide customised support for large enterprises using its NT4 operating system following the end of the product's lifecycle. The software giant ended support for the operating system last month, but following...

Getronics stalls PinkRoccade acquisition.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... Getronics has decided to hold off its proposed 350m [euro] (244.9m [pounds sterling]) bid for PinkRoccade after the fellow Dutch service provider bowed to pressure from major shareholders and allowed due diligence to be conducted by Ordina. ...

Oracle and PeopleSoft saga concludes with purchase.(Reseller News)
January 19, 2005... Database giant Oracle has finally won the day in its lengthy bid to acquire rival software vendor PeopleSoft. The boards of both companies have approved the deal, which is expected to close this month. In November, Oracle made what it...

Tuner keeps you entertained.
January 19, 2005... The name AverMedia has graced the pages of CTS regularly in the past with a series of TV tuner boxes and cards reviewed. There has been definite progress over the past few years from clunky internal cards that threatened to damage your PC...

Shark case has killer looks.
January 19, 2005... Whenever you are reviewing a case, it used to be overwhelmingly tempting to kick off with a legal pun about 'case closed' or something about Sherlock Holmes and famous tales of hounds or ginger-haired men. The reason for starting like that...

A drive for the digital age.
January 19, 2005... When it comes to choosing a brand, they don't get much bigger than Toshiba and any customer of its rewritable DVD drive can have supreme confidence in the product. The SD-R5372 is a dual format optical disk drive that offers what is often...

Screen offers clear benefits.
January 19, 2005... When Apple unveiled its Mac Mini last week the ripples of approval spread beyond the vendor's usual customer base and echoed across the peripherals market. There are two benefits to the launch of the device, which validates the cube...

Negative scanning made easy.
January 19, 2005... With the digital photography revolution having taken the world by storm in what seems like a matter of months, it's easy to forget there was once life before the megapixel and the bargain basement digital camera and that taking pictures once...

Drive gets go faster stripes.
January 19, 2005... It's fair to say that mobile storage units do not usually score highly in rankings of must-have accessories, especially when compared with the ubiquitous iPod, but peripherals specialist Lacie seems to be trying to make these functional devices...

Recognising excellence.(Computer Trade Shopper Supplier Excellence Awards)
January 19, 2005... The votes are rolling in and the tables are getting filled for one of the major events of the year on the system building community's calendar. This is the fourth year the CTS Supplier Excellence Awards have taken place, celebrating...

The risk of theft of IT equipment is often overlooked by technology users.(Shorts)
January 19, 2005... The risk of theft of IT equipment is often overlooked by technology users. But as we all know, there are criminal elements always ready to pounce on a slip, so it is advisable to keep equipment secure. HotAV has come up with a low-cost but...

AverMedia Technologies has announced the release of the "best value" TV Tuner Card on the market--the AverTV TV GO 007 Plus.(Shorts)
January 19, 2005... AverMedia Technologies has announced the release of the "best value" TV Tuner Card on the market--the AverTV TV GO 007 Plus. Hitting the market at only 29.99 [pounds sterling], the product offers all the features you would expect from a TV...

Window shopper loves the UK but his heart is in Taipei: Vincent Chan, managing director, Gigabyte UK.(Talking Shop)
January 19, 2005... What are your main responsibilities at the company? I am in charge of Gigabyte's UK subsidiary, responsible for making sure we continue to provide, in my opinion, the best quality products and service to our users and clients in the UK. ...

A different way of thinking: does grid computing have a future outside of the high-performance computing market?(Market Overview--Grid Computing)
January 19, 2005... The 'commoditisation' of hardware has resulted in IT environments evolving that consist of a large number of general-purpose servers each configured to behave as a particular type of appliance. As a result, separate servers are configured...

The tender spot.(Tender Invitations)
January 19, 2005... This is a list of public authorities that are inviting bids from potential suppliers. Further information is available from Tenders Direct--contact details at the bottom of the page. These notices are from the Official Journal of the European...

Manufacturers.(The Directory)
January 19, 2005... MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATIONS PC Association 01763262987 DATA STORAGE CD-ROM/DVD STORAGE 1st Computer Traders Ltd 0182755555 Amacom Technologies Ltd 02089937373 Apple Computer...

Distributors.(The Directory)
January 19, 2005... DISTRIBUTORS 1st Computer Traders Ltd 0182755555 0182766666 3d Micro Limited 02073841174 02077366033 4Front Network 01635567299 01923210910 a A One...