Articles about Context

PC makers REALLY need Windows 8.1 to walk on water - but guess what?

Upgrade is no 'miracle', sniffs IT analyst

RIM PlayBook trumps new iPad in UK channel sales - analyst

'As good as Apple's tab but half the price' Oh, BURN

Frightening fondleslabs branded Hannibal Lecter of UK PC market

'Cannibalising' tablets chomp on desktop, notebook jugulars

Ultrabooks to finally out-ship notebooks after 20% price slash

UK IT buyers prefer skinny models, if slightly cheaper

Mad Leo exit finally clears way for Blighty to love HP again

HP has finally halted the downward sales trend in distribution that dogged its UK operation for much of 2012. Figures from Context show that HP accounted for 22 per cent of the £1.8bn worth of tech shipped by distributors in Q1 2012, a share that steadily declined to 16 per cent by Q4. But Jeremy Davies, CEO at the Brit-based …

OK - who just bought a biz PC? Oh wait, none of you did

A revival in fortunes for desktop makers evaporated this summer as shipments across Western Europe collapsed. In each country across the region, sales out through distributors declined in July and August compared to the same months a year earlier. The latest stats show Finland reported the steepest decline, down nearly 23 per …

OK, hands up: Who hasn't sold an iPad to a big biz?

UK channel pumps thousands of Apple slabs into enterprises

Forget Ultrabooks and Win 8 - only fondleslabs can save us now

Western Europe PC space a busted flush, says Context

Apple iPad sales drop by DOUBLE DIGITS in Europe

Apple fondleslab sales tumbled after the buying frenzy around its third generation iPad died down, Context numbers reveal. Stats from the bean-counter, which tracks distributor shipments, show that the total number of iPads flogged dropped 22 per cent in April across Western Europe compared to the previous month. Broken down, …

Apple forced to cut dealers in to get iPad Mini shifting, says analyst

Apple is sacrificing some margin on the iPad Mini in a bid to muster channel support for its late-to-the-party seven-incher - or so says an analyst. According to data from Context, some 10,000 units were shipped through distribution across Western Europe in the first week after launch, compared to the millions of Minis and iPad …

Biz users, hard-up punters: Nobody loves Windows 8

Touch is for consumers but consumers won't touch lonely Microsoft OS

Viewsonic buries fondleslabs for punters, flogs biz tabs instead

Bit-part kit joins list of dearly departed

Windows 8 Euro PC sales SHOCKER: Results actually not bad

'Real opportunity for MS here' says gobsmacked analyst

Ballmer predicts 400 MILLION Win 8 Surface and Lumia fumblers

Microsoft boss attempts to spark apps gold rush

EMC² is now EMC II, too

"Aye aye", skipper, it be time for a name change

Hard disk drive prices quick to rise, slow to fall

ASPs remain 58 per cent above pre-flood levels

Channel bites Apple's hand off for any old iPads in Q1

Euro sales via indie disties soared by 42%

Adobe kills Creative Suite – all future features online only

Demos hardware magic wand and Project Napoleon

PlayBooks lapped up from RIM by distributors

IT channel swamped with cash from bargain-hunting small biz

Hey Intel, Microsoft: Share those profits with your PC pals, eh? - analyst

Channel defies gloom, ships £400m kit in Q1

PC floggers scavenge for crumbs as Apple hoovers up profits

Microsoft Surface Pro will land in UK in WEEKS*

Fondleslabs homing in on desktops in biz sales

HP UK sales hit by PC biz uncertainty

Hey, cloudy channel bods: Vendors have problems too...

Mighty Blighty's channel like a giant looming across the, er, Channel

IT distributors in the UK shifted some £1.76bn worth of kit and services in Q1, stats from Context reveal. This represents a whopping 18 per cent spike on revenues generated by the channel a year ago in spite of low consumer and business confidence and the storm clouds gathering over the Euro. "The UK market posted stronger …