Ingram Micro Authorized to Sell IBM Power Systems and Enterprise-Class Storage in United States

Ingram Micro Authorized to Sell IBM Power Systems and Enterprise-Class Storage in United States

IBM Leverages Ingram Micro's Advanced Computing Division to Enable Channel Partners to Sell Power Systems and Enterprise-Class Storage Families

SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 15, 2013) - Expanding its data center portfolio and expertise,Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced it has earned authorization to market, sell and support IBM Power Systems and enterprise-class storage product families to certified IBM Business Partners within the U.S.

As part of the expanded U.S. distribution agreement, Ingram Micro's Advanced Computing Division is now recruiting and enabling authorized IBM Business Partners with the necessary marketing, pre- and post-sales support, as well as technical training, certifications and configuration services to successfully sell the IBM Power Systems and enterprise-class storage product portfolios.

To further educate the market, Ingram Micro is hosting a series of webinars for channel partners that are interested in learning more about IBM Power Systems, storage and PureSystems. Registration is open to both prospecting resellers and current Ingram Micro channel partners. More information can be found here. Ingram Micro will also be offering qualified IBM Business Partners onsite product demonstrations and business trainings for IBM Power Systems, storage, PureSystems and System x starting next month. 

"Ingram Micro offers IBM Business Partners enablement resources, technical expertise and field sales support that is unrivaled and we remain committed to giving our channel partners that competitive edge that really works to differentiate their services and value," says Scott Zahl, vice president and general manager of the Advanced Computing Division, Ingram Micro U.S.

"The addition of IBM's Power Systems and enterprise-class storage families to Ingram Micro's growing portfolio of data center solutions is well-timed given the increased focus enterprises are placing on big data, cloud and network optimization," says Paul Bay, president, Ingram Micro North America. "One of our top priorities in 2013 is to further enable our channel partners to move up-market and address the business and technology needs of midmarket companies. The resources and expertise offered within our Advanced Computing Division, combined with IBM's portfolio of servers and systems, provide our mutual partners with a competitive edge."

Available to authorized IBM Business Partners in the U.S., the IBM Power Systems family is comprised of a comprehensive series of servers, systems software and solutions featuring the latest IBM POWER7 and POWER7+ processor technology. Designed for compute-intensive workloads and business analytics, IBM Power Systems deliver a full range of offerings to help meet the needs of businesses of all sizes from entry systems including BladeCenter, Power Express and PowerLinux servers to the Power enterprise systems 770, 780 and 795.

Additionally, the IBM System Storage line, also available to authorized IBM Business Partners in the U.S., comprises a wide range of advanced systems that offer high-speed disk, solid state storage, and advanced tape to help customers manage the challenges of big data more efficiently and cost effectively. In addition, robust storage virtualization and cloud offerings combine with a variety of integrated automation capabilities to round out the portfolio and help customers create smarter storage infrastructures. 

"Ingram Micro's channel leadership and reach, proven partner enablement capabilities, and demonstrated commitment to the IBM business played a key role in our expanded relationship," says Bill Donohue, vice president, North America Business Partner and Mid-Market Sales, IBM. "Through this expansion with Ingram Micro, we will strive to reach new and emerging business partners including MSPs, ISVs and cloud providers, while extending IBM's leadership in Power and Enterprise Storage solutions across the mid-market client segment."

Channel partners interested in becoming an authorized IBM Business Partner or learning more about the IBM Power Systems and enterprise-class storage product families, can contact Ingram Micro's U.S.-based IBM sales team at (800) 456-800 ext. 76392 or email acd-ibmhw@ingrammicro.com.

More information about Ingram Micro is available at www.ingrammicro.com andhttp://ingrammicroinc.wordpress.com.

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About Ingram Micro Inc. 
Ingram Micro is the world's largest wholesale technology distributor and a global leader in IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions. As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics and mobile solutions, technical support, financial services and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving 145 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.






























































































Oracle Delivers Oracle Infrastructure as a Service on Premise With Capacity on Demand


Oracle Delivers Oracle Infrastructure as a Service on Premise With Capacity on Demand

Enables Customers to Deploy Oracle Engineered Systems in Their Data Centers for a Monthly Fee

REDWOOD SHORES, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 15, 2013) - Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL)

News Facts

  • Adding to its comprehensive and flexible cloud portfolio, Oracle today announced Oracle Infrastructure as a Service (Oracle IaaS) with Capacity on Demand.
  • Oracle IaaS enables organizations to deploy fully integrated Engineered Systems, includingOracle Exadata Database MachineOracle Exalogic Elastic CloudOracle SPARC SuperCluster,Oracle Exalytics In-Memory Machine and Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance in their data centers behind their firewall -- all for a simple monthly fee.
  • Oracle IaaS is an attractive acquisition option for Oracle Engineered Systems, from a cash-flow, accounting and disposition perspective.
  • The on-premise, private cloud infrastructure provides organizations with total control and visibility over their IT environments, enabling them to meet internal and regulatory compliance and security requirements.
  • Oracle IaaS includes elastic compute Capacity on Demand, enabling customers to easily add and remove processing capacity to meet their changing workloads, only paying for peak computing power when it is needed.
  • Oracle IaaS includes Oracle Engineered Systems hardware and industry-leading services that maximize performance, reliability and security, including Oracle Premier Support for Systems. In addition, Exadata, Exalogic and SPARC SuperCluster include Oracle Platinum Services and the new Oracle PlatinumPlus Services exclusively for Oracle IaaS customers.
  • The new Oracle PlatinumPlus Services provide quarterly proactive analysis and advisory by Oracle experts to identify issues with system performance, security compliance, and system availability, and provide guidance on how to resolve these issues.
  • Customers can choose to manage the systems themselves or optionally add Oracle Managed Cloud Services for fully managed cloud and application services.
  • Oracle IaaS is part of the Oracle Private Cloud Services portfolio, which includes a comprehensive set of best-in-class integrated applications, platform and infrastructure products and solutions.
  • To learn more about Oracle Infrastructure as a Service, register for the Webcast.

Supporting Quote

  • "For the first time, customers can get the unmatched performance, scalability and reliability of Oracle Engineered Systems deployed on premise, behind their firewall, for a monthly fee," said Juan Loaiza, senior vice president, Oracle Software Development. "Oracle Infrastructure as a Service with elastic compute Capacity on Demand makes it possible for customers to use, and pay for peak processing power only when they need it, and get the highest level of support with the new Oracle PlatinumPlus Services."

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Oracle Cloud Solutions
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About Oracle
Oracle engineers hardware and software to work together in the cloud and in your data center. For more information about Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), visit www.oracle.com.

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Juniper Networks Introduces Its Vision, Strategy & Licensing Model for Software-Defined Networks

Juniper Networks Introduces Its Vision, Strategy & Licensing Model for Software-Defined Networks

Comprehensive Approach to Transition Enterprises and Service Providers to SDN Includes Six Key Principles and Four-Step Roadmap

LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Jan 15, 2013) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today, at its annual Global Partner Conference, introduced the most comprehensive vision in the industry to transition enterprises and service providers from traditional network infrastructures to software-defined networks (SDN) and outlined its strategy to lead the SDN market. Juniper's SDN strategy will enable companies to accelerate the design and delivery of new services, lower the cost of network operation, and provide a clear path to implementation. 

Juniper's SDN strategy is rooted in six principles that directly address the most pressing networking challenges facing the industry today:

1. Cleanly separate networking software into four layers (or planes) -- management, services, control and forwarding -- providing the architectural underpinning to optimize each plane within the network.
2. Centralize the appropriate aspects of the management, services and control software to simplify network design and lower operating costs.
3. Use the cloud for elastic scale and flexible deployment, enabling usage-based pricing to reduce time-to-service and correlate cost based on value.
4. Create a platform for network applications, services and integration into management systems, enabling new business solutions.
5. Standardize protocols for interoperable, heterogeneous support across vendors, providing choice and lowering cost.
6. Broadly apply SDN principles to all networking and network services including security from the data center and enterprise campus to the mobile and wireline networks used by service providers.

Juniper Networks is the only networking provider with a SDN strategy that addresses the key challenges customers face with networks today and provides a clear set of steps that can enable customers to start taking advantage of the promise of a SDN-enabled network in 2013 and beyond. These steps include:

Step 1: Centralize network management, analytics and configuration functionality to provide a single master that configures all networking devices. This lowers operating cost and allows customers to gain business insight from their networks. Juniper Networks® Junos® Spaceapplications can enable customers to begin taking this step today.

Step 2: Extract networking and security services from the underlying hardware by creating service virtual machines (VMs). This enables network and security services to independently scale using industry-standard x86 hardware based on the needs of the solution. This next generation of programmable networks will be introduced with the JunosV App Engine, scheduled to be available in Q1 2013. This step is supported by Juniper Software Advantage -- Juniper's new and innovative software licensing approach -- also announced today.

Step 3: Introduce a centralized controller that enables multiple network and security services to connect in series across devices within the network. This is called "SDN Service Chaining" -- using software to virtually insert services into the flow of network traffic. Service chaining functionality is crudely accomplished in today's physical world using separate network and security devices. With SDN Service Chaining, networks can dynamically respond to the needs of the business. This step will dramatically reduce the time, cost and risk for customers to design, test and deliver new network and security services. Juniper Networks anticipates delivering SDN Service Chaining functionality in 2014 utilizing the SDN controller technology acquired from Contrail Systems, together with the evolution of the JunosV App Engine.

Step 4: Optimize the usage of network and security hardware to deliver high performance. While SDN steps one through three enable new network and security capabilities, optimized network and security hardware will continue to deliver 10 times or better performance for critical networking functions than can be accomplished in software alone. The combination of optimized hardware together with SDN Service Chaining allows customers to build the best possible networks. Juniper Networks MX Series and SRX Series products will evolve to support tomorrow's software-based Service Chaining architecture, assuring customers that investments made today can take advantage of the new capabilities delivered by SDN now and in the future.

Today, Juniper Networks also announced Juniper Software Advantage, a transformational new software licensing and maintenance model that enables customers to exploit software value over time. Based on enterprise software licensing models, Juniper Software Advantage allows the transfer of software licenses between Juniper devices and industry-standard x86 servers, thus protecting customer investments over time. The program also allows customers to scale their purchases based on actual usage, providing a new and unique level of flexibility and cost savings for customers. Juniper plans to announce specific software licensing packages and start the transition to this new licensing model in 2013. Juniper Networks is the first company in the networking industry to offer such a comprehensive model.

The announcements today from Juniper Networks -- combined with its history of software and networking innovation, its Junos operating system, its strong presence with both service providers and enterprise customers, and its recent acquisition of Contrail Systems -- put the company in a unique position to lead in the SDN market.

Learn more about Juniper's vision and strategy for SDN in the blog post titled, Decoding Software-Defined Networks, by Juniper Networks Executive Vice President, Software Solutions Division, Bob Muglia.

Learn more about Juniper's new software licensing model in a blog post titled, Value Creation with SDN, by Juniper Networks Vice President of Business Strategy and Marketing Brad Brooks.

Supporting Quotes:

"SDN is a major shift in the networking industry. At Juniper, we think the impact of SDN will be much broader than others have suggested. It will redefine networking and create new winners and losers. We're embracing SDN with clearly defined principles, a four-step roadmap to help customers adopt SDN within their business, and the networking industry's first comprehensive software-centric business model. We're incredibly excited about the value that SDN will deliver to our customers and are committed to leading the industry through this transition." 
- Bob Muglia, executive vice president, Software Solutions Division, Juniper Networks

"SDN promises a way for the networking industry to deliver two critically needed benefits to its customers. The first is the ability of vendors to deliver innovation at a faster rate and the ability of customers to absorb it at a faster rate. The second is a dramatic reduction in the operational cost of running a network, achieved primarily through simplification. Juniper pioneered the first step in the separation of control and forwarding functions in networking equipment. This is the next logical step in the evolution of networking technology."
- Pradeep Sindhu, co-founder and chief technical officer, Juniper Networks

Additional Resources:

About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks is in the business of network innovation. From devices to data centers, from consumers to cloud providers, Juniper Networks delivers the software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. Additional information can be found atJuniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter and Facebook.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logo are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Statements in this press release concerning Juniper Networks' prospects and future products are forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks. Actual results or events could differ materially from those anticipated in those forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including delays in scheduled product availability, the company's failure to accurately predict emerging technological trends, and other factors listed in Juniper Networks' most recent report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release. Juniper Networks undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change after the date of this press release.

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IBM Helps Retailers Deliver Consistent Brand Experience Across Expanding Consumer Buying Channels

IBM Helps Retailers Deliver Consistent Brand Experience Across Expanding Consumer Buying Channels

Smarter Commerce Transforms Marketing, Sales into a Service

NEW YORK - 15 Jan 2013: National Retail Federation Convention - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced new marketing and sales innovations that will allow retailers to deliver a consistent shopping experience for consumers across multiple touch points -- from the store, mobile and online. IBM's global survey of 26,000 consumers announced today revealed that 35 percent of consumers are considering diversifying the way they buy goods and services in the future.

IBM Smarter Commerce: Connecting with the Digital Customer

To meet these rising demands, IBM is introducing new software that serves the rise of the so-called "omni-channel shopper,those consumers who shop  multiple channels and expect a consistent sales and marketing experience.   

As part of the Smarter Commerce Initiative, IBM is helping retailers serve these consumers so they can shop where, when and how they want, quickly finding and purchasing the products they want, all the time viewing the retailer’s interactions with them as a service. 

CMOs, CIO's and e-commerce leaders are striving to better understand their most effective sales and marketing strategies. Their goal is to increase sales by growing average order values, conversion rates and cart sizes. IBM’s new marketing and sales technologies help achieve these goals by gaining insights into all customer interactions, buying patterns and purchases across mobile, social, online, call center, email and offline.  

They include:

“As evidenced in IBM's Digital Analytics Benchmark, the retail industry and consumer habits are changing faster than anyone could predict,” said Craig Hayman, General Manager, Industry Solutions, IBM. "The digital experience is influencing changes in the store and online and the winners are those that are making omni-channel retailing a reality today from pre-sale to post-sales service."  

IBM is working with leading retailers around the globe, helping them deliver Smarter Commerce experiences to their customers, including Cabelas, Cavender’s, Family Dollar, Office Depot, and SHOP.CA

"To be Canada's number one online shopping destination, SHOP.CA must make online shopping fun and engaging. Using IBM’s new merchandising features, we can present personalized offers and promotions as well as influence search results dynamically, driven by customer activity on the site,” said Gary Black, Chief Technology Officer, SHOP.CA. “By helping customers find popular items faster and enabling them to discover new products easily, which they can immediately share with their social network, SHOP.CA hopes to create customer loyalty as well as drive online sales growth."  

IBM market research shows that what happens after the sale is as critical to a retailer's brand relationship with a customer as the sale itself. Most customers believe that a retailer's ability to deliver a strong post-purchase experience -- services that span product shipment, delivery installation, customer support, problem resolution and returns -- is a key factor in influencing them to recommend the merchant to others. IBM believes insightful services based on buyer preferences are crucial to sustaining and improving brand loyalty.  

IBM Omni-Channel Innovations Elevate Store Experience 

At NRF this week, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, the world leader in point of sale (POS) systems, is introducing Toshiba TCxGravity, the first retail store application that gives consumers a true omni-channel experience, in and out of the store. TCxGravity works in conjunction with IBM’s order management technology to deliver the industry’s first comprehensive view of data from all channels at the point of checkout for better customer service. Details can be found here.

Together, Toshiba and IBM are overcoming a key challenge retailers face in providing consumers and store employees with access to information from all channels and across the entire order lifecycle. IBM’s order management solution enables retailers using Toshiba TCxGravity to deliver innovative services, such as offering products and services based on a customer’s order history, manage an order taken from another channel, and offer alternatives to out-of-stock items and store merchandise pick-up. 

The new eCommerce software introduced today from IBM includes new analytics tools for merchandisers that improves the customer experience by integrating merchandising and search together to deliver more relevant search results and product recommendations.  In addition, IBM continues to extend its eCommerce offerings by integrating key technologies from its recent acquisitions, such as Worklight and TeaLeaf, to deliver a richer mobile experience and a more streamlined customer experience through better customer insight. Together, these capabilities are designed to improve conversion rates and reduce cart abandonment, leading to revenue growth and stronger profits.  

New Real-time Marketing Analytics Help CMOs Personalize the Buying Experience

Today IBM introduced new real-time decision-making capabilities to its cross channel marketing and digital marketing optimization offerings. These new capabilities give marketers a holistic view of customer buying patterns and purchases over time -- what they viewed, purchased and how much they spent -- across channels.  

Retailers can then combine this historical data with real-time activity to present product recommendations at prices that are in-line with the budget of each customer, which now supports an expanded network of partners.  Through the Digital Data Exchange, retailers can easily collect and share real-time behavioral data with a growing network of third-party services to create richer customer profiles that result in more personalized experiences.  

This new version also makes it easier for marketers and merchandisers to understand their most effective channels and campaigns by gauging the influence that each has on the buying decisions. For example, IBM is introducing IBM Attribution Modeler. Made in IBM labs, Attribution Modeler is the first technology offering of its kind, helping clients measure their most effective sales channels.  It provides a complete view of all campaign activities and responses by each customer – across mobile, social, online, call center, email and offline.

For more information, visit IBM Smarter Commerce at:www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/smarter_commerce/overview/index.html

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Julie Redard 
IBM Media Relations 
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Think your password will protect your data? Think again.

Think your password will protect your data? Think again.

And don't believe the hype: There will be no TV revolution. Deloitte predicts subscription TV is here to stay; existing broadcasters and distributors will dominate over-the-top (OTT)

 
Toronto, January 15, 2013 — More than 90% of user-generated passwords will be vulnerable to hacking in a matter of seconds, according to Deloitte’s Canadian Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions 2013 report. Deloitte's TMT Predictions 2013 report also counters what many believe to be true, revealing less than 1% of Canadians will “cut-the-cord” on their subscription TV services, existing broadcasters will continue to deliver the majority of OTT services, and 4K televisions won’t disrupt the marketplace just yet.

“Passwords containing at least eight characters, one number, mixed-case letters and non-alphanumeric symbols were once believed to be robust. But these can be easily cracked with the emergence of advance hardware and software," said Duncan Stewart, Director of Research, Deloitte Canada and co-author of TMT Predictions 2013. “A machine running readily available virtualization software and high-powered graphics processing units can crack any eight-character password in about five hours.”

It’s human behaviour and a tendency for password re-use that puts password security at risk. Moving to longer passwords or to truly random passwords is unlikely to work, since people just won’t use them. Multifactor authentication using tokens, cellphones, credit cards or even biometrics are likely solutions.

Deloitte also predicts that almost all Canadian households currently paying for TV subscriptions will continue to subscribe. Despite the perceived popularity of pure plays, the OTT market will continue to be controlled by existing players.

“There’s a lot written about big changes in the way we will watch television, but the reality is quite different,” said Richard Lee, Deloitte Canada's National Managing Partner for TMT. “Our research suggests that Canadians who want to watch the three key pillars of TV: reality shows, sports and news are unlikely to cut the cord. Though 2013 will see very few ‘cord-cutters,’ ‘cord-nevers’ will begin to emerge as young people establish households without ever paying for traditional pay TV subscriptions.”

The appeal of existing broadcasters and distributors lies in the familiarity of their brands and the fact that popular content is quickly made available after it is originally broadcast. Deloitte estimates that 75% of programs will be watched within a week of initial broadcast.

Also on the subject of television, while it's true that 4K televisions – which offer four times the resolution of the current highest standard – are starting to be available, Deloitte predicts that only a very few will be sold in Canada. Most Canadians will not want to pay the hefty price tag, especially as there won’t be any 4K broadcasts this year.

For more than a decade, Deloitte’s TMT Predictions have forecast many of the most influential trends in technology, media and telecommunications — making them a key source of market intelligence for businesses in all sectors.

Deloitte’s TMT Predictions are based on worldwide research supported by in-depth interviews and input from clients, Deloitte alumni, industry analysts, leading TMT executives, and thousands of Deloitte TMT practitioners across its global network.

Summary of TMT Predictions 2013

The 10 most significant TMT predictions to impact the Canadian marketplace in 2013:

  1. P@$$1234: The end of strong password-only security — More than 90% of user-generated passwords — even those considered strong — will be vulnerable to hacking in seconds. Additional forms of authentication including token devices, additional passwords sent through SMS to your phone, fingerprints and other biometrics, or even ‘tap and go’ credit cards may be required.
  2. The reality of TV “cord cutting” in North America — More than 99% of North Americans will continue their pay TV subscriptions. But a growing number of young people will likely not subscribe when they move out on their own, becoming the first generation of “cord nevers.”
  3. Over-the-top may lift legacy broadcasters more than pure plays — Two of the top three over-the-top (OTT) TV and movie services are likely to be provided by existing broadcasters or distributors.
  4. 4K kicks off — The next generation of high definition (HD) TV sets — 4K — will be available in Canadian stores, offering four times higher resolution than the current highest standard HD TV. But there will be no 4K broadcasts in 2013, so consumers will not have much to watch on their expensive ($15,000 - $25,000) sets.
  5. The PC is not dead: It’s about usage not units — More than 80% of Internet traffic measured in bits will continue to be generated on traditional personal computers (desktops and laptops). And of the total time spent on PCs, tablets and smartphones combined, more than 70% will be using PCs. This includes both work and home usage.
  6. Let’s get together: Crowdfunding portals bring in the bucks — Crowdfunding portals will raise $3-billion globally, a 100% increase over 2011.
  7. “Mobile advertising” thrives, led by tablets, but smartphone display lags — “Mobile” advertising — a category including tablets, smartphones and feature phones —should grow by 50% to reach $9-billion globally.
  8. Enterprise Social Networks (ESN): Another tool, but not yet a panacea — More than 90% of Fortune 500 companies will have selectively or fully implemented an ESN by the end of 2013, a 70% increase over 2011. Of those who register, only a third will read content once a week or more and just 40% will make an ESN post in the average month.
  9. Bring your own computer: A tale of two interpretations — Very few additional companies will adopt a bring-your-own-computer (BYOC) policy where the employer pays for the PC. At the same time, 50% of Fortune 500 companies will allow employees to bring their own personally-owned and paid for computers.
  10. The looming spectrum shortage: Worse before it gets better — The demand for wireless bandwidth continues to grow causing increased spectrum exhaustion, especially in Canada’s urban areas — leading mainly to slower speeds, but sometimes an inability to access networks or dropped calls or data sessions.

Get the full Canadian TMT Predictions or find out more about the Global Predictions.

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The predictions will also be showcased in a 14-stop cross-country TMT Predictions road show series: Toronto (January 15); Montreal (January 16); Quebec City (January 17); Ottawa (January 18); St. John’s (January 21); Halifax (January 22); Saint John (January 23); Edmonton (January 24); Saskatoon (January 25); Vancouver (January 28); Calgary (January 29); Regina (January 30); Winnipeg (January 31); Kitchener (February 1).

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EMC Extends Choice and Flexibility for Online File Sharing with Solutions for On-Premise and Cloud Storage

EMC Extends Choice and Flexibility for Online File Sharing with Solutions
for On-Premise and Cloud Storage
 
EMC Introduces New Solutions Featuring EMC’s Syncplicity Cloud-Based Online File Sharing Service with EMC Isilon Scale-Out Storage and EMC Atmos Object-Based Storage; Giving IT Choice and More Control Over Where Managed Files Reside
 
HOPKINTON, MA - January 15, 2013
 
News Summary:

 

-EMC Announces Enterprise Online File Sharing Service from Syncplicity with On-Premise Storage Options

-Gives IT New Options for Managing Files and More Control

-Delivers Increased Productivity for Users; Universal Access to Files from All Devices

-Addresses Corporate Governance and Data Policies Over File Residence

 

Full Story:

 

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced beta availability of EMC®’s Syncplicity® cloud-based online file sharing service with the option for customers to use either EMC Isilon® scale-out NAS or EMC Atmos® object-based storage. Now customers can store their files on-premise in addition to the cloud. Unlike competitive approaches that cobble together point-products from multiple vendors, this approach gives IT unprecedented choice and control over where managed files reside, while users benefit with a secure, easy-to-use solution for file sync and sharing across all of their computers and devices.

 

Today’s enterprise business users demand the ability to access, share and collaborate with all of their files from any location, on any device at any time, and have taken it upon themselves to use a variety of consumer-focused solutions and services that place valuable enterprise data at risk. These enterprise users typically store 20-30 GBs of business-related file data on their computers and devices, and often look to share files with individuals and groups inside and outside the corporate firewall. This can be particularly challenging when they need access to files using their own mobile devices or need to share with users who do not have existing accounts on their corporate network.

 

IT teams are charged with protecting company files and data, and some view today’s consumer-oriented approaches for online file sharing as unattractive options, and attempt to block them because some cloud infrastructures limit the ability to enforce policies related to security and administration. Many organizations must also comply with long-standing corporate governance and data sovereignty policies regarding storage and handling of files that make cloud-based storage solutions difficult to deploy at enterprise-scale.

 

EMC’s approach provides enterprises the best of all worlds – a cloud-based online file sharing offering that simplifies end user deployment and administration with on-premise storage that gives IT control of the storage layer, in addition to continuing to provide Syncplicity in the cloud. For on-premise storage, Syncplicity users can choose from two industry leading storage platforms: EMC Isilon or EMC Atmos – whichever best meets their requirements.

 

EMC Isilon provides the industry’s easiest to manage, top performing and massively scalable NAS solution, capable of growing from 10’s of terabytes to 10’s of petabytes, providing IT full control over where files reside across their global infrastructure. EMC Atmos provides industry leading object storage technology, designed to support large multi-site, multi-tenant, active-active environments. Atmos allows the application and storage to run anywhere and provides metering and chargeback capabilities based on bandwidth and consumption to ensure IT retains the necessary controls.   

 

The benefits of combining EMC Syncplicity online file sharing service with EMC on-premise storage include:

 

-Increased Productivity: Users can easily sync, access and share files with anyone, anytime, anywhere and on any device for new levels of productivity and agility while giving IT the security, visibility and manageability they need.

 

-Flexibility and Ease of Management: Enterprises will experience the agility and continuous innovation from deploying a cloud-based online file sharing solution for users while retaining complete control over data and storage resources. It combines the rich set of Syncplicity’s administrative tools and security, compliance and policy controls to manage sync-and-share functionality along with the unmatched manageability, scalability and resiliency of EMC storage.

 

-Reduced Compliance Risk and Increased Control: Enterprise information will reside on EMC storage, situated on-premise, subject to IT security governance and protection policies. Files are not duplicated both on-premise and in the cloud. With the EMC solutions, data objects stored on premise remain on premise and within IT control.

 

Executive Quotes:

 

Jeetu Patel, Vice President and General Manager of the Syncplicity Business Unit, Information Intelligence Group, EMC Corporation

 

“Integrating Syncplicity with EMC on-premise storage extends our guiding principle of delighting the user with an easy-to-use cloud solution for file sync, sharing and collaboration while empowering IT with tools and control to protect the business. While the obvious benefit is enabling choice, delivering on-premise storage is the logical next step in our evolution, and we’re thrilled to hitch our wagons with other leaders in the EMC family, Isilon, the true leaders in scale-out NAS and EMC Atmos.”

 

Sam Grocott, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, EMC Isilon 

 

“The powerful one-two punch of Syncplicity and EMC Isilon’s industry-leading scale-out NAS brings IT professionals the tools they need to take control of pressing challenges such as securing and managing massive, rapidly-growing home directories. Isilon’s extraordinary scalability, performance and ease of management are a perfect complement to Syncplicity and give IT an unmatched ability to serve user needs for file access, sharing and collaboration while maintaining corporate data protection requirements." 

 

Chris Ratcliffe, Vice President of Marketing, EMC Advanced Storage Division

 

“The combination of Syncplicity and the Atmos cloud storage platform delivers a highly automated, enterprise-grade file sharing capability, where policies and performance follow data wherever it’s accessed or shared without sacrificing security or control.  As corporate users increasingly demand more mobility and access to files from multiple devices, EMC gives enterprises the tools they need to deliver new levels of productivity to their users.”

 

Additional Resources:

 

-Connect with EMC Isilon via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn

-Join the Syncplicity communities on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and YouTube

-Join the EMC Documentum communities on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, the EMC Community Network

 

About EMC

 

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing.  Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

 

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

 

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For more information contact:

Mike Martin /Stephanie Williams

StrategicAmpersand Inc.

416-961-559

mike@stratamp.com

stephanie@stratamp.com

 

EMC, Atmos, Isilon and Syncplicity are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation and its affiliates in the United States and other countries.  All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective holders.

 

This release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined under the Federal Securities Laws.  Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in information technology spending; (iii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (iv) risks associated with managing the growth of our business, including risks associated with acquisitions and investments and the challenges and costs of integration, restructuring and achieving anticipated synergies; (v) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures and new product introductions; (vi) the relative and varying rates of product price and component cost declines and the volume and mixture of product and services revenues; (vii) component and product quality and availability; (viii) the transition to new products, the uncertainty of customer acceptance of new product offerings and rapid technological and market change; (ix) insufficient, excess or obsolete inventory; (x) war or acts of terrorism; (xi) the ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; (xii) fluctuating currency exchange rates; and (xiii) other one-time events and other important factors disclosed previously and from time to time in EMC’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  EMC disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.

 










































































































































Ingenico Partners With Microsoft to Drive Retail Innovation

Ingenico Partners With Microsoft to Drive Retail Innovation

Ingenico Working With Microsoft to Design Enterprise Devices Leveraging Windows Embedded 8 Handheld With the Company's Secure Payment Technology


PARIS--(Marketwire - Jan 14, 2013) - Ingenico, (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING), leading worldwide provider of payment solutions, today announced that they are working together with Microsoft to deliver enterprise-class devices based on the new Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform. As a global secure payment solutions provider, Ingenico joins other prominent enterprise device OEMs working closely with Microsoft in these innovative efforts. 

Ingenico will collaborate closely with Microsoft to bring fully integrated handheld electronic payment solutions and innovations to the retail industry. By leveraging Windows Embedded 8 Handheld, which is based on Windows Phone 8, Ingenico will provide its secure payment technology expertise to develop the future of retail payment acceptance with personal, seamless and differentiated consumer experiences.

"Retailers across the country are seeking and continue to invest in the next generation of handheld devices with specific functionality needed to transform their businesses," said Thierry Denis, president of Ingenico North America. "The Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform represents a new wave of innovative intelligent hardware, software and application solutions. We are very pleased to work with Microsoft to develop the next generation handheld devices equipped with Ingenico's secure payment technologies. We aim to bring a new set of payment innovations to the enterprise handheld device market."

The new Windows Embedded 8 Handheld-based devices will leverage Ingenico's mobile payment and secure EMV technology to enable fully integrated acceptance of current and future forms of payment, including magnetic stripe, EMV chip-based cards, contactless, and NFC-enabled transactions.

"Working together with partners like Ingenico on Windows Embedded 8 Handheld devices allows us to deliver the quality, usability and integrated experiences that customers are demanding," said D'Arcy Salzmann, senior product manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft. "Together we are driving customer solutions that are tailored for core enterprise scenarios. Customers will benefit from Ingenico's payment expertise and will gain worker productivity and reduced training costs through the intuitive Windows Phone 8 user experience in Windows Embedded 8 Handheld. Enterprises deploying Ingenico's Windows Embedded 8 Handheld payment solutions gain another key device in their intelligent systems, and will be able to employ the data and telemetry from Ingenico devices for new insight into their operations."

Ingenico is attending and exhibiting at the National Retail Federation's Annual Convention & EXPO in New York this week. Retailers interested in learning more about Ingenico's latest electronic payment solutions and the opportunities this new partnership provides can stop by Ingenico's booth #1653.

About Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 - ING)
Ingenico is a leading provider of payment solutions, with over 20 million terminals deployed in more than 125 countries. Its 4,000 employees worldwide support retailers, banks and service providers to optimize and secure their electronic payments solutions, develop their offer of services and increase their point of sales revenue. More information on www.ingenico.com |twitter.com/Ingenico | twitter.com/IngenicoNA

 

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EMC Doubles Performance of Entry-Level VMAX 10K for Enterprises of All Sizes

EMC Doubles Performance of Entry-Level VMAX 10K for Enterprises of All Sizes
 
VMAX Family Enhancements Make VMware Virtualization and Hybrid Clouds Easier to Deploy and More Efficient

 

HOPKINTON, MA
– January 14, 2013

 

News Summary:

·        

EMC today announced significant hardware and software updates to its flagship EMC VMAX Family. 

·         EMC VMAX 10K is enhanced for mission-critical applications in virtualized environments, delivering enterprises of all sizes with up-to 2X more power.

·        VMAX Enginuity update enhances VMAX Family.

      Join the EMC Community Network online Webcast today at 11 a.m. EST.  

 

Full Story:

 

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) today announced that it has updated its market-leading EMC® VMAX® Family, making it more powerful, smarter, more trusted, and more efficient for mission-critical applications in VMware virtualized environments for enterprises of all sizes. The EMC VMAX 10K (entry product to the VMAX Family) is now the highest-performing of its class in the industry—and is up to 2X more powerful than its predecessor. EMC also introduced a wave of new features to the EMC VMAX Family (10K, 20K and 40K) through significant updates to VMAX Enginuity software. As customers continue to transform their IT environments, and deploy virtualized Hybrid Clouds, they must tackle consolidation of their most mission-critical applications. These enhancements enable customers to implement virtualization and cloud more easily and efficiently than before.

 

To view the multimedia version of this news release go to http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2013/20130114-01.htm

 

These VMAX 10K technology enhancements make it easier for small to mid-size enterprises to enjoy the powerful capabilities of the VMAX family. It is for this reason that in the third quarter of 2012 30% of VMAX 10K sales were customers new to the EMC VMAX Family.

 

In 2009, EMC first introduced the VMAX Family and the revolutionary Virtual Matrix Architecture—purpose-built storage for the virtual data centre that delivers unprecedented levels of scalability, efficiency, data integrity, availability and performance. We’re building upon that foundation with today’s enhancements to the VMAX 10K so that customers benefit from ultra-fast application performance and faster CPUs. The VMAX 10K also offers new features previously only available on the VMAX 20K and VMAX 40K.

 

Technology Highlights:

 

VMAX 10K-specific Enhancements

 

-Increased performance for critical applications in virtualized environments—achieving up to 100% faster performance—with support for faster CPUs with 50% more cores. This enables applications like Oracle OLTP in VMware environments to run up to 90% faster.

 

-Enhanced protection against data theft and improved compliance in regulated industries (e.g. government and healthcare) with the Data At Rest Encryption (D@RE) feature, which encrypts all data on all drive types without performance penalty. (Already offered on the VMAX 20K and VMAX 40K).

 

-Maximizes existing storage investments with an additional tier of storage—including non-EMC storage arrays—with new support for Federated Tiered Storage feature capability—achieves up-to a 15% TCO savings. (Already offered on the VMAX 20K and VMAX 40K).

 

-More efficiency with new support for denser 2.5” drives, enabling 2X more usable drives per tile, which also reduces weight and power consumption on both the VMAX 10K and VMAX 40K by 1/3 compared to 3.5” drives.

 

VMAX Family Enhancements

 

-Better management and performance with new Host I/O Limits feature for the VMAX Family, making performance more predictable and easier to manage in consolidation and multi-tenancy environments. Now customers can choose how many IOPS or how much bandwidth to give each application or user. This capability is critical in cloud environments, or when consolidating many critical applications.

 

-Leading performance for VMware vSphere® 5 environments breaking the 2 million IOPS barrier (with VMAX 40K).

 

-Simplified management with EMC Unisphere for the VMAX Family now includes enhanced integration with the VMware platform, VFCache, Windows 2012, and the ability to manage all major features of VMAX.

 

-More efficiency with FAST VP through support for an industry-leading 4 tiers and cold data compression, with up to a 2:1 capacity savings on inactive data. In addition, even more cost and floor space savings can be achieved using 3TB drives and mixed 2.5”/3.5” DAEs with FAST VP.

 

 

Customer Quotes:

 

Chris Wetzel, Solution Line Leader for Dedicated Storage & Data Preservation, Rackspace

 

Rackspace customers demand the highest levels of performance and availability. We’re focused on delivering bulletproof reliability and great customer service—that’s why we use VMAX as the foundation for one of our most vital storage solutions, Shared SAN. We plan to use EMC’s new performance control feature, part of Enginuity, to determine how much resource (IOPS, bandwidth etc.), to give each user. This is critical in shared environments or when you’re consolidating many applications. With VMAX, we believe we deliver a more reliable infrastructure to support the needs of our customers.”

 

Mr. Sun Zhiguang, Manager of Operation and Maintenance Department in Business Support Centre, China Mobile Group, Hebei Company Limited (Hebei MCC)

 

“Hebei MCC is part of China Mobile Group, which offers the world’s largest mobile network to the world’s largest mobile customer base. As the sixth largest subsidiary of the China Mobile Group, Hebei MCC serves more than 50 million customers in the Hebei province of China. Hebei MCC relies on EMC VMAX 10K to store, manage and protect customer information from our mission-critical billing application. With these new enhancements to the VMAX 10K, we are achieving new levels of performance. In addition, the new features in Enginuity enable Hebei MCC to provide even better service to customers across China.”

 

 Brian Carpenter, Vice President of IT, Heritage Auctions

 

“As the largest collectibles auctioneer and third largest auction house in the world, Heritage Auctions relies on VMAX 10K storage for our mission-critical SQL Server-based website and auction applications. Our infrastructure is now over 90% virtualized on the VMware platform. When we first purchased our VMAX 10K it came bundled with everything one would expect in a virtualization-optimized tier-one solution. With these new updates, EMC is delivering us the operational headroom to effectively handle a 5X spike in performance and demand—with zero impact on our delivery of data to customers. In addition, we plan to use the FTS feature, to maximize our benefit from our legacy storage arrays.”

 

Mike Chrystal, Senior Technical Specialist, Storage & Servers, St. Charles Health System, Inc.

 

St. Charles Health System is the primary health care provider for patients living in and around Central Oregon. Our number one concern is the welfare of our patients. To deliver the absolute best patient care—and ensure their information is both protected and available—we rely on EMC backup and recovery solutions and VMAX 10K storage to store, manage and protect our VMware vSphere 5.0 virtualized environment. This includes mission critical Oracle and Microsoft applications, as well as our electronic medical records (with McKesson) and ambulatory care system (with All Scripts) data. With these new enhancements to the VMAX 10K for blazing performance and Enginuity update for new levels of efficiency and management, we have even more confidence and trust that our patients’ information will be safe and readily accessible.”

 

 

Executive Quote:

 

Brian Gallagher, President, Enterprise Storage Division, EMC

 

“The world’s most sensitive and mission-critical information is stored, managed and protected by EMC. Today we’re delivering another wave of innovation, enabling enterprises of all sizes to access the value of the VMAX Family’s entry-level VMAX 10K. We have thousands of engineers dedicated to inventing new ways for our customers to meet the demands of virtual data centres. As customers continue down their paths to Hybrid Clouds and leveraging Big Data to transform their businesses, we will continue to partner with customers and innovate to accelerate their journey.”

 

Availability and Services

 

EMC Global Services enables customers to accelerate their VMAX infrastructure deployments by creating strategies to transform from physical to virtual environments. Leveraging EMC technology and virtual storage integration services, VMAX customers can take full advantage of VMware integration features in their new VMAX infrastructure. This includes provisioning storage directly through vCentre and optimizing load balancing at the VM level to better support the demands of virtual computing, and to optimize both new and existing EMC infrastructure for the cloud. All technologies announced today are currently shipping and available worldwide through EMC and EMC channel partners.

 

Additional Resources

 

-Watch Videos About VMAX Innovation and New VMAX Features

-Read the IDC Storage Users Demand Study: EMC #1 Choice for Mission Critical Apps

-Read Chuck’s Blog

-Read About the VMAX Family, VMAX 10K and Enginuity

-Read Papers About VMAX in Citrix and SAP Environments

-Connect with EMC via TwitterFacebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn

 

About EMC

 

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing .  Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset — information — in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

 

EMC Canada (www.EMC2.ca), headquartered in Toronto with nine offices from coast to coast, is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation.

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For more information contact:

Stephanie Williams/Mike Martin

StrategicAmpersand Inc.

416-961-5595

stephanie@stratamp.com

mike@stratamp.com

 

EMC, VMAX, Enginuity, and Virtual Matrix Architecture are either registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. VMware and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.






















































































.CA takes on a French accent

.CA takes on a French accent

CIRA enables Canadians to register French-language domain names

OTTAWA, Jan. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - January 14, 2013 - The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (www.CIRA.ca), the organization that manages the .CA Internet domain, now supports the use of all French characters in .CA domain names, allowing Canadians to register their .CAs correctly in both official languages for the first time.

Previously, the only characters that could be used in a .CA domain name were the letters a-z, the numbers 0-9 and hyphens. When a domain name works with any characters beyond these, it's called an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN). It is now possible for French .CA domain names to be spelled with the language's full range of characters and ligatures: é, ë, ê, è, â, à, æ, ô, œ, ù, û, ü, ç, î, ï, ÿ.

"This is great news for all Canadians because it means they can now use the .CA domain in Canada's two official languages, French and English," said Byron Holland, President and CEO of CIRA. "This is also great news for owners of .CA domains and their website visitors because it means that domain names can precisely match names, businesses and trademarks."

Implementing French-language characters is a far more challenging and complex process than it may at first appear to be. For example, the domain préside.ca could have 62 different spelling variations depending on the choice of characters used. CIRA has developed a number of policies and procedures to keep the process as simple and straightforward as possible.

One of the most important developments by CIRA is the creation of a bundling policy that removes the necessity to register every special-character variant of an existing .CA domain. Whoever registers, or has already registered, a specific domain, is automatically granted an exclusive right to register all of its variants, but is under no obligation to do so. For example, only the owner of cira.ca will have the right to register cïra.ca and cîra.ca.

For more information about the rollout of French-language characters for the .CA domain, please visit http://cira.ca/why-ca/french-ca.

CIRA is kicking off the launch of French-language domain names at a networking event tomorrow night in Montreal at the Hôtel Place d'Armes, 55, rue Saint-Jacques West. For more information, please visit http://www.cira.ca/membership/memberevents/.

About CIRA

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority is the Member-driven organization that manages Canada's .CA domain name registry, develops and implements policies that support Canada's Internet community, and represents the .CA registry internationally.

SOURCE: Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)

For further information:

To arrange interviews or to learn more, please contact:

Tanya O'Callaghan
Communications Manager, Canadian Internet Registration Authority
(613) 237-5335 ext. 262
tanya.ocallaghan@cira.ca

Leo Valiquette
inmedia Public Relations
(613) 769-9479
lvaliquette@inmedia.ca

 








































































































Gartner Says Declining Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2012 Signal Structural Shift of PC Market

Gartner Says Declining Worldwide PC Shipments in Fourth Quarter of 2012 Signal Structural Shift of PC Market

Global PC Shipments Declined 4.9 Percent in Fourth Quarter

STAMFORD, Conn., January 14, 2013—        Worldwide PC shipments totaled 90.3 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 4.9 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2011, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Analysts said the PC industry’s problems point to something beyond a weak economy. 

“Tablets have dramatically changed the device landscape for PCs, not so much by ‘cannibalizing’ PC sales, but by causing PC users to shift consumption to tablets rather than replacing older PCs,” said Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst at Gartner. “Whereas as once we imagined a world in which individual users would have both a PC and a tablet as personal devices, we increasingly suspect that most individuals will shift consumption activity to a personal tablet, and perform creative and administrative tasks on a shared PC. There will be some individuals who retain both, but we believe they will be exception and not the norm. Therefore, we hypothesize that buyers will not replace secondary PCs in the household, instead allowing them to age out and shifting consumption to a tablet.” 

“This transformation was triggered by the availability of compelling low-cost tablets in 2012, and will continue until the installed base of PCs declines to accommodate tablets as the primary consumption device,” Ms. Kitagawa said. “On the positive side for vendors, the disenfranchised PCs are those with lighter configurations, which mean that we should see an increase in PC average selling prices (ASPs) as users replace machines used for richer applications, rather than for consumption.” 

During the holiday season, consumers no longer viewed PCs as the number one gift item. Given a burgeoning variety of increasingly more attractive devices and services, consumers directed their attention elsewhere. Analysts said there was uptake of very low priced notebooks as a part of mega holiday deals, but this uptake did little to boost holiday PC sales. 

The launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 did not have a significant impact on PC shipments in the fourth quarter. Analysts said some PC vendors offered somewhat lackluster form factors in their Windows 8 offerings and missed the excitement of touch. New products are coming to market, and this could drive churn within the installed base. 

HP regained the top position in worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2012 (see Table 1), however the company’s shipments did not grow compared to a year ago. Analysts said HP most likely gave up a certain margin level to gain market shares. HP was successful in managing large retail deals targeting Microsoft’s Windows 8 launch and holiday sales in selected regions.

Table 1
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q12 (Units)


Company

4Q12 Shipments

4Q12 Market Share (%)

4Q11 Shipments

4Q11 Market Share (%)

4Q12-4Q11 Growth (%)

HP

14,645,041

16.2

14,711,280

15.5

-0.5

Lenovo

13,976,668

15.5

12,915,766

13.6

8.2

Dell

9,206,391

10.2

11,633,387

12.2

-20.9

Acer Group

8,622,701

9.5

9,690,624

10.2

-11.0

ASUS

6,528,228

7.2

6,133,042

6.5

6.4

Others

37,393,913

41.4

39,934,184

42.0

-6.4

Total

90,372,942

100.0

95,018,284

100.0

-4.9

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad. Data is based on the shipments selling into channels.
Source: Gartner (January 2013)

Lenovo dropped to the No. 2 position in the fourth quarter of 2012, but it experienced the best growth rate (8.2 percent) among the top five PC vendors worldwide. Lenovo’s growth exceeded regional growth rates in North America, EMEA and Asia/Pacific, but lower than the industry average in Latin America and Japan. In North America, Lenovo performed well by expanding in the retail market and protecting professional market. 

In the U.S., PC shipments totaled 17.5million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 2.1 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2011 (see Table 2). Due to the tight inventory control and preparation for the Windows 8 launch, most PC vendors were able to ship Windows 8 PCs to the retail space. However, PC sell-through was rather weak which leaves some level of inventory concerns for vendors in the consumer market. 

“Consumer’s holiday spending went into other products and services, and U.S. holiday sales became less important for PC sales. For professionals, the fourth quarter is typically a good sales season because of last minutes PC purchases before the tax year-end. Our early research indicates that there was good growth in professional PC sales,” Ms. Kitagawa said. 

Table 2
Preliminary U.S. PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q12 (Units)


Company

4Q12 Shipments

4Q12 Market Share (%)

4Q11 Shipments

4Q11 Market Share (%)

4Q12-4Q11 Growth (%)

HP

4,657,123

26.6

4,137,788

23.1

12.6

Dell

3,355,152

19.2

4,020,549

22.5

-16.5

Apple

2,145,082

12.3

2,035,082

11.4

5.4

Lenovo

1,476,606

8.4

1,345,975

7.5

9.7

Acer Group

1,377,824

7.9

1,756,838

9.8

-21.6

Others

4,493,820

25.7

5,637,726

25.6

-2.0

Total

17,505,607

100.0

17,881,424

100.0

-2.1

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad. Data is based on the shipments selling into channels.
Source: Gartner (January 2013)

PC shipments in EMEA totaled 28.1 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 9.6 percent decrease from the fourth quarter of 2011 (see Table 3). Western Europe remained the weak point across EMEA, as Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East and Africa saw growth quarter-on-quarter. 

“The PC market continues to face many headwinds. The launch of Windows 8 had no impact on PC demand, especially as Ultramobile products were both limited in supply, as well as being priced too high,” said Ranjit Atwal, research director at Gartner. “The holiday season mostly saw retailers clearing Windows 7 notebook inventory or driving volume of low-end notebooks. Furthermore, the increasing choice of tablets at decreasing price points no doubt became a favorite Christmas present ahead of PCs.” 

“In the fourth quarter of 2012, mobile PC shipments decreased 11 percent while desktop PC shipments declined 6 percent year-on-year,” said Isabelle Durand, principal research analyst at Gartner. “However, all-in-one form factor models from Asus, Lenovo and HP look like a promising platform for the future.” 

HP retained the No. 1 position in the fourth quarter of 2012, thanks to good results across all products in the professional PC segment. Dell performed weakly, losing nearly 2 percent share in the fourth quarter of 2012. Among the top five vendors, only Lenovo showed year-on-year growth and its strong performance in the quarter helped it displace Acer from the No. 2 position.

In the second half of 2012, the EMEA PC market experienced two consecutive quarters of decline, resulting in overall shipments for 2012 declining 2.8 percent from 2011. Western Europe lost another 10 percent of volume, indicating likely structural changes to the market rather than weak demand. 

Table 3
Preliminary EMEA PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 4Q12 (Units)


Company

4Q12 Shipments

4Q12 Market Share (%)

4Q11 Shipments

4Q11 Market Share (%)

4Q12-4Q11 Growth (%)

HP

5,346,900

19.1

5,829,182

18.8

-8.3

Lenovo

3,087,629

11.0

2,386,877

7.7

29.4

Acer Group

3,015,318

10.7

3,532,612

11.4

-14.6

ASUS

2,794,279

10.0

3,233,350

10.4

-13.6

Dell

2,351,990

8.4

3,176,724

10.2

-26.0

Others

11,458,059

40.8

12,887,932

41.5

-11.1

Total

28,054,175

100.0

31,046,677

100.0

-9.6

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad. Data is based on the shipments selling into channels.
Source: Gartner (January 2013)

PC shipments in Asia/Pacific totaled 29.9 million units in the fourth quarter of 2012, a 1.8 percent decline from the fourth quarter of 2011. Vendors struggled to offer compelling products to convince buyers to upgrade and attract new buyers as consumers' interest continues to be on smartphones and tablets. The introduction of Windows 8 met with lukewarm response and availability was primarily on the higher-end models, which were priced beyond the mainstream price point for volume sales.

For the year, PC shipments were 352.7 million units, a 3.5 percent decline from 2011 (see Table 4). HP retained the top spot in the global PC market, accounting for 16 percent of the market. Lenovo was the No. 2 vendor with 14.8 percent market share. Asus showed the strongest growth among the top five vendors, with shipments increasing 17.1 percent.

Table 4
Preliminary Worldwide PC Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for 2012 (Units)


Company

2012 Shipments

2012 Market Share (%)

2011 Shipments

2011 Market Share (%)

2012-2011 Growth (%)

HP

56,508,218

16.0

60,553,740

16.6

-6.7

Lenovo

52,159,229

14.8

45,688,493

12.5

14.2

Dell

37,611,747

10.7

42,864,265

11.7

-12.3

Acer Group

36,661,066

10.4

39,282,791

10.8

-6.7

ASUS

24,206,696

6.9

20,678,302

5.7

17.1

Others

145,554,478

41.3

156,278,584

42.8

-6.9

Total

352,701,433

100.0

365,364,175

100.0

-3.5

Note: Data includes desk-based PCs and mobile PCs, including mini-notebooks but not media tablets such as the iPad. Data is based on the shipments selling into channels.
Source: Gartner (January 2013)

These results are preliminary. Final statistics will be available soon to clients of Gartner's PC Quarterly Statistics Worldwide by Region program. This program offers a comprehensive and timely picture of the worldwide PC market, allowing product planning, distribution, marketing and sales organizations to keep abreast of key issues and their future implications around the globe.

Contacts: 
 

Christy Pettey 
Gartner
+1 408 468 8312
christy.pettey@gartner.com 

Rob van der Meulen 
Gartner
+44 0 1784 267892
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About Gartner: 
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. Gartner delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. From CIOs and senior IT leaders in corporations and government agencies, to business leaders in high-tech and telecom enterprises and professional services firms, to technology investors, Gartner is the valuable partner to clients in 12,000 distinct organizations. Through the resources of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events, Gartner works with every client to research, analyze and interpret the business of IT within the context of their individual role. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 5,000 associates, including 1,280 research analysts and consultants, and clients in 85 countries. For more information, www.gartner.com.