August 16, 2010
Avnet Reports 18.1% Growth In FY 2010
The VAR Guy
Matthew Weinberger shares Avnet’s fourth quarter fiscal year financial earnings.
“Technology and IT distributor Avnet has announced its results in Q4 and FY 2010 – and they say that they’ve grown quarterly revenue 38.5 per cent year over year and annual revenue 18.1 per cent year over year. In plain terms, the tech titan made $19.16 billion in FY 2010 – and the VAR-oriented Avnet Technology Solutions division led the way.”
Service Provider Game Changers: Video and TelePresence
The VAR Guy
Jeff Spagnola writes about the channel opportunity in the video conferencing and networking space.
“How about this: For every $1 spent on video conferencing equipment, $3 are spent on network upgrades. The opportunity for service providers to deliver managed services for this market space is a timely proposition. As businesses redefine the way they work, they’ll increasingly include video as a priority in their collaboration within the organizations as well as with partners, vendors and customers.”
How Is 3D TV Doing? Some Data From Japan
CrunchGear
Serkan Toto writes that a few dozen models of 3D TVs are now available in Japan and also includes some research findings that look at the global market opportunity in his post.
“According to a recent report released by the firm (DisplaySearch), as many as 3.4 million 3D TVs will be sold worldwide in fiscal 2010 (five per cent of the entire flat TV market). The firm expects 3D TVs to achieve a whopping 43 million shipments as early as 2014 (37 per cent). We’ll know soon if they’re right.”
