Archive for June 24th, 2014
DHL Supply Chain Announces New Managing Director for Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, today announced the appointment of Prakash Rochlani as Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain Malaysia. Prakash will report into Oscar de Bok, CEO Asia Pacific, DHL Supply Chain.
“Malaysia is one of our key markets in this region. It has a vibrant economy and we have a proactive investment strategy here to ensure we have the right infrastructure to support increasing customer demand for advanced supply chain solutions. With his proven experience in developing and growing both DHL’s and customers businesses, Prakash will take our Malaysian business into its next phase of accelerated growth and operational development,” said Mr de Bok.
DHL Supply Chain Malaysia currently employs over 1,500 people over 25 locations nationally. In his new role, Prakash has overall responsibility for delivering world-class logistics operations to the broad portfolio of existing customers in Malaysia and generating sustainable business growth. His main focus will be delivering service excellence whilst maintaining a strong pipeline of local talent and operational capabilities.
Prakash added, “I am grateful to be given this great opportunity to lead the Malaysian team, a team that has delivered great results in the past. We will focus our efforts in ensuring we lead the innovation and green agenda for our customers, expanding and developing our sectors, with a strong focus on developing our people.”
Prior to the appointment, Prakash performed a number of roles in the company. He joined Al Futtiam Exel joint venture in the Middle East in 2003, and held management positions in Operations and Solutions Design before taking on the role of Director of Business Development for India in 2008. In 2011, he was promoted to Vice President Business Development, South and South East Asia,. Prakash is a graduate from The University ofMumbai, holds a certificate in Supply Chain from APICS, USA, and is currently working towards a Global MBA from INSEAD.
DHL – The Logistics company for the world
DHL is the global market leader in the logistics industry and “The Logistics company for the world”. DHL commits its expertise in international express, air and ocean freight, road and rail transportation, contract logistics and international mail services to its customers. A global network composed of more than 220 countries and territories and about 285,000 employees worldwide offers customers superior service quality and local knowledge to satisfy their supply chain requirements. DHL accepts its social responsibility by supporting environmental protection, disaster management and education.
DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL. The Group generated revenue of more than 55 billion euros in 2013.
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Oman’s First IT Cloud Service Provider Selects Chatsworth Products for New Data Center
– CPI Passive Cooling® Helps Oman Data Park Excel in Efficiency, Reliability
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, England, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — With a new and robust data center infrastructure from Chatsworth Products (CPI), colocation provider Oman Data Park is now able to run more than 30kW per cabinet without overusing provision cooling.
As the first IT Cloud Service provider in the country of Oman, Oman Data Park’s mission was to provide services with the highest standards of reliability and responsiveness. It needed a solution that would effectively handle rising heat loads, as well as address the health and safety of its employees, who many times had to work in an environment that was either too hot or too cold.
The company turned to CPI for its technical know-how, flexibility and customization.
To address Oman Data Park’s needs and concerns, CPI manufactured custom GF-Series GlobalFrame® and N-Series TeraFrame® Network Cabinet System with Vertical Exhaust Ducts in Glacier White. CPI cable management accessories also helped the data center look neat and clean.
“CPI Vertical Exhaust Ducts offered unparalleled flexibility, scalability and a robust solution,” stated Maqbool Al Wahaiby, Assistant General Manager of Physical and Active Infrastructure at Oman Data Park.
Today, Oman Data Park boasts a state-of-the art data center and is now able to provide a healthier and safer working environment to its employees.
To download and read the full Oman Data Park case study, visit CPI’s website.
About Chatsworth Products
Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI) is a global provider of quality voice and data solutions that optimize, store and secure technology equipment, providing innovation, configurability and value. CPI operates global offices within the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and China, as well as manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe and Asia.
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China Dominates the 2014 QS University Rankings: BRICS
LONDON, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —
Published today at http://www.TopUniversities.com #QSWUR
QS University Rankings: BRICS, which compares the Top 200 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, identifies China as the most likely of the BRICS nations to achieve its goal of developing world-class universities.
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Ben Sowter, QS head of research says: “The term BRICS has become shorthand for the idea that the world’s economic future is not in the hands of traditional players such as the US, Europe and Japan. To compete with the existing developed world, these fast growing economies need world-class university systems.”
China claims six of the top 10 places, ahead of Brazil (2), Russia (1) and South Africa (1). Russia with 53 institutions in the top 200 is second only to China (71). Yet only seven Russian institutions make the top 50, fewer China (21), Brazil (10), and India (9).
India is the only nation without a university in the top 10, though five IIT make the top 20.
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“The development of Chinese higher education over the past 20 years has been nothing short of extraordinary,” adds Sowter. “Universities such as Tsinghua and Peking have now established themselves among the world’s major producers of scientific research.”
China has increased its research and development funding by an average of 18% per year since 2008. Its ‘C9 League’ institutions have been earmarked as challengers to the US ‘Ivy League’, and six of them make the top 10 in today’s ranking.
Ms Irani, India’s new minister for universities, has set a target of raising spending on education to 6% of GDP from less than 4% currently. She expects universities to improve and to align their courses closely with the jobs market.
Russia has announced plans to achieve five universities in the global top 100 by 2020, while India has ambitions to establish 14 world-class universities under the government’s “brain gain” policy.
“At a time when government spending is stalling in much of the West, the BRICS nations have set their sights on developing world-class universities sooner rather than later,” Sowter states.
Newgen Partners with Integritie for Next Generation Social Content Workflow and Records Management
Seamlessly Integrates with SMC4 to Offer Social Media Capture, Control, Compliance & Communication
SINGAPORE, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Newgen Software, a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), and Customer Communication Management (CCM) solutions, today announced its partnership with Integritie, a leading Social Media Capture solution provider. Leveraging the power of SMC4, Newgen brings best of breed ECM and Social Content Workflow and Records Management capabilities together to its customers.
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“In an increasingly social world, it has become imperative for every business to tap the potential of social media to extend the reach, awareness, adoption, and relationships of its brand. Combining SMC4 with our ECM & BPM capabilities, we enable customers to leverage the game changing market opportunities that social media provides, while efficiently addressing the associated compliance requirements,” said Rajeev Kak, VP Industry Solutions & Marketing at Newgen Software.
“We are excited to join forces with Newgen. Newgen offers a proven ECM suite, while SMC4 manages the four key areas of social content management – capture, control, compliance and communication. The collaboration will revolutionize the way businesses operate, making enterprise content more social, contextual, and useful,” said Michael Veenswyk, CEO, Integritie.
Newgen and SMC4 integration will offer the following capabilities to users:
- Enhanced control over outbound social media messages
- Real-time capture, indexing and archival social content
- Routing of social content to the right teams
- Comprehensive search and eDiscovery of stored messages
- Sentiment analysis of social content
- Access to competitor analysis and latest market insights
About Newgen
Newgen Software is a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content management (ECM) and Customer Communication Management(CCM), with a global footprint of 1100 installations in 57 countries, with mission-critical solutions deployed at world’s leading Banks, Insurance firms, BPO’s, Healthcare Organizations, Government, Telecom Companies & Shared Service Centers. Newgen is certified against ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 27001:2005, and has been assessed at CMMi Level 3. Newgen Records Management System is DoD 5015.02-STD certified.
About Integritie
Integritie is an Information Capture, Information Consolidation, and Content Management solutions provider. Its activities include solution design, technical implementation, and helpdesk technical support of Image Capture and automatic Information extraction, PC Information Capture, eMail Archive solutions, and Consolidation of many ECM systems into a single shared service. Integritie provides both OnPremise and Cloud solutions.
Contact: Asif Khan 
+65-6221-8432, Asif.khan@newgen.co.in
Frost & Sullivan: Australian data centre services revenues to exceed $1.7 billion by 2020
~Cloud computing will be a major contributor to growth
SYDNEY, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Australian data centre services market recorded revenues of $698 million in 2013; a growth of 17.2 percent over 2012. Revenue from co-location services increased by almost 17 percent during 2013 and accounted for about 69 percent of total market revenue. Managed hosting services revenue grew by 18 percent.
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Frost & Sullivan’s Australian Data Centre Services Market 2014 report cites that there was just over 230,000 square metres of outsourced data centre space in Australia at the end of 2013, an increase of 16 percent from that available at the end of 2012. However, it is estimated that Australia still accounts for less than one percent of total global data centre space. “Given that Australian organisations prefer “on-shore” data centre services, there is certainly significant growth potential in the Australian data centre market,” said Phil Harpur, Senior Research Manager, Australia & New Zealand ICT Practice.
To some extent Australia’s data centre outsourcing levels are catching up with developed markets such as the USA, which has over 40 times the amount of outsourced data centre space currently available in Australia. Harpur added, “A growing proportion of Australian companies are outsourcing their data centre requirements, so both co-location and managed hosting services are expected to grow strongly over the next few years.” Australia’s data centre services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.9 percent from 2013 to 2020 to reach $1,737 million by 2020.
Frost & Sullivan’s latest survey of IT decision makers in Australia revealed that over three-quarters of organisations that utilise a data centre are using an outsourced provider to some extent – 51 percent use an outsourced provider, 24 percent an in-house facility and 25 percent use a combination of both.
Organisations outsource data centre hosting for a number of reasons, mainly because they believe that an outsourced facility has better security features, as well as hosting not being their core competency, superior disaster recovery, better availability and lower operating costs from outsourcing. The most significant challenge faced by Australian organisations running their own data centres are the lack of IT manpower or lack of skills or resources internally.
“Factors compelling demand for data centre services include increased adoption of high-bandwidth consumer applications such as social media and high definition video, greater consumption of cloud-based solutions, the increasing number of cloud service providers and the complexity in managing IT environments and end-points which is a barrier to organisations operating in-house (captive) data centres,” says Harpur.
Strong local demand for data centres has attracted investments from both local and global service providers, with significant new builds over the past few years in Australia. This additional capacity has pressured prices downward, further stimulating take-up of outsourced services.
Harpur elaborates, “This is particularly so for wholesale and co-location services, and is predominantly impacting the Sydney market, where there is a higher proportion of wholesale customers. However, over the next six to 12 months, there will be a slowdown in the addition of data centre capacity, and occupancy rates are likely to increase.”
Data centre services revenue growth will be strong over the next three to five years. Customers typically begin with co-location services, and then slowly migrate to managed hosting. The addition of capacity will be strong in 2014 and 2015. The total amount of outsourced data centre space available may approach 500,000 square metres by 2020.
Older data centres with legacy IT architecture and low power densities will struggle to remain competitive, and will need to refit their older facilities to meet current and future customer requirements. Smaller data centres will continue to consolidate, while larger, more efficient data centres will be built.
A growing trend is for telcos and managed IT service providers to acquire data centre space in carrier neutral providers to supplement their existing data centres. The main carrier neutral data centre service providers, especially NextDC, Global Switch, Equinix and Digital Reality, will be key drivers of growth.
All major carrier neutral providers have established a strong presence across Australia by acquiring prime real-estate in and around CBD areas. Large, multinational cloud providers are typically able to negotiate lower pricing leasing deals than smaller providers. However, carrier neutral providers can generally offset lower prices by attracting a significant number of additional smaller customers who will sign up for smaller but higher margin deals for rack space.
Frost & Sullivan’s Australian Data Centre Services 2014 report forms part of the Frost & Sullivan Australian Cloud and Internet of Everything (IOE) program. All research services included in this subscription provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants. Interviews with the press are available. If you are interested in more information on this study, please send an e-mail with your contact details to Donna Jeremiah, Corporate Communications, at djeremiah@frost.com.
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Embedded Systems Designers Gain Low-cost Prototyping Platform from New Raspberry Pi Compute Module Development Kit, Now Available for pre-order from RS Components
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Raspberry Pi Compute Module and the Raspberry Compute Module IO Development Board bundle provides users with a more flexible form factor for professional embedded applications
SINGAPORE, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of the Raspberry Pi Compute Module, the latest product to emerge from the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s development team. The Compute Module can initially be pre-ordered from RS as part of a development kit, bundled together with the Compute Board Module IO Development Board, which brings out all of the IO connectivity to form a prototyping platform for electronics design engineers.
Developed specifically for engineers in the professional market to create their own embedded system, theRaspberry Pi Compute Module fits into a standard DDR2 SODIMM socket and provides the same basic features of a standard Raspberry Pi, including a Broadcom BCM2835 processor and 512 Mbyte of RAM. It replaces the SD card with an onboard 4 Gbyte eMMC Flash device, and integrates everything on to a compact 67.6 x 30 mm board.
The Compute Module IO Development Board is a simple, open-source development board that the Compute Module plugs into and enables the designer to program the module’s Flash memory and easily access the processor interfaces via pin headers and flexi connectors, similar to the standard Raspberry Pi. It provides the necessary HDMI socket and USB connectors to create an entire system that can boot the user’s operating system and allow engineers to start designing with the Compute Module.
Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation said, “The idea for the Compute Module came about from our observations of how a substantial number of industrial and commercial equipment designers were incorporating a Raspberry Pi into their end system. We wanted to find a solution that would provide them with all the computing resources of the Raspberry Pi in a compact format but leave the IO to the end system manufacturer.”
“Raspberry Pi is showing that it is going beyond its original concept as an educational programming tool to provide embedded engineers with a fast, affordable way to develop their embedded system” said Glenn Jarrett, Global Head of Product Marketing at RS Components. “We envisage that developers will accelerate the development process by tapping into the resources of the wide Raspberry Pi community that has grown up over the past few years.”
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module will be available as a standalone unit from autumn 2014.
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module Development Kit, incorporating the Compute Module and the Compute Module IO Development Board, is available for pre-order from RS globally priced at $229.
About RS Components
RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers. With operations in 32 countries, we offer around 500,000 products through the internet, catalogues and at trade counters to over one million customers, shipping more than 44,000 parcels a day. Our products, sourced from 2,500 leading suppliers, include semiconductors, interconnect, passives and electromechanical, automation and control, electrical, test and measurement, tools and consumables.
Electrocomponents is listed on the London Stock Exchange and in the last financial year ended 31 March 2014 had revenues of GBP1.27bn.
For more information, please visit the website at www.rs-online.com.
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Five Winners Receive Inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics
SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire/ — The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announces five winners of the inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics:
Simon Donaldson, Stony Brook University and Imperial College London, for the new revolutionary invariants of 4-dimensional manifolds and for the study of the relation between stability in algebraic geometry and in global differential geometry, both for bundles and for Fano varieties.
Maxim Kontsevich, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, for work making a deep impact in a vast variety of mathematical disciplines, including algebraic geometry, deformation theory, symplectic topology, homological algebra and dynamical systems.
Jacob Lurie, Harvard University, for his work on the foundations of higher category theory and derived algebraic geometry; for the classification of fully extended topological quantum field theories; and for providing a moduli-theoretic interpretation of elliptic cohomology.
Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles, for numerous breakthrough contributions to harmonic analysis, combinatorics, partial differential equations and analytic number theory.
Richard Taylor, Institute for Advanced Study, for numerous breakthrough results in the theory of automorphic forms, including the Taniyama-Weil conjecture, the local Langlands conjecture for general linear groups, and the Sato-Tate conjecture.
The Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics was launched by Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milnerat the Breakthrough Prize ceremony last December. It aims to recognize major advances in the field, honor the world’s best mathematicians, support their future endeavors and communicate the excitement of mathematics to general public.
The laureates will be presented with their trophies and $3 million each at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in November.
All five recipients of the Prize have agreed to serve on the Selection Committee, responsible for choosing subsequent winners of the prize from the pool of contenders nominated by the mathematics community. From 2015 onwards, one Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics will be awarded every year.
Mark Zuckerberg said: “Mathematics is essential for driving human progress and innovation in this century. This year’s Breakthrough Prize winners have made huge contributions to the field and we’re excited to celebrate their efforts.”
Yuri Milner commented: “Mathematics is the most fundamental of the sciences – the language they are all written in. The best mathematical minds benefit us all by expanding the sphere of human knowledge.”
Online Nominations
Online nominations are now open for the 2015 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences and Fundamental Physics, and can be submitted until June 30. The nomination form and the rules are available at http://www.breakthroughprize.org.
Any individual can submit an online nomination but self-nominations are not allowed.
Each year, up to six Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences are awarded. The prize honors transformative advances toward understanding living systems and extending human life. One prize per year is for work contributing to the understanding of Parkinson’s disease. Each laureate receives $3 million.
The Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics recognizes major insights into the deepest questions of the Universe. The winner receives $3 million, and the prize can be split between several scientists.
Art Levinson steps down as Chairman of Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation, succeeded by Cori Bargmann
Art Levinson has announced his retirement from the chairmanship of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation Board. Levinson, who has steered the Foundation from its inception in 2013, is stepping down due to the time requirements of his work as CEO of Calico. He will be succeeded by Cori Bargmann, a leading neurobiologist at Rockefeller University and one of the inaugural winners of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.
Art Levinson remarked: “It’s been a real privilege, as well as a lot of fun, to help get the Breakthrough Prize up and running. The prize has already surpassed our expectations, and I’m looking forward to seeing it develop as it continues its vital work bringing the workings of life and the fight against disease to the forefront of public consciousness.”
Cori Bargmann said: “I’m honored to have the chance to chair the Foundation – especially to take over from Art, who’s been inspirational. Thanks in no small part to him, the Breakthrough Prize has become a significant landmark in the world of science. If you think someone in your field deserves it, I’d encourage you to submit an online nomination now.”
About the Breakthrough Prizes
The Breakthrough Prizes were founded by Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki, Jack Ma andCathy Zhang, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. The prizes aim to celebrate scientists and generate excitement about the pursuit of science as a career.
Laureates of each prize are chosen by its respective Selection Committee, comprising previous recipients of the prize.
The Selection Committee for the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics includes:
- Nima Arkani-Hamed
- Lyn Evans
- Fabiola Gianotti
- Michael B. Green
- Alan Guth
- Stephen Hawking
- Joseph Incandela
- Alexei Kitaev
- Maxim Kontsevich
- Andrei Linde
- Juan Maldacena
- Alexander Polyakov
- Nathan Seiberg
- Ashoke Sen
- John H. Schwarz
- Edward Witten
The Selection Committee for the 2015 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences includes:
- James P. Allison
- Cornelia I. Bargmann
- David Botstein
- Lewis C. Cantley
- Hans Clevers
- Titia de Lange
- Mahlon R. DeLong
- Napoleone Ferrara
- Michael N. Hall
- Eric S. Lander
- Robert Langer
- Richard P. Lifton
- Charles L. Sawyers
- Alexander Varshavsky
- Bert Vogelstein
- Robert A. Weinberg
- Shinya Yamanaka
Additional information on the Breakthrough Prizes is available athttp://www.breakthroughprize.org.
For additional inquiries, contact Media@breakthroughprize.org.
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Frost & Sullivan: Heightened End-user Awareness Signals Growth in North American Generator Set Market
— Growth in demand for both gas and diesel generator sets likely due to supportive regulations and infrastructure projects
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Severe and unpredictable power outages, increased power demand, and unreliable grid infrastructure in North America are prompting the need for generator sets in the region. The market received a boost from increased awareness among end users on the features and benefits of backup power systems as well as the best-suited generator sets for personal use.
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New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the North American Generator Set Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $3.58 billion in 2013 and estimates this will reach $4.96 billion by 2018.
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“With the active involvement of the Environmental Protection Agency in enforcing regulations in North America, the demand for natural gas generator sets expects to increase consistently in the region,” said Frost & Sullivan Energy & Environment Research Manager Lucrecia Gomez. “The adoption of diesel generator sets is also likely to rise owing to the continuous investments in infrastructure-related projects.”
However, due to high initial installation cost, many industrial and residential end users are reluctant to purchase generator sets. This is slowing market development as well as several housing projects. Market participants can attempt to overcome this by making the most of the growing need for backup power in commercial buildings.
The intense competition from cogeneration and renewable power generation technologies is yet another hurdle to market expansion, but participants can circumvent it by improving their value proposition and offering complete power generation solutions rather than individual products.
“Market participants are revamping their product lines and choosing strategic distribution channels to increase affordability,” noted Gomez. “Sales support and a strong brand image will compliment these efforts and strengthen their presence in the North American generator set market.”
Analysis of the North American Generator Set Market is part of the Energy & Power (http://www.energy.frost.com) Growth Partnership Service program. Frost & Sullivan’s related studies include: Analysis of the Global Diesel Generator Set Market, Global Gas Gen-Sets Market, Dual Fuel Generator Sets Outlook, and Analysis of the Global Data Center Uninterruptible Power Supplies Market. All studies included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.
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Lenovo’s Coming Disruption in Smartphones Highlighted in New Strategy Analytics Research
– Lenovo Not Poised To Disrupt Smartphones? Think Again!
BOSTON, June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Strategy Analytics’ latest research on Lenovo’s pending acquisition of Motorola Mobility from Google says the merger could have a significant disruptive impact on the mobile market. Using a proprietary methodology to measure disruption developed by the firm’s Strategic Competitor Intelligence (SCI) program, the disruptive measure earned a score of 87 in one key category, indicating a level of potential disruption categorized in the “Hurricane” range, a classification reserved for events that present a serious potential disruptive impact to the market. SCI’s methodology measures disruption on six dimensions, including User Proposition, Business Model, Geography, Technology, Partners, and Finance, and scores them on three dimensions including hardware, software, and ecosystem.
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Richard Guppy, SCI Executive Director, noted: “Lenovo might be seen as just another smartphone vendor among many operating mainly or totally in the Chinese market – but it grew from a similar position in PCs, using IBM’s ‘Think’ brand to help take the world number one PC position recently. I believe Lenovo is using that know-how to try a similar move in smartphones, with a potentially huge impact on market share and margins at a time when most vendors are already struggling for margin.”
Barry Gilbert, Vice President, said: “Lenovo is good at making smart acquisitions and at effectively integrating them – just consider IBM PCs and NEC’s PC business in Japan – and so it stands every chance of unlocking its growth potential in smartphones using the formidable assets of Motorola Mobility.”
The Disruptive Alert argues that there are different phases in consumer electronics markets, and the current phase of the Android market is perfect for Lenovo to make its late, accelerated entry, leveraging the Motorola acquisition.
Strategic Competitor Intelligence addresses the strategic positioning, goals, performance and SWOT of multiple key players in the Mobile ICT sector.
About Strategy Analytics
Strategy Analytics, Inc. provides the competitive edge with advisory services, consulting and actionable market intelligence for emerging technology, mobile and wireless, digital consumer and automotive electronics companies. With offices in North America, Europe and Asia, Strategy Analytics delivers insights for enterprise success. www.StrategyAnalytics.com
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Brand Launch Positions Ingram Micro for the Future
SANTA ANA, California /PRNewswire/ — Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) launched a new company brand identity today. This new, global brand has a bold, modern look and feel, signaling the company’s leadership in technology and supply chain services. With recent investments in growth over the past couple of years, this new brand is part of creating a platform of new capabilities and services whereby Ingram Micro helps businesses fully realize the promise of technology.
“This is more than a logo change; we view this brand refresh as an investment in our future,” said Alain Monie, CEO at Ingram Micro. “Ingram Micro has made bold new moves with recent acquisitions, establishing global business units and developing a more global and customer-centric mindset with an agile, insightful and dependable culture. Refreshing and repositioning the Ingram Micro brand is a natural next step in our company’s growth and success. It signals our evolution from a distribution powerhouse to the world leader in technology and supply chain services. Our new brand identity and strategy is a reflection of a bold new Ingram Micro.
“With our new brand, we want to present an identity that is simple, modern and represents who we are. We have the capabilities, insight and experience to help our partners – and their customers – understand, acquire and use technology to be more competitive.”
The bold new look incorporates a blue that is both eye-catching and pleasing, while the letters convey the strength and dependability of a true, world-class leader. The tilt of the G signals acceleration and agility, while its virtual absence reinforces transparency and the company’s unique insights. Agility, insight and dependability, these are all qualities valued by Ingram Micro’s partners.
About Ingram Micro Inc.
Ingram Micro helps businesses realize the promise of technology. No other company delivers the full spectrum of global technology and supply chain services to businesses around the world. Ingram Micro’s global infrastructure and deep expertise in technology solutions, supply chain, cloud and mobility enable its business partners to operate efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve. Unrivaled agility, deep market insights and the trust and dependability that comes from decades of proven relationships, set Ingram Micro apart and ahead. Discover how Ingram Micro can help you realize the promise of technology.
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