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Take a Break from Holiday Frenzy See the Big IT Picture in 13 Minutes The current GTDC TechView Webcast takes you from the collapse of 2008 to breakthrough developments and breakout vendors in 2010. Here's a look at all the topics we hit on in this succinct 13-minute Webcast: Monthly / weekly U.S. distribution sales and ASP trends Quarterly U.S. software market snapshot Monthly / weekly sales trends in Europe Overall growth drivers and 2010 Rising Stars TechView gives you a quick synopsis of the big-picture trends. We encourage you to subscribe to the NPD Distributor Track in the U.S. and Context SalesWatch - Distribution in Europe for industry sales-out data – down to the SKU level – to support your success in 2011. Unsure if Tech Industry's Fully Recovered? Compare Disty Sales to '08 Peak Levels Ready for 2011? Business conditions are looking up, as the GTDC's CEO Tim Curran observes in his new industry blog Curran's Cuts. Tim explains that year-over-year sales comparisons are not that meaningful, because of much weaker demand in 2009. "What's far more telling," he says, "is that 2010 results are exceeding peak levels achieved prior to the industry slowdown in 2008." Read the full column now, and subscribe to Curran's Cuts today, so you get future industry updates as they post.

		Newly appointed GTDC chairman Bob Dutkowsky, Tech Data CEO, looks forward to his two-year term and considers global expansion a high priority, along with further strengthening regional GTDC events, activities and services. "I'm honored to serve in this capacity during such a dynamic time in the industry's history," Bob said. "The GTDC raises visibility for all that we do while supporting the continued growth and expansion of our partnerships. It makes good sense to take this mission global – and foster stronger channel connections across all regions."
	Avnet recently rang the closing NYSE bell, celebrating 50 years on the exchange – one of only 350 companies to reach this milestone.