At the start of the year, the physical store was regaining its competitive edge in the battle against online retail, in many cases as a result of the adoption of new technologies that supported customer experience. The brick & mortar Retail environment would have been in the midst of a digital transformation of course, had the coronavirus pandemic not disrupted the world 2 months ago. With massive worldwide lockdowns that spared essentials stores such as supermarkets and groceries, any retail vertical was stopped in its tracks and the image of our own daily lives as in-store customers was shifted.


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Helping retailers open up shop in a COVID-19 environment
Topics: Data Analytics, Retail Technology, Internet of Things (IoT), COVID-19
How the Channel Can Mitigate a Growing Business Risks in Shadow IoT
Businesses around the world are being transformed by the Internet of Things (IoT). After all, smart devices and systems can enhance staff productively, cut costs and refine business processes, driving new revenue and allowing firms to get closer to their customers.
Topics: Internet of Things (IoT), Security Risks
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Challenge
Christmas is almost upon us and, while Santa and his Elves are busy creating magical Christmases for children around the world, Tech Data has been pulled in to support Santa Corp with a radical new digital transformation project.
Santa Corp has operated in the same way for hundreds of years, with cumbersome processes and legacy equipment making their operations inefficient and not at all viable long-term. Consequently, Tech Data has spent the last 12 months overhauling Santa’s entire journey (from start to finish) to bring the latest in connected technologies to a traditional set-up and ensure Christmas 2018 is his most successful ever!
Connecting the Modern Workplace
By Victor Paradell, Vice President, IoT Solutions & Analytics Europe, Tech Data
The Internet of Things is rapidly evolving, re-shaping thousands of industries in fresh and exciting ways. Gartner predicts that 20.4 billion connected devices will be in use globally by 2020 (source: Gartner, 2017).
Topics: Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT on Wheels is a roadshow designed to make IoT solutions far more accessible for channel partners and their customers.
The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming the way we live and work. I’ve even heard it said that organisations who ignore IoT risk going the same way as the dinosaurs! Those leading the market in this field are already innovating in incredible ways to give their organisations a clear and unique advantage over their competitors, displaying the real-world business value of IoT. For those who can effectively leverage IoT, the business potential is enormous; in almost every industry there are processes, functions, products and services that can be transformed by the application of IoT technologies.
Topics: IoT Applications, Internet of Things (IoT)
Webinar: Do you know the smart manufacturing trends and forecast?
Listen to our Solutions Business Strategic Consultants and our specialised vendor Nexiona, as they discuss the next generation trends around the smart factory of the future.
Topics: Internet of Things (IoT)
Webinar: Do you know the 2017 Smart Parking trends?
The internet of things (IoT) is changing the world. In this webinar, recorded in November 2017, Tech Data talk about creating smart parking solutions for towns and cities. Imagine if you arrived in your car to a new town for the first time and your navigation system could tell you where the nearest available parking space was. It has powerful commercial applications for things like tourist buses also. With smart parking you can reduce congestion and therefore pollution.
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Topics: IoT, Smartgrid, Internet of Things (IoT)
When it comes to IoT, choosing the right IT training and certification courses needs expert guidance, careful planning and good judgement
By Stephen Ennis, Director, Tech Data Academy Europe.
Tech Data is one of the world's largest wholesale distributors of technology products, services and solutions. So when it comes to IoT and IT training, Stephen Ennis, Director, Tech Data Academy Europe, has some wise words of advice for IT providers looking to get into IoT.
Education is a must, especially for IT professionals
No matter what walk of life you’re in, training and education always matter. In the IT industry, most organisations responsible for operating data centre environments demand that IT professionals have the right IT certifications just to get through the front door. Rightly so, given the value of the data that resides there. Having the latest certifications is the best way for a serious IT professional to show employers and customers that they have the skills and competency to use all the products correctly and to their full capacity. Let’s face it, no one likes the idea of unplanned downtime because a configuration feature was overlooked or misunderstood. When it comes to IT training and certifications for the Internet of Things (IoT), IT providers and the IT professionals who work for them have to consider some additional factors unique to IoT.
Topics: IoT, Internet of Things (IoT)
Connecting the Modern Workplace
By Victor Paradell, Vice President, IoT Solutions & Analytics Europe, Tech Data
The Internet of Things is rapidly evolving, re-shaping thousands of industries in fresh and exciting ways. Gartner predicts that 20.4 billion connected devices will be in use globally by 2020 (source: Gartner, 2017).
What makes IoT so exciting is its ability to completely transform how a business operates. IoT is innovation-led meaning the better you can innovate, the better the business outcome. Organisations who fail to grasp this, face being left behind by competitors. Most businesses need help understanding how to embrace the advantages that come with IoT, as well as support to successfully implement connected solutions into the business model. As an IT provider, you need to start by having a thorough understanding of your customers’ most pressing business challenges. Then with an open mind, look at creative ways you can use IoT solutions to overcome these challenges. To start off, don’t allow yourself to be constrained by the traditional ways of doing things. Remember, you are looking for game-changing innovation. Then reach out to experienced partners, like Tech Data, who can help take an IoT concept through to a production-ready solution, capable of delivering a measurable return on investment.
Topics: Internet of Things (IoT)
IoT Lab Munich—the partnership. Discuss the benefits of the partnership
By Victor Paradell, vice president, IoT Solutions & Analytics, EMEA at Tech Data
The Internet of Things (IoT) is connecting humanity to physical objects in ways we never imagined. With billions of objects exchanging an endless stream of data and becoming active participants in business processes enabled by the cloud, IoT is helping businesses transform the way they operate, creating significant efficiency gains and improved customer experience. Worldwide, IoT is a huge business, as global spending on the technology reached more than $643.8 billion in 2015 and, it is expected to account for approximately $998 billion of IT budgets in 2018.
Topics: Internet of Things (IoT)

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