VIP Customer Newsletter - Issue 13

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ISSUE 13 JUNE 21 JAN 20

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Review of Q1 2021…

As I write this, we are all looking forward to restrictions easing, and not only re-engaging with our many resellers that have been closed, but also collectively working towards the day where we can all once again meet and celebrate together. The pandemic has impacted us all, but not all consequences have been negative, across our sector we have seen immense resilience and innovation in transforming our way of working, supply chain flexibility and improved efficiencies.

We closed 2020 with demand significantly outweighing supply across the board. With a variety of factors in play such a shipment delays, customs issues attributed to Brexit and Covid 19 also in the mix, we are delighted that Q1 has seen a continued trend in demand with the issues slowly working their way through. We are grateful to our teams, vendors and customers as all channels have been supported despite the global challenges.

What to expect in Q2 2021…

Shortages and price increases are still impacted as strong demand continues. I am hopeful that these will settle over the coming months and we will continue to work with our vendors to ensure all of our customers are supported. We expect shortages to impact the channel for some time, but if we have learnt one thing over the last year, it is that with a positive approach, flexibility, and good relationships, we will find a way.

B2B demand is slowly making a comeback as the roadmap allows for the reopening of businesses and education sectors. Within VIP, we have seen a requirement to make our Covid secure environment available to more employees as the isolation of working from home is impacting people globally. We are hopeful that over the coming year we can once again return to the vibrancy and collaboration generated from social interaction within the workplace. Until then, we will continue to support our vendors, employees, and customers across digital platforms.

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THE INNOVATION CONTINUES The AMD RyzenTM 5000 G Series Desktop Processors are designed for mainstream gamers and creators looking for the best of both worlds

Uncompromised performance & power with Integrated Graphics capable of 1080P gaming.

AMD continues to build on its leadership IP and investments in leading manufacturing and packaging technologies with AMD 3D chiplet technology, a packaging breakthrough that combines AMD’s innovative chiplet architecture with 3D stacking using an industry-leading hybrid bond approach that provides over 200 times the interconnect density of 2D chiplets and more than 15 times the density compared to existing 3D packaging solutions. Pioneered in close collaboration with TSMC, the industry-leading technology also consumes less energy1 than current 3D solutions and is the most flexible activeon-active silicon stacking technology in the world.

AMD showed the first application of 3D chiplet technology at COMPUTEX 2021 – a 3D vertical cache bonded to an AMD RyzenTM 5000 Series processor prototype that is designed to deliver significant performance gains across a broad set of applications. AMD is on-track to begin production on future high-end computing products with 3D chiplets by the end of this year • Zen 4 products in 5nm available next year • 3D chiplet technology on current high end products by end of this year

Based on AMD engineering internal analysis, May 2021

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AMD pushing the envelope in high performance computing 6

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See the Bigger Picture

There are many different features one should consider when choosing a monitor: ergonomics, display technologies, connectivity and much more. The first and most intuitive thing to check is the size of the display. Yet as obvious as this may seem, it sometimes still

gets overlooked. While those with modest space may need to work with a 24”/27” monitor, those who could aim bigger often don’t know about the perks of upgrading to a larger screen.

To start with, here are the fundamental reasons that size matters: 1. More screen real estate mimics our own natural view better and making the visualisation more comfortable.

2. Everything in one glance – no need to squint anymore, all the things can be displayed in one view. More documents, apps and media can be

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displayed at the same time, with less toggling through programs. This also means that you can perform side-by-side tasks easily!

3. Excellent resolution – It is common that large monitors (> 27ich) are designed for the professionals that need

good colour reproduction and high pixel density, such as photographers, video editors and graphic designers. Most of these monitors support QHD resolution, which gets its name for offering four times the definition of standard HD and is noticeably sharper than Full HD (FHD).

See the Bigger Picture

Who can benefit?

Many researchers highlighted that seeing the “big picture” is not only important and more comfortable but can essentially improve productivity.

Professionals know that having all of the required applications spread out in front of them at all times is more comfortable, in addition to allowing them to control everything at a glance.

{ Architects, graphic designers, video makers and programmers need a space that allows multiple apps to operate at the same time, supporting their creativity and boosting their productivity. { Gamers and streamers are not excluded from the benefits that large monitors provide, at all. It’s been proved that for expert game players challenging each other on gaming monitors with the same features, the display size was an advantage and a tool

to win. The players gained more insight on the game and, therefore, created better strategies[1]. That extra screen space also provides a whole new level of immersion, and facilitates streaming with more easily managed interaction. { Businesses can include large screens at workstations planned for collaboration, equipping them with one monitor that offers great detail and wide viewing angles.

Financial professionals already

An example for a professional setup would be the Philips 329P1H, designed for architects and graphic designers, as well as those who require high-performance monitors for precise, accurate, colour-critical work. This monitor offers a built-in USB type-C docking station with power delivery and extremely

know that a large screen for their day-to-day work means clearer data visualisation. { Home users will appreciate the sleek and stylish designs of the large displays in addition to the many specifications and benefits on offer.

brilliant picture quality thanks to an UltraClear 4K UHD display with IPS technology that enables extra-wide viewing angles of 178/178 degrees.

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Embrace the Wide Open Possibilities As said before, a larger screen size allows multiple apps to be perfectly displayed at the same time, without shifting between them. Think about it this way: your monitor is your desk, and your windows are each one a sheet of paper.

Managing a lot of papers for 8 hours on a small desk is going to be draining, overwhelming and a big waste of time. Did you know that, according to a survey, 41% of surveyed think that a tidy desk is key in

enhancing productivity?[2] If we don’t have to manage our windows, we’re “earning” a lot of time for the tasks that really matter.[3] Human beings perceive their surroundings based on different sensory information, but human-computer interaction is mostly restricted on visual perception.[4] While home users can finally enjoy their free time chatting while watching videos or playing a

Philips 345E2AE

Shop Now This 34” display gives an expansive panoramic view with its 21:9 panel. The CrystalClear WQHD display with Ultra Wide-Colour and stable colour gamut makes for optimal viewing and editing. Moreover, it enables active dual connect and view thanks to MultiView, allowing users to work with multiple devices like a PC and notebook simultaneously, for complex multitasking.

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pc game, video editors and programmers finally have space for their timelines, their previews and all their effect windows to comfortably work on. They may even find a bit of space for their chats in there. But there’s more a large screen monitor can do, for set-ups that are pretty complex – let’s have a look at two different models that sport some interesting features.

Philips 499P9H

Shop Now This award-winning 49” curved 32:9 SuperWide display is the equivalent of two full-size high-performance monitors in one. Productivityenhancing features like USB-C and pop-up webcam with Windows Hello deliver optimal performance and convenience, while MultiView enables simultaneous dual connect and view.

See the Bigger Picture

Specific features to look for We already mentioned MultiView, which enables active dual connect and view so that you can work with multiple devices like a PC and notebook simultaneously, for complex multitasking. It’s a great feature, but there’s even more. With the MultiClient Integrated KVM switch, you can control two separate PCs with one monitor-keyboard-mouse setup. A convenient button allows you to quickly switch between sources. Thanks to the PBP setting (Picture By Picture) in your OSD menu, you can split the screen in half in order to show both laptops at the same time.

We’ve seen that a large screen size helps a lot of professionals, but it can also support many other users at home, giving them extra space and thus added comfort for the eyes and for the mind.

Remember: it pays off to be a bit picky and cautious when buying your new monitor.

After all, it’s an investment in better and more comfortable productivity!

Award winning solutions Our monitors have been recognised for their superior design and performance.

[1] A. Sabri, R. Ball, S. Bhatia, A. Fabian, and C. North, “High-Resolution Gaming: Interfaces, Notifications, and the User Experience,” Interacting with Computers Journal, 19, no. 2 (March 2007) [2] https://www.brother.co.uk/business-solutions/mobile-print-and-label/messy-desk-tidiness-genius-research-statistics [3] Czerwinski, Mary & Smith, Greg & Regan, Tim & Meyers, Brian & Robertson, George & Starkweather, Gary. (2003). Toward Characterizing the Productivity Benefits of Very Large Displays.

[4] Stephanie Foehrenbach, Werner A. König, Jens Gerken & Harald Reiterer (2009) “Tactile feedback enhanced hand gesture interaction at large, high-resolution displays”

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GETTING TO KNOW...

CARL WOODS SALES MANAGER

…we find out all about Carl.

If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?

What’s the top destination on your must-visit list?

It would probably be linguistics or astrophysics

Florence

What do you do to turn things around when you’re having a bad day?

What’s your favourite sport to watch and which team do you root for?

I would just tackle a task and focus my energy into something positive.

It’s still football but only just - Manchester United

What’s the best advice you were ever given?

Who was it from?

What’s one professional skill you’re currently working on?

Probably my old coach - Embrace the grind!

Too many to say. I’m a firm believer if you stay still, you are going backwards!

Life isn’t easy it’s not meant to be! It’s only with adversity that we can improve!

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Ooooooo this isn’t fair… I’ll go with pizza

What’s your go-to productivity trick?

Prioritize your to-do list.

Are you an early bird or a night owl?

Early bird you have to be with a 5 year old and a new born

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243V7QDAB & 273V7QDAB Widescreen IPS W-LED Multimedia Monitors Vivid, crisp images, from edge to edge. A perfect all-round display with stunning images that stretch from edge to edge, made easy on the eyes, in a compact, slim design.

Available in 23.8” and 27” screen sizes.

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2270SWDN & E2270SWHN 21.5” Widescreen TN LED Monitors

M2470SWH Widescreen MVA LED Multimedia Monitor

Intelligent performance, streamlined design. These 21.5″ displays deliver a good performance for home users. It also helps them save costs with its modest energy consumption, and offers tilt and wall-mount options. Connectivity differentiates the 2 monitors with the E2270SWDN featuring DVI and VGA connections and the E2270SWHN featuring HDMI and VGA.

Eye-catching imagery, thrilling entertainment. This Full HD monitor’s MVA panel offers brilliant colours and wide viewing angles. Two HDMI ports and integrated speakers make it a good fit for watching Blu-ray and DVD movies.

SKU: 112468 & 112892

SKU: 113969

BL2480T Widescreen IPS LED Multimedia Monitor

MB169B+ Portable USB-powered Monitor

23.8” FHD enterprise-class image quality and ergonomic design to enhance productivity at work with eye-care brightness intelligence technology and slim bezel design.

15.6” full HD sleek and ultra-portable USB monitor.

One cable does the job, adding a 2nd monitor has never been so easy - features a single USB 3.0 cable for power and data transmission.

SKU: 118297

SKU: 113842

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- top pick business products 6)

AMD RYZEN THREADRIPPER PRO 3995WX the fastest, most versatile workstation processor ever created.

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Zoostorm SFF (i5- 11400) The Zoostorm SFF (i5- 11400) desktop is housed in a brand-new small form factor chassis that offers versatile mounting options to help remove clutter from your workspace. Boost the productivity of your workforce with a desktop that can seamlessly handle any day-to-day multitasking or intensive workload with the power of the Intel® Core™ i5- 11400 processor that features 6 cores and can deliver a base clock speed of 2.60GHz. SKU: 112074

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TEG1109P 9-Port Gigabit PoE Desktop Switch The Tenda TEG1109P is a high performance 9 port network switch that has 8 x Gigabit RJ45 device ports that can deliver up to 30W PoE (802.3af/at) as well as a single Gigabit up-link port. Featuring ultrafast Gigabit speeds, up to 30W PoE power per port, easy VLAN isolation and built in lightning protection, the TEG1109P is ideal for use with multiple high speed Gigabit WIFI access points or ultra-high resolution 4K or above CCTV cameras.

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Razer Blade 15 Advanced Enjoy unrivalled performance and speed housed in a thin 15” chassis. The Razer Blade 15 Advanced is powered by an Intel® Core™ i7 10875H processor and an NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 GPU for incredible graphics. Boasting the fastest gaming laptop displays with refresh rates of up to 360 Hz and QHD 240 Hz (G-SYNC). To keep the Advanced Model running at maximum performance, its cutting-edge thermal materials and vapor chamber quietly and efficiently dissipate heat through the evaporation and condensation of an internal fluid—a design which has also helped the Advanced Model achieve its thin profile.

SKU: 119870

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Windows 10 Pro Windows 10 Pro is designed for how you work now – and ready for how you’ll work tomorrow. Equip your workforce with enhanced collaboration tools, enterprise-grade security, single sign-on and more.

Get more done, from anywhere.

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1) Newline RS+ Series Interactive Display A versatile 4K UHD interactive display to bring more collaboration and engagement to meetings and classrooms. Turn the display into a digital whiteboard and use your favourite software all with a single touch. RS+ Series works in your world and lets you interact your way. 65”, 75” and 86” options available.

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NEW & NOTWORTHY

RAZER - NVIDIA - AMD

Razer announces the ultimate AMD gaming laptop: the new Razer Blade 14 The Razer Blade 14 returns as the world’s most powerful 14-inch gaming laptop – powered by the AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX, and running the fastest 14-inch gaming displays, all in the most compact 14-inch gaming chassis.

the Blade 14 is back to shake up the scene as the first Razer Blade to ever feature an AMD processor, the 8-core AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX, offering the fastest gaming performance in its class¹.

The new Razer Blade 14 will also feature up to the NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 Laptop GPU, and up to a Quad HD 165Hz display, all packaged into the world’s most compact 14inch gaming chassis. Rounding out the 14-inch powerhouse are the signature Razer trappings that have established Razer Blade laptops as one of a kind, including per-key Razer Chroma RGB backlighting, immersive THX® Spatial Audio for dynamic sound, and an abundant offering of ports to make everyday life easier.

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The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, launched in June, is NVIDIAs new gaming flagship, running games 2X faster than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, and 1.5X faster than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti at 4K. And the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti supercharges their most popular RTX 30 Series GPU with more CUDA Cores and G6X memory, making it 1.5X faster than the previous-gen GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER.

NVIDIA launch LHR (Low Hash Rate) cards that are crypto blocked as a further step to getting GeForce cards into the hands of gamers.

In May, NVIDIA announced they were taking additional measures by applying a reduced ETH hash rate to newly manufactured GeForce RTX

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3080 TI, 3070 TI and all new models of RTX 3080, RTX 3070 and 3060 TI will have limited crypto performance.

New cards affected will have updated model numbers such as V2 or LHR in the model number, this transition is happening now and will take a few months as both cards are available.

Find out more: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/05/18/lhr/ Available from August 2021

New AMD RyzenTM 5000 Series Desktop Processors with AMD RadeonTM Graphics For gamers, creators, and allaround PC users who want enthusiast-class performance; without the need for a discrete graphics card – look no further than RyzenTM 5000 G-Series Desktop Processors.

The World’s Fastest Graphics in a Desktop Processor.1 Be immersed in every detail as you edit photos and videos, get amazingly smooth HD gaming, and stream your favourite shows in vibrant 4K, HDR. AMD RyzenTM 5000 G-Series Desktop Processors deliver the fastest graphics performance available in a desktop processor1 with AMD RadeonTM Graphics built right in. Enjoy smooth, 1080P gaming right out of the box, no additional graphics card required; and an easy path to future upgrades like graphics cards for HD+ gaming when you’re ready.

Testing by AMD Performance Labs as of March 4, 2021 using a Ryzen 7 5700G, Ryzen 5 5600G and Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i7-10700, Core i5-10600 and Core i3-10300 in 3DMark Time Spy using integrated graphics. Results may vary with configuration. R5K-070

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Speak to your account manager at your earliest convenience so we can collaborate for mutual success.

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