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ITscope Marktbarometer Q1/2024

Spring 2024 was full of IT innovations. The ITscope market barometer gives you a detailed insight into the trends around graphics cards, notebooks...

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New listings in spring 2024

Discover the latest additions to the ITscope platform in spring 2024, including new distributors from Germany and internationally.

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ITC champions 2023: Who leads the market?

Trotz wirtschaftlicher Schwankungen und der Herausforderungen der Inflation bewies die ITK-Branche 2023 eine bemerkenswerte Widerstandsfähigkeit.

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ITscope Market barometer Q4/2023

The fourth quarter of 2023 in the ICT sector was characterised by exciting new developments: The smartphone segment is booming.

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ITscope Market barometer Q3/2023

The forecasts for the third quarter were mixed: The ITscope analysis provides insights into the developments in the German-speaking B2B business.

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New listings in the summer season of 2023

Discover the latest additions to the ITscope platform in the summer season of 2023. 13 new distributors have joined, including six international...

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WEEE and ElektroG - what are they all about?

Ensure ElektroG compliance by registering your WEEE number: Learn about the regulations and requirements for selling electrical devices in Germany.

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ITscope market barometer Q2/2023

In the B2B sector, DDR5 RAM is gaining ground, prices are falling and sustainability is in demand.

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New listings in june 2023

ITscope goes international: During the last weeks, a particularly large number of new international suppliers have joined the ITscope network.

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New listings in April 2023

New listings in spring: Eleven new suppliers have joined the ITscope network in recent weeks.

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ITscope market barometer Q1/2023

On World Backup Day, we take a look at storage systems. Also: Mini-PCs are in vogue at the maximum.

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One click ahead with Odoo and ITscope

News from Odoo: Order processing now enables the transfer of order requests and purchasing documents between Odoo and ITscope.

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Enquiry and quote function in the B2B Suite

Request, obtain and offer quotes directly via ITscope: The new features of the B2B Suite offer you and your B2B shop customers new possibilities.

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New listings in February 2023

New year - new suppliers. In the last weeks twelve new suppliers have joined the ITscope network.

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ITscope Onboarding

Your topic guide for a successful start with ITscope

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ITscope Market Barometer Q4/2022

With brand new CPUs and GPUs, Intel and Nvidia are shaking up the market, Apple dominates the high-end market for mobile phones and tablets.

Electromobility at ITscope

ITscope now also offers electric cars as company cars. In an interview, we present the advantages and disadvantages of e-mobility.

Press releases

CEO Alexander Münkel leaves ITscope

Chief Executive Officer Alexander Münkel is leaving the company on 15 November. The CEO is leaving ITscope at his own request after 19 years.

Release Notes for Update 2022.45

With this release, additional refinements have been implemented in the new storefront. For example, product IDs are now also shown in the shopping...

Release Notes for Update 2022.44

A sharing tile has been added for Microsoft Business Central, additionally fonts in the new storefront are now hosted via ITscope's own servers.

Release Notes for Update 2022.43

A sharing tile has been added for equipme.io, and orders can now also be searched for using the document ID of associated order response documents.

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New listings in October 2022

In the past few months, we were able to win over a total of six new suppliers for ITscope, who now offer their products on our platform.

Release Notes for Update 2022.42

Two custom links can now be defined in the Share menu. Furthermore, the range of functions for the new storefront has also been expanded further.

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ITscope market barometer Q3/2022

Prices for graphics cards are plummeting, the new MacBook Pro with M2 chip is kicking into high gear and the ThinkCentre M70q 11 DT scores gold...

Release Notes for Update 2022.41

Realtime price retrieval is now available for the distributor CLS IT Infrastruktur und Distribution GmbH.

Release Notes for Update 2022.40

In the new storefront, portal users can now specify in the checkout whether the order can be sent as a partial delivery or not.

Release Notes for Update 2022.39

The new storefront's scope of features has been expanded further - for example, the primary colour of a portal can now be individualised.

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Integration news: Sage 100

New features have been added to the Sage 100 integration: automatic orders via EDI and electronic document exchange.

Release Notes for Update 2022.31

The realtime eService for the distributor Siewert & Kau now transmits additional information about items that are in transit.

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New listings in July 2022

A total of six new suppliers have joined the ITscope network in recent months.

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ITscope market barometer Q2/2022

PC systems gain momentum, many traditional office devices are among the Highflyers and the iPhone SE has finally been replaced at the top.

Release Notes for Update 2022.28

As announced, CNET has been renamed 1WorldSync on our platform, and further functions have been implemented in the new storefront.

Release Notes for Update 2022.27

EPREL energy efficiency classes are now displayed in datasheets, furthermore there is an important notice regarding the renaming of CNET to...

Release Notes for Update 2022.26

Further functions have been implemented and optimised for the new storefront, and a reduced VAT rate can now be selected for portals.

Release Notes for Update 2022.25

The label for discontinued items has been renamed to 'End-Of-Life' in all languages. This status is displayed in the sources of supply list for each...

Release Notes for Update 2022.22

Further optimisation has improved the loading speed of the order filters, especially in the admin search.

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New listings in May 2022

In the 2nd quarter of the year 2022, we were again able to gain new suppliers for our ITscope network: You can now order from a total of six new...

Release Notes for Update 2022.21

Further functions have been implemented for the shopping cart in the new storefront, allowing shopping cart optimisation to be applied for visible...

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Price rules and calculations

In the form of short video tutorials, we show you useful features of the ITscope platform quickly and understandably. This time round: price...

Release Notes for Update 2022.20

In the new storefront, further features have been added for working with product collections, and the order of images from the product designer is...

Release Notes for Update 2022.19

Applicable low-quantity surcharges are now also included in PDFs and emails for B2B orders. Also, a new user authorisation for managing addresses has...

Release Notes for Update 2022.17

By default, orders no longer have to be prepared before they are sent; this behaviour can be reset via the test lab if required.

Release Notes for Update 2022.16

Licences, carepacks and Microsoft Surface products can now be ordered from Tech Data via ITscope. In addition, a B2B portal without customers is no...

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ITscope market barometer Q1/2022

Apple is still on course, Samsung's new smartphone gathers momentum and after nine quarters there's finally a new TFT top spot.

Release Notes for Update 2022.15

Procurement prices listed in a B2B portal administration product list are now displayed as 'starting from'-prices. Additionally, the downloadable...

Release Notes for Update 2022.14

With this release, we made sure that articles from the ITscope Blog are reliably displayed in the platform's message centre. In addition, the...

Release Notes for Update 2022.13

This release introduced a revised login and registration page, as well as the option to enter a phone number for an order.

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New listings in March 2022

A total of five new suppliers decided to become part of the ITscope network in the first months of the year.

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Product page

In the form of short video tutorials, we show you useful features of the ITscope platform quickly and understandably. This time round: the product...

Release Notes for Update 2022.12

A range of additional features have been added to the new storefront, and licensee addresses can now be specified for ESD orders for each line item.

Release Notes for Update 2022.10

New design for datasheets, plus licensee addresses for corresponding licence line items are now displayed for an order.

Release Notes for Update 2022.09

Project bundle information is now available via the API and the Apple CTO Finder is now accessible in the new storefront.

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The new interface for ITscope portals

The new storefront is here: delight your customers with a state-of-the-art eCommerce interface and a whole new purchasing experience. 

May we present? Our new website!

We have a new website! After a long period of work, we can finally proudly present our result, the centrepiece of our external presence. 

Release Notes for Update 2022.07

In the detailed view for the product search, the 'Listed since' date is now shown again, and bundle information can now also be used for project...

Release Notes for Update 2022.06

With this release, order approvals can now also be requested in the new storefront, and the RRP of a product can be displayed optionally.

Release Notes for Update 2022.05

Additional features for Ingram Micro Cloud subscriptions and repositioning of the action menu for quotes.

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Quote function

We demonstrate useful features of the ITscope platform quickly and understandably in the form of short video tutorials. This time round: the quote...

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New listings in January 2022

In the final months of 2021, a total of six new suppliers have decided to become a part of the ITscope network.

Release Notes for Update 2022.04

Recurring prices can now also be added to line items in quotes and a Guide article has been supplemented with information on the new sales view.

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ITscope Market Barometer Q4/2021

The new ITscope market barometer is here: read all about the current market developments concerning notebooks, smartphones, tablets and more!

Release Notes for Update 2022.03

Further storefront functions were introduced and the previous customer mode was replaced by the sales view.

Release Notes for Update 2022.02

Line item free texts are now also automatically transferred to the distributor for the resulting order.

Release Notes for Update 2022.01

The tab for support and consulting is now visible to all users, and a reference product can now be created in the product designer.

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Export function

We will show you the many possible uses of the export function and how to make the best use of it.

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ITscope Market Barometer Q3/2021

The new ITscope market barometer is here: read all about the current market developments concerning notebooks, smartphones, graphics cards and more!

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ITscope: the basics

In our basics on the ITscope platform, you will learn how to set up supplier accounts, optimise your shopping baskets and trigger orders.

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3 years B2B Suite: what our users are saying

Die B2B Suite hat Geburtstag: Anlass für uns, unsere Betreiber:innen zu Wort kommen zu lassen zu dem, was gut läuft und was wir noch besser machen...