Top 50 Preference Index

RANKING BASED ON

a comparison of a particular source's weighted mentions vs. the the average of all sources' weighted mentions; all study sources had to meet a required minimum number of mentions.

SD = SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTOR

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CSB/SA = CUSTOM-SYSTEM

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BUILDER/SUBASSEMBLY

TECH DATA

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Clearwater Fla.

INGRAM MICRO

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Santa Ana, Calif.

SYNNEX

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Fremont, Calif.

DELL

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Round Rock, TX

HEWLETT PACKARD

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Palo Alto, Calif.

CDW

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Vernon Hills, Ill.

D&H DISTRIBUTING

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Harrisburg, PA

IBM

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Armonk, N.Y.

MICROSOFT

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Redmond, WA

CISCO SYSTEMS

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San Jose, Calif.

RANKING BASED ON

a comparison of a particular source's weighted mentions vs. the the average of all sources' weighted mentions; all study sources had to meet a required minimum number of mentions.

SD = SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTOR

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CSB/SA = CUSTOM-SYSTEM

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BUILDER/SUBASSEMBLY

EBAY

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San Jose, Calif.

ASI

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Fremont, Calif.

COMPUSA

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Dallas

TIGER DIRECT

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Miami

FRY'S ELECTRONICS

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Sunnyvale, Calif.

NEWEGG.COM

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City Of Industry, Calif.

BEST BUY

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Harrisburg, PA

SUN MICROSYSTEMS

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Santa Clara, Calif.

AVNET

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Phoenix

STAPLES

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Framingham, MA

RANKING BASED ON

a comparison of a particular source's weighted mentions vs. the the average of all sources' weighted mentions; all study sources had to meet a required minimum number of mentions.

SD = SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTOR

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CSB/SA = CUSTOM-SYSTEM

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BUILDER/SUBASSEMBLY

EMC

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Hopkinson, MA

BUY.COM

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Aliso Viejo, Calif.

ORACLE

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Redwood Shores, Calif.

MA LABS

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San Jose, Calif.

INFOTEL

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Fletcher, Ohio.

ARROW ELECTRONICS

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Melville, N.Y.

PC CONNECTION

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Merrimack, N.H.

SCANSOURCE

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Greenville, S.C.

SENECA DATA

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North Syracuse, N.Y.

RANKING BASED ON

a comparison of a particular source's weighted mentions vs. the the average of all sources' weighted mentions; all study sources had to meet a required minimum number of mentions.

SD = SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTOR

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CSB/SA = CUSTOM-SYSTEM

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BUILDER/SUBASSEMBLY

SED INTER-
NATIONAL

Tucker, GA

SYMANTEC

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Cupertino, Calif.

AGILYSYS

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Cleveland

SEAGATE

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Scotts Valley, Calif.

AMAX

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Fremont, Calif.

BELL MICRO-
PRODUCTS

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San Jose, Calif.

MAXTOR

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Milpitas, Calif.

OFFICE DEPOT

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Delray, Fla.

INTEL

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Santa Clara, Calif.

RANKING BASED ON

a comparison of a particular source's weighted mentions vs. the the average of all sources' weighted mentions; all study sources had to meet a required minimum number of mentions.

SD = SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTOR

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CSB/SA = CUSTOM-SYSTEM

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BUILDER/SUBASSEMBLY

EMJ DATA SYSTEMS*

Guelph, Ontario

WESTCON

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Tarrytown, N.Y.

STORAGETEK

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Louisville, Colo.

SUPERCOM

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Markham, Ontario

ACCESS DIS-
TRIBTION**

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Westminister, Colo.

EQUUS COMPUTER SYSTEMS

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Minneapolis

PROVANTAGE

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North Canton, Ohio

APPLE

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Cupertino, Calif.

GATEWAY

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Poway, Calif.