Tech Data en la lista de las 100 mejores empresas publicada por Business Week
La lista incluye las 100 mejores empresas de tecnologÃa del mundo y Tech Data obtiene el primer puesto en la categorÃa de distribuidores.
22 de junio de 1999 - En inglés
CLEARWATER, FLA. - BUSINESS WEEK named Tech Data Corporation as the highest-ranking distributor in its "Info Tech 100," the magazine's second-annual list of the world's best-performing technology companies. The BUSINESS WEEK Info Tech 100 issue was published on June 21, 1999.
A leading distributor of computer technology worldwide, Tech Data was ranked 64th overall in BUSINESS WEEK'S Info Tech 100. The company's sales of $11.5 billion for the year ending January 31, 1999, earned Tech Data 24th place overall in revenue.
"We believe that listings such as the Info Tech 100 further validate our position at the center of the global technology supply chain and our ability to successfully manage change in this intensely competitive marketplace," said Steven A. Raymund, Chairman and CEO of Tech Data.
BUSINESS WEEK compiled the Info Tech 100 after first reviewing financial data from Standard & Poor's Compustat, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that has computerized information on 10,000 publicly traded corporations. The magazine narrowed the analysis to IT companies and then added non-U.S. tech companies identified by its network of foreign bureaus. Qualifying companies generated at least $300 million in annual revenue last year. Internet companies, however, with $5 million or more in sales were also included "because their impact is often more significant than their revenues," according to the magazine. Companies that did not increase revenues as fast as their industry were eliminated from contention. The remaining group of companies was ranked on four criteria that were given equal weight: shareholder return, return on equity, revenue growth, and total revenues. In addition to other criteria, the magazine excluded companies with either sharp declines in current financial results or developments that raise questions about future performance.
About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation, founded in 1974, is a leading full-line distributor of technology products worldwide. The Fortune 500 company and its subsidiaries operate in over 30 countries, serving more than 100,000 resellers in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. In addition to distributing more than 75,000 products, Tech Data provides extensive pre- and post-sale training, service and support as well as high-quality configuration and assembly services and a full range of electronic commerce solutions. The company generated sales of $11.5 billion in its most recent fiscal year, which ended January 31, 1999. Tech Data's Web site can be found at www.techdata.com.
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