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Quer-me parecer que são empresas que andam cá há mais tempo que a Apple...Ainda por cima empresas que estão abertas hoje com um nome e amanhã com outro, gente sem nada a perder.
1974 — Tech Data Corporation is founded by Edward C. Raymund, marketing data processing supplies directly to end users of mini and mainframe computers.
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1991 — Recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of America's fastest growing companies.
1992 — Adds software and operating systems to line card, including Microsoft products.
1993 — Opens export division in Miami to begin serving Latin America.
1993 — Surpasses $1 billion in annual sales.
1994 — Expands operations to Europe through acquisition of Paris-based Softmart International, S.A., France's largest distributor of personal computer products.
1995 — Debuts on the FORTUNE 500, ranking 464th.
1995 — Implements private label delivery (PLD) on its products; first distributor to implement online access for product searching and order inquiry.
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1998 — Introduces first Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) initiative, and first factory-direct services in company's history.
1998 — Acquires Munich-based Computer 2000 AG, Europe's leading provider of IT products to resellers, expanding its presence to more than 30 countries worldwide.
1999 — Acquires Globelle Canada, a leading mass storage and components distributor, more than doubling its size in the Canadian market.
1999 — Establishes TechSelect, the IT channel's premier SMB reseller community.
2000 — Surpasses $5 billion in online sales.
2003 — Acquires UK-based Azlan Group PLC, a leading publicly-held European distributor of networking and communications products, strengthening its European presence.
2005— FORTUNE places Tech Data atop its Hall of Fame, citing "Tech Data has risen faster on the FORTUNE 500 than any other company." Ranking 110th in 2005, Tech Data ascended 354 places on the FORTUNE 500 since 1995.
2005 — Surpasses $20 billion in sales.
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2012 — Acquires several distribution companies of Specialist Distribution Group (SDG), a leading distributor of enterprise and broadline IT products in the UK, France, and the Netherlands, making Tech Data the leading distributor of both value and broadline IT products in Europe.
2013 — Expands relationship with IBM to offer IBM's full portfolio of products and services in the U.S., including Power Systems and enterprise-class storage.
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É isto... uma empresa de esquina sem nome nem nada a perder :sh)