Component shortages are hitting the IT channel hard
When Availability Becomes More Important Than Vendor Loyalty Between March and May 2026, we surveyed 387 IT service providers, system houses, and system integrators in Germany and Austria about the current component shortages in the server and storage sectors. The results clearly show that price increases—in some cases amounting to several hundred percent—along with a lack of supply and rapidly changing availability are increasing pressure throughout the entire channel. Projects are being postponed […]