British system builders feeling the squeeze

Friday, December 12th, 2008

The impact of the credit crunch has been widespread and well-publicised: Woolworths has seen more customers through its doors in the past week than it had in the past year thanks to a price-busting closing down sale, and banks are either collapsing or being nationalised at a fearsome rate.

As always, though, an economic downturn has a profound effect at every level of society – even if they don’t make the headlines. The IT industry, for instance, is feeling the haunting presence of the current crisis. In particular, system builders are feeling the squeeze as component prices rocket – and we’ve asked several of them for their thoughts on the future and how they’re planning to cope.

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