COMPUTER RESELLERS.Ranked by 2000 L.A. County revenues THE PACESETTER PC MALL INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . PC Mall Inc. continues to be the most successful computer reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, The company reported a 16 percent increase in revenues in L.A. County last year, going from $610 million in 1999 to $706 million. El Segundo-based Wareforce Inc. finished a distant second with $135 million in revenues last year, up 23 percent from $110 million in 1999. "(PC Mall's) success doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. surprise me," said Marcia Marcia can refer to:
Contraction of we are. we're we are business-to-business  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , including state and local government, corporations and education." PC Mall resells computer hardware and software products from the likes of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Compaq (Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX, www.compaq.com) Compaq was the leading PC manufacturer when it was acquired by HP in 2002. Founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, one year later the company shipped 53,000 PC-compatible COMPAQ Portables, resulting in $111 , Toshiba Toshiba Corporation (株式会社東芝 Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba , Apple and Cisco, plus office supplies Office supplies is the generic term that refers to all supplies regularly used in offices by businesses and other organizations, from private citizens to governments, who works with the collection, refinement, and output of information (colloquially referred to as "paper work"). and equipment. The products are sold via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , telemarketing telemarketing, the practice of selling goods or services to customers by means of the telephone or of surveying consumer preferences in telephone conversations. and catalogs. Company divisions include PCMall.com and PC Mall Business Solutions. In its first year, the company published seven catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. editions with a total circulation of 11.1 million copies. Today, catalog circulation has increased to more than 21 million copies. In 1995, the company moved its distribution center from Torrance Torrance, industrial and residential city (1990 pop. 133,107), Los Angeles co., SW Calif.; inc. 1921. It has large aircraft and electronics industries. Among its many manufactures are aircraft, electronics, communications equipment, aluminum products, steel, and to Memphis, Tenn., because officials wanted to be closer to the Federal Express hub there. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ALL the companies on the list of computer resellers sell computer equipment, but that's just one of many things they do. Many offer systems integration, Web design, training support and maintenance, plus other computer-related services that can be as simple as a software upgrade or as complex as an entire accounting system. This year's top company, PC Mall Inc., offers more than 60,000 products from more than 1,000 name-brand manufacturers. PC Mall is a subsidiary of IdeaMall Inc., formerly known as Creative Computers Inc. The still-robust economy throughout the first half of 2000 helped all but three of the top 15 companies on this year's list to show gains in revenues. In fact, their combined revenues were 16 percent higher in 2000 than in 1999. Among the newcomers on this year's list was 3 Point Digital LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Based in Burbank Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. , the company is a high-end high-end adj. Informal 1. Appealing to sophisticated and discerning customers: a high-end department store; high-end video equipment. 2. videotape videotape Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical. production provider for editing, special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. ; animation animation Process of giving the illusion of movement to drawings, models, or inanimate objects. From the mid-1850s, such optical devices as the zoetrope produced the illusion of animation. Stop-action photography enabled the production of cartoon films. , audio production and multimedia content creation clients.
Rank Company (Ranking in 2000) Revenues
* name (L.A. Co. [1]/companywide)
* address * 2000
* 1999
(millions)
1 PC Mall Inc. (1) $706.5/$818.6
2555 W. 190th St. $610.6/$730.2
Torrance 90504
2 Wareforce Inc. (3) 135/180
2361 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 155 110/145
El Segundo 90245
3 West Technology Inc. (4) 85/90
1925 Wright Ave. 53/70
La Verne 91750
4 Avus Systems and Peripherals Inc. (6) 75/84
14415 Don Julian Road 45/50
City of Industry 91746
5 GST(5) 58/69
17707 Valley View Blvd. 54/66
Cerritos 90703
6 Avnet Enterprise Solutions (7) 49.3/390
19191 S. Vermont Ave., Suite 800 35.9/370
Torrance 90502
7 Wesco Computers Corp. (8) 40/40
42 N. Madison Ave. 60/60
Pasadena 91101
8 3 Point Digital L.I.C 35.8/35.8
3300 N. San Fernando Blvd. 51.7/51.7
Burbank 91504
9 Data Systems Worldwide (10) [3] 35.2/39.4
6110 Variel Ave., Second Floor 24.5/27.5
Woodland Hills 91367
10 Computer Supply (13) 16.9/16.9
21540 Prairie St., Suite F 16.3/16.3
Chatsworth 91311
11 KIS Computer Center (14) 12.9/12.9
11805 E. Telegraph Road 14.1/14.1
Santa Fe Springs 90670
12 Mikon Computer Systems Inc. (15) 12.8/12.8
2461 W. 205th St., Suite B-103 12/12
Torrance 90503
13 Di-No-Computers Inc. 9.2/9.2
2091 E. Colorado Blvd. 8.4/8.4
Pasadena 91107
14 Computer Palace 8.3/8.3
415 W. Colorado St. 8.1/8.1
Glendale 91204
15 Network Magic Unlimited 5.3/6
1723 21st St. 5.1/5
Santa Monica 90404
Rank Services
(partial list)
1 rapid response supplier of technology
solutions for business, government and
educational institutions, as well as
consumers
2 information technology solutions:
hardware, software, technical services &
staffing, networking, e-commerce, Web
develop., Internet solutions
3 computer wholesale, retail, system
integration and networking services
4 computer peripherals, integration,
configuration, customization
5 computer reseller, system integration,
configuration and maintenance
services, HP star, MSCP, Intel premium
6 server consolidation and management,
data storage and protection, network
integration and management
7 system integration
8 sell, service, consult and support
high-end content, storage and streaming
products for film and video productions
9 consulting, integration, design,
support, hosting, intranet &
applications development, connectivity,
infrastructure re-engineering,
migration, e-commerce
10 computer technology acquisition and
deployment, authorized service provider
for Compaq and Hewlett Packard
11 computer sales, repair, service, network
12 system and network integration
13 sales and leasing, networking,
consulting, repairs
14 computer retail sales and service,
net working authorized dealer for HP,
Toshiba, Apple, Microsoft, Compaq
15 Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft
Exchange 2000, installation, service,
on-site and remote support network
Rank Products Profile
(partial list) * headquarters
* year established
* locations
(L.A./firmwide)
1 computer hardware, software, Torrance
peripherals, components and 1987
accessories, electronic equipment 2/6
2 Apple, Cisco, Compaq, Hewlett El Segundo
Packard, IBM, Microsoft, NEC/Mitsubishi, 1985
Novell, Sony, Viewsonic 4/19
3 Mitsuba System & Notebook, Intel Network La Verne
& desktop product, AMD System, IBM, 1992
Toshiba, Samsung, 3-Com 5/7
4 computers, peripherals, accessories, City of Industry
hardware, software 1991
1/5
5 GST, Compaq, HP, IBM, Apple, 3-Com, Cerritos
Cisco, Microsoft, Emulex, Toshiba 1984
1/3
6 servers, clients, storage, network and Tempe, Ariz.
management technologies from Compaq, 1978
IBM, HP, Enterasys and software partners 1/16
7 Toshiba, IBM, Sony, HP, Compaq, Pasadena
3-Com, Microsoft 1994
2/3
8 complete solutions, including Burbank
Avid and related products 196
1/4
9 Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Woodland Hills
Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Compaq, 1971
Microsoft, Varitas, 1Planet, eOne 1/2
10 HP, Compaq, Apple, Hitachi, IBM Chatsworth
1983
1/1
11 Apple, IBM, HP, Compaq, Epson, Santa Fe Springs
Toshiba, Novell, Microsoft, Lexmark 1983
1/1
12 Compaq, Cisco, IBM Torrance
1989
1/2
13 Apple computers, printers, Pasandena
scanners, software, digital cameras, 1978
storage devices, networking 2/2
14 HP, Apple, Toshiba, Compaq, Glendale
IBM, Microsoft 1981
3/3
15 Compaq and HP servers, Cisco Santa Monica
switchers and routers, Internet 1993
appliances, Microsoft and Novell 1/1
software
Rank Marketing Top Local Executive
Contact * name
* title
* phone
1 Dan DeVries Frank Khulusi
chairman, ceo, president
(310) 354-5600
2 Marcia Mazria Orie Rechtman
chairman, ceo
(310) 725-5555
3 Nelson Tsay Terry Sy
president
(909) 392-2000
4 Manny Calvin Lam
Menchaca ceo
(626) 333-3833
5 Tracie Persinger Stephen Monteros
general manager
(714) 739-0106
6 Brenda Thoren [2] Carol Kinney
West area v.p.
(310) 787-4100
7 James Han Jim Koo
president
(626) 585-8198
8 Stuart Shook Robert Cloyd
president
(818) 727-3000
9 Jocelyne Henry Phil Mogavero
president
(818) 883-9800
10 Steve Seltzer Sandra Seltzer
president
(818) 407-1555
11 Richard Chan Richard Chan
president
(562) 942-0338
12 Lisa Person Irene Griffiths
ceo
(310) 782-3939
13 Sal Cordaro Larry Moon
vice president
(626) 795-6674
14 John Shamolian Homi Sharnolian
president
(818) 241-2551
15 Douglas Masi Susan Pignotti
president
(310) 449-1411
(1.)Revenues from computer reseller operations in L.A. County. (2.)Phoenix office, (800) 521-3387. (3.)Formerly Data Systems West. Note: The information on this list was supplied by representatives of the companies themselves. Companies are ranked by 2000 revenues from L.A. County reseller operations. The survey was completed during the week of April 2, 2001. To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors typographical error - (typo) An error while inputting text via keyboard, made despite the fact that the user knows exactly what to type in. This usually results from the operator's inexperience at keyboarding, rushing, not paying attention, or carelessness. Compare: mouso, thinko. sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to the Research Department, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Not to be confused with Wiltshire. Wilshire may refer to:
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