What a difference a year can make. In early 2009, buyers were on top, able to purchase most of what they needed at discounted prices, as suppliers' inventories were bulging at the seams. It is all different in early 2010, though, according to James Rank, director of global purchasing, for iDirect in Herndon, Va., which provides satellite-based IP communications technology for connectivity of voice, video and data applications.
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