http://www.channelinsider.com Solution Builder - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:42:59 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:42:59 -0500 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:00:22 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Outsourcing-Poised-to-Recover-464332/?kc=rss - While outsourcing may look as if it got a big boost in the third quarter, with total contract value 21 percent higher over Q2 and 40 percent higher year over year, a closer look reveals another trend may be responsible for the spike. Sourcing data and advisory giant TPI, which acts as a matchmake...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Outsourcing-Poised-to-Recover-464332/?kc=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:13 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Laptop-Sales-Boost-AMD-Quarter-Results-158159/?kc=rss - By Ian Sherr and Clare Baldwin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Strong notebook processor sales helped Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE: AMD) post a narrower than expected loss and turn its core chipmaking business profitable, but the results failed to excite investors, who sold off its shares. The s...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Laptop-Sales-Boost-AMD-Quarter-Results-158159/?kc=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:54:55 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Fujitsu-Lenovo-Unveil-Multitouch-Tablets-Laptop-PCs-Ahead-of-Windows-7-Release-354091/?kc=rss - Touch-screens are certainly nothing new in systems from kiosks to iPhones, but now the technology is more often making its way into standard-sized mobile PCs – tablets and even laptops. Case in point is a set of product releases from Fujitsu and Lenovo this week – systems that provide “multitou...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Fujitsu-Lenovo-Unveil-Multitouch-Tablets-Laptop-PCs-Ahead-of-Windows-7-Release-354091/?kc=rss Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:06:01 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Netbooks-Nettops-Threaten-2010-PC-Refresh-Cycle-775173/?kc=rss - Plenty of industry-watchers say that netbooks are cannibalizing sales of traditional notebooks and sacrificing average selling prices of portable PCs. But could that just be the tip of the iceberg? While PC giants such as Dell and HP are forecasting a significant PC refresh cycle for early...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Netbooks-Nettops-Threaten-2010-PC-Refresh-Cycle-775173/?kc=rss Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:54:59 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Social-Media-Changing-Solution-Provider-and-Customer-Relationships-842942/?kc=rss - Traditional Web sites are being replaced by social media and Web 2.0 communities for vendor and partner marketing and sales activities, and the number of people using such tools for sales purposes is increasing as the technology continues to evolve and users start to understand how to better take ad...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Social-Media-Changing-Solution-Provider-and-Customer-Relationships-842942/?kc=rss Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:45:37 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Motorola-Channel-Chief-Calls-on-VARs-to-Get-More-Competitive-317098/?kc=rss - Against a backdrop of the Apollo 11 moon landings, Motorolas Janet Schijns gave solution providers at the CompTIA Breakaway conference a history lesson about the real purpose behind President John Kennedys space challenge. In the early 1960s, the United States was in a pitch battle with the Soviet...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Motorola-Channel-Chief-Calls-on-VARs-to-Get-More-Competitive-317098/?kc=rss Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:52:01 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/How-One-VAR-Save-the-Army-1-Billion-a-Year-428029/?kc=rss - The U.S. Army is a fighting force of more than 1.1 million soldiers and several hundred thousand civilian support personnel and contractors. Each person serving the Army is evaluated annually for fitness and performance, a process that was consuming tens of thousands of work hours and millions of...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/How-One-VAR-Save-the-Army-1-Billion-a-Year-428029/?kc=rss Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:57:47 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Incoming-Symantec-CEO-Talks-Business/?kc=rss - var sPath = window.location.pathname; var moviename = new Array(); moviename = sPath.split( / ); var config = new Array(), configSponsor = new Array(); config[ videoId ] = 16929720001; //the default video loaded into the player 1405310705 config[ videoRef ] = 'Incoming-Symantec-CEO...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Incoming-Symantec-CEO-Talks-Business/?kc=rss Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:21:17 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Server-Wars-AMDs-Opteron-VS-Intels-Xeon/?kc=rss - With the launch of “Shanghai”, AMD has revamped their Opteron product line to do battle with Intels Xeon in the multi-cpu server space. Does Intel have anything to worry about? Server CPUs tend to be unique beasts. Sure you can build a server with a desktop CPU, but once you move into the multi-pro...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Server-Wars-AMDs-Opteron-VS-Intels-Xeon/?kc=rss Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:52:51 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Tech-Recipes-How-to-Build-a-Super-Hot-HighPerformance-Workstation/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Tech-Recipes-How-to-Build-a-Super-Hot-HighPerformance-Workstation/?kc=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:47:06 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Chipmaker-Spansion-Sues-Samsung-for-Infringement/?kc=rss - WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Flash memory maker Spansion (SPSN.O) has filed two lawsuits against Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), accusing the electronics manufacturer of infringing its patents, Spansion said on Monday. Spansion said it filed one lawsuit with the International Trade Commission ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Chipmaker-Spansion-Sues-Samsung-for-Infringement/?kc=rss Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:13:42 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Merrill-Lynch-cuts-Dell-Shares-Fall/?kc=rss - NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch downgraded Dell Inc (DELL.O), citing a deteriorating personal computer market and lack of short-term catalysts to revive growth and knocking its shares down 5 percent. The brokerage, which lowered its rating on Dell to quot;neutral quot; from quot;buy ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Merrill-Lynch-cuts-Dell-Shares-Fall/?kc=rss Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:05:48 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/AMD-Announces-Fast-EnergySaving-Chip/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has started selling the new generation of its Opteron quad core processors for servers, AMD announced on Wednesday, nearly one year after Intel launched its own 45 nanometer chip. After a troubled launch of its earlier Barcelona chip, AMD wai...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/AMD-Announces-Fast-EnergySaving-Chip/?kc=rss Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:32:07 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Intels-Shock-Warning-Sound-Alarm-for-Tech-Sector/?kc=rss - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chip giant Intel Corp cut its fourth-quarter revenue forecast by about 14 percent citing weak demand across the world and in all its products, indicating the economic crisis is set to hurt computer sales in the holiday season and beyond. The shock warning hammered tech shares...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Intels-Shock-Warning-Sound-Alarm-for-Tech-Sector/?kc=rss Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:35:07 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Google-Adds-Video-and-Voice-Chat-to-Gmail/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc (GOOG) added a voice and video chat feature to its Gmail email service on Tuesday, launching a free Web-based service that competes with the likes of eBay's Skype. Gmail and Google App subscribers can now choose to speak with friends on a video screen and simu...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Solution-Builder/Google-Adds-Video-and-Voice-Chat-to-Gmail/?kc=rss