Year: 2005

  • Will Your Clients’ PCs Run Windows Vista?

    Will Your Clients’ PCs Run Windows Vista?

    John G. Spooner

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    Not all PCs will gain a full view of Windows Vista. Microsoft Corp. has yet to finalize the minimum requirements for a PC to run its forthcoming operating system. But numerous PC industry watchers predict a dichotomy for the OS, which is due in late 2006. Although it will be able to run on all… Read more

  • Lenovo Partners Left Empty-Handed

    Lenovo Partners Left Empty-Handed

    Pedro Pereira

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    Sales of IBM PCs under new owner Lenovo have proven so successful that the company is having trouble filling orders for some models, according to a Lenovo executive. For Lenovo Group Ltd. channel partners trying to fill customer orders, the product constraints are a hassle. Some partners worry their end-user customers will switch to other… Read more

  • IBM Changes Terms, Loses Partners

    Channel Insider Staff

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    IBM Shrinks Suppliers: Round Two IBM has been offering lower margins in return for higher volumes to its staff augmentation contractors, a move that has caused some to leave the business. Keane Inc. last month dropped its staff augmentation work at IBM, citing a recent change in IBM’s direction. Another IT services provider, Ciber Inc.,… Read more

  • TimeLab’s Chip Tunes PC Performance

    John G. Spooner

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    Timing is everything when it comes to wringing the most out of a PC. TimeLab Corp., a 4-year-old Andover, Mass., startup founded by researchers from Zoran Corp., a maker of chips for products such as DVD drives, is expected to later this month unveil TotalClock, a digital clock chip it says replaces the traditional timing… Read more

  • ‘Information’ Part of IT is VARs’ Best Option

    ‘Information’ Part of IT is VARs’ Best Option

    Pedro Pereira

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    Las Vegas: The information-technology industry has always focused more on the technology than the information. But as margins tighten and customers seek more value, it’s time to shift the spotlight to information, Xerox North America President James A. Firestone told a gathering of VARs on Wednesday. “The t side [of the information-technology equation] is all… Read more

  • Channel Roundup: CBL Data Recovery, String Bean, Avanton, Finjan and Xyratex

    Karen Schwartz

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    CBL Data Recovery Technologies launches a Web portal for channel partners, String Bean Software partners with Planet Technologies, Avanton inks a distribution alliance with Marketlink, Finjan signs a distributor agreement with Alternative Technology, and Xyratex signs an OEM distribution agreement with Condre Storage. CBL Launches Online Portal CBL Data Recovery Technologies Inc., of Armonk, N.Y.,… Read more