Year: 2006
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Consumers Punishing Physical Stores for Sins of Online Counterparts
Categories: News and TrendsRetailers for years have argued that their online and offline operations should be seen as one. A recent survey suggests customers are viewing them as one and that some retailers may regret it. The survey by Gomez, an Internet performance tracking company, shows that many consumers who have a bad online experience are avoiding the… Read more
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Channel Sees Opportunities in Microsoft, Novell Agreement
Categories: News and TrendsIt seemed that everyone at CHIPS Computer Consulting in Lake Success, N.Y., had something to say about the news. “I got an e-mail this morning saying that it was a sign that the apocalypse had come,” said Evan Leonard, the president of CHIPS. What had got people talking was the news that on Nov. 2,… Read more
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StoreVault Gets Its SMB Channel House in Order
Categories: News and TrendsA few months ago, StoreVault did not even exist. The company came into being after Network Appliance, a storage appliance vendor based in Sunnyvale, Calif. known for catering its solutions to the enterprise, decided that it needed a different approach to reach SMBs (small and midsize businesses). The company came up with an application, the… Read more
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Office Live Makes Online Presence Known
Categories: News and TrendsWith the official launch of Office Live, Microsoft will introduce several enhancements to the Web-based service aimed at helping small businesses develop an online presence. The service, which Microsoft has been beta testing since February, will go live on Nov. 15 with public availability in the United States. At the same time, Office Live betas… Read more
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What, the Channel Worry?
Categories: News and TrendsOngoing talk of an economic slowdown had me thinking I would encounter a bunch of skittish solution providers last month at an industry event. Instead, every time I asked solution providers if they were worried about the slowdown, even a possible recession, the response amounted to nothing more than a shrug. I had to look… Read more
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Insecurity Runs High in the Security Channel
Categories: News and TrendsAt no time in recent memory has there been so much angst and agita among solution providers that specialize in security than today. What’s driving all that antsy behavior isn’t so much the advent of a more secure Vista operating system from Microsoft, but rather a whole host of issues that begins with the question… Read more