Year: 2007

  • Distribution 2.0: The New Boom Times

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In fiscal year 2006, IT distribution enjoyed its biggest sales year since the record-setting year of 2000, before it all came crashing down in the dot-com bust. Here are some of the technologies that led the pack, courtesy of the Global Technology Distrib Read more

  • Managed Security Services on the Upswing in the Sub-1,000-Seat Set

    Managed Security Services on the Upswing in the Sub-1,000-Seat Set

    Karen Schwartz

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    The threat of malware, the potential damage and the security management involved in defending against it have grown so important and complicated that they have exceeded the abilities of IT shops to control at most businesses under 1,000 employees. Depending on a company’s location, even finding staff can be difficult and the cost can be… Read more

  • Apple’s Quiet Enterprise Channel

    Daniel Drew Turner

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    Apple has made strong surges in the personal computer space in the last decade, but the company has shown little direct interest in one large market where Windows still has a stronghold: the enterprise. Instead, Apple leaves the space open to third-party developers and service providers for companies that express interest in placing Macs in… Read more

  • Top Executives VARs Need to Know at Intel

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Intel reshuffled some of its channel ranks in 2007, offered partners a suite of Google advertising tools and new options around market development funds, and generally gained more momentum against rival AMD. Here are the people who made it happen—Int Read more

  • Ingram Micro Gives VARs High Sign

    Ingram Micro Gives VARs High Sign

    Jessica Davis

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    Looking to capture more of a fast-growing market for channel partners, Ingram Micro has launched a new division devoted to digital signage solutions. The division will focus on selling digital signs, both LCD and plasma-based, as well as the products that work behind the scenes to enable digital signage. “The channel as a whole is… Read more

  • Kofax Captures HP Deal

    Sara Driscoll

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    HP and Kofax have signed an agreement that will see HP resell and support Kofax’s capture and exchange technology. Kofax, which also has become an HP Platinum Partner, will see its Intelligent Capture & Exchange integrated into HP imaging and printing solutions. This includes intelligent document recognition to classify and extract data from any document… Read more