Year: 2007

  • Changes Ahead for Traditional Channel Companies

    Changes Ahead for Traditional Channel Companies

    Jessica Davis

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    New IT delivery models such as software as a service, infrastructure utility and managed services have the potential to turn the traditional VAR and solution provider channel upside down. That’s according to a research report from Gartner that further said the changes will impact the way traditional IT channels and distribution companies operate. With their… Read more

  • Microsoft Helps MCPs Get Social

    Microsoft Helps MCPs Get Social

    Jessica Davis

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    Microsoft has launched a suite of tools aimed at driving greater networking and interaction between its Microsoft Certified Professionals and allowing them to differentiate themselves. The software giant is giving MCPs access to the partner level of its Microsoft Product Support Knowledge Base, previously accessible only to Microsoft partners and Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs.… Read more

  • Avnet Expands Services to HP Unix Servers

    Avnet Expands Services to HP Unix Servers

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Avnet Technology Solutions announced Nov. 26 that it has expanded its OneTech Consolidation Impact Assessment consulting services to support Hewlett-Packard Unix server environments. The announcement was made at Avnet’s HP Partner Summit held Nov. 26-29 in Phoenix. The companies also announced that Avnet’s HP business reached a landmark $1 billion in revenue worldwide in HP’s… Read more

  • Webroot and Email Systems to Merge

    Sara Driscoll

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    Webroot Software and Email Systems have merged to form a security software-as-a-service provider, capable of delivering e-mail archiving, encryption, anti-spam and anti-phishing services in an on-demand model. Webroot, traditionally an on-premises security software provider, and Email Systems, a SAAS security provider, will continue to run in their respective markets, although Webroot will eventually take on… Read more

  • Keeping It Elsewhere

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    The Web 2.0 world has brought many innovations to the market, while eliminating physical barriers between businesses and the Internet, especially when it comes to hosted services. Many businesses are fueling the growth of those Web-based services by adopting technologies such as software as a service, hosted office suites, Web applications and Asynchronous JavaScript and… Read more

  • Who Knows What When

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Business is all about communications, and as businesses add advanced communications technologies, information that is shared grows exponentially. Today, many knowledge workers are awash in voice mail, text messages, e-mails, bulletin—board posts and so on. While managing all that information has become a real chore for many, the bigger problem is that more and more… Read more