Year: 2007

  • Cheap Laptops Bad for Vista, Good for Linux

    Cheap Laptops Bad for Vista, Good for Linux

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    The good news for everyone is that you can get a good, solid laptop for under a grand these days. The bad news for Vista users is that many of those laptops, even though they’re sold with Vista, have nothing like enough resources to run Vista decently. This year, from everything I’ve seen, has lived… Read more

  • Dell on Retailer Signing Spree

    Sara Driscoll

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    Dell has signed a deal with Europe’s largest retailer, Carrefour, to sell notebooks and desktops in stores starting January. Carrefour is the second largest retailer in the world, after Wal-Mart, with whom Dell already has an agreement. Carrefour has supermarkets and hypermarkets in more than 30 countries around the globe, including most of Europe, as… Read more

  • New Tech Data Marketing SVP Talks Up Managed Services

    New Tech Data Marketing SVP Talks Up Managed Services

    Sara Driscoll

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    Tech Data’s incoming senior vice president of U.S. marketing intends to focus on two core areas in his new role: SMBs and managed services. Joe Quaglia, who was appointed Nov. 26, will oversee the operations and strategic direction of the distributor’s product marketing and marketing services divisions, including channel marketing teams and eight Specialized Business… Read more

  • The Channel Implications of Dell’s Acquisitions

    Jeff Kaplan

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    Dell has been on a buying spree to create a new portfolio of automated, remote services as a part of its efforts to rejuvenate its overall business. Not long ago this initiative may have been applauded when Dell was the computer industry’s direct sales leader. But instead, Dell’s recent acquisitions have been met with a… Read more

  • Aspen Technology on Partner Hunt

    Aspen Technology on Partner Hunt

    Sara Driscoll

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    Aspen Technology is hoping it has the right formula to attract VARs to sell its process optimization software. The company, which targets the chemical, oil and gas, and pharmaceutical sectors, launched its formal partner program in July and is currently on a recruitment drive to double its partner base. “For Aspen Technology to continue its… Read more

  • Arrow Shoots for Storage Growth

    Arrow Shoots for Storage Growth

    Jessica Davis

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    Arrow’s recent appointment of Sean Kerins as vice president of its North American Storage Group marks an increased focus on fast-growing storage sales at the distribution giant. The Englewood, Colo., company’s Enterprise Computing Solutions Group recently named Kerins to the newly created position, where he will own worldwide storage for both independent and embedded storage… Read more