Year: 2007

  • SAAS Gaining Ground on Software

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Gartner stats show that the growth rate of software as a service is overtaking that of software in a number of technology categories. Read more

  • Processor Shipments Reflect Robust PC Market

    Processor Shipments Reflect Robust PC Market

    Scott Ferguson

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    These are good times for the PC market. These are good times to buy a PC. Two recent reports from IDC on microprocessor and PC sales indicate demand for PCs is booming—microprocessor sales shot to $8 billion in the third quarter of 2007, up 14.8 percent, and PC shipments jumped to 68.5 million units shipped… Read more

  • Trend Micro to Snap Up Provilla for DLP

    Trend Micro to Snap Up Provilla for DLP

    Brian Prince

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    Trend Micro announced plans Thursday to purchase Provilla, becoming the latest security firm to add data loss prevention tools via acquisition. The Japan-based Trend Micro will operate Provilla, based in Mountain View, Calif., as a subsidiary of Trend Micro’s U.S. affiliate. Provilla’s products specialize in intelligent content filtering and policy enforcement, capabilities Trend Micro officials… Read more

  • In the Face of Disaster, There Are No Competitors

    Pedro Pereira

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    Alan McDonald was just happy to see the sky on Thursday. The president of Allconnected, a solution provider in Simi Valley, Calif., had been driving around to attend to business when he realized that for the first time in days the haze from the devastating Southern California wildfires had given way to some blue. It… Read more

  • Spierkel, Ingram Venture Forth

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Mike Vizard:The first thing I thought I’d ask you since we’re here at your event is, you know, there’s still a lot of choices among the distributors. I can go to any one of your competitors, low and high — and I won’t bother going through the list out of respect for your event —… Read more

  • Arrow, Avnet, Ingram Micro Report Higher Enterprise Sales

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Arrow’s Enterprise Computing Sales Up 15% Arrow says profitability was not the best in the third quarter due to its product mix and investments. Avnet Q1 Revenues Grow on Acquisitions The distributor’s strategy calls for more acquisitions in key geographic areas such as Asia. Ingram Micro Q3 Sales Up 15% Asia-Pacific and Europe were particularly… Read more