Year: 2007

  • HD Video Conferencing for the Rest of Us

    HD Video Conferencing for the Rest of Us

    Paula Musich

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    To thank Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard for validating the market for high-definition video conference, LifeSize Communications is launching three offerings that make the technology more affordable and accessible. The new LifeSize Express, LifeSize Team MP and LifeSize Conference, launched Oct. 23 at Fall Interop in New York, are aimed at different environments and multiple locations… Read more

  • Is Small the Next Big Thing for AMD?

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    In the past, a big honking beige box was the sign of processing power, and of course that box would have to be equipped with cooling fans that could drown out a jet liner and create a tornadolike vortex under the user’s desk. Luckily, the PC industry has come to its senses and is now… Read more

  • Lloyd Group Offers IT Managed Care

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    The Lloyd Group is not a managed service provider. Co-founder, President and CEO Adam L. Eiseman won’t even let the staff of his New York-based solution provider use the words. “We banned ‘managed services’ from our vocabulary years ago,” Eiseman told audiences Oct. 15 at the Ingram Micro Venture Tech event, in Las Vegas, Nev.… Read more

  • Channel: What’s the Future?

    Sara Driscoll

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    Crystal balls aside, a serious business question was posed at the kick off panel debate at Gartner Channel Vision 2007 in Palm Springs yesterday: What will the channel look like in 2010? The panel of experts including executives from Oracle, Microsoft, Ingram and a range of solution providers lead by Gartner research director Tiffani Bova,… Read more

  • SAAS Channel Data Provider Wins Investment

    SAAS Channel Data Provider Wins Investment

    Jessica Davis

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    SAAS-based channel data services provider InfoNow has raised $6 million in venture funding, the company announced. InfoNow, which collects, processes and enriches channel sales and inventory data for companies that sell through channel partner networks, said it would use the proceeds to further invest in product development, marketing and sales activities. InfoNow restructured its organization… Read more

  • Dell Products Available at Staples

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Small businesses will soon be able to buy a Dell PCs, once only available directly from the manufacturer, at Staples’ 1,400 office supply stores and from the retailer’s Web site. Dell’s deal with Staples, announced Oct. 22, follows the Round Rock, Texas OEM’s moves earlier this year to change from a direct-only model to one… Read more