Year: 2007

  • Demand for High-End Chips Drives Up Intel Profits

    Demand for High-End Chips Drives Up Intel Profits

    Scott Ferguson

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    Increased demand for high-end, quad-core processors for servers and desktops enabled Intel to post solid financial results for the third quarter. The numbers, released Oct. 16, show the Santa Clara, Calif., company’s net income at about $1.9 billion for the quarter, an increase of 43 percent over the same period last year. Gross margins, a… Read more

  • CDW Aims to Help Prevent SMB Mistakes

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Small businesses will be able to measure themselves against their midmarket counterparts, learning from their mistakes and successes, following the launch of a benchmarking tool from CDW. The Small Business Technology Assessment Tool is a free online tool that uses CDW’s Business Rearview Mirror survey, published Aug. 20, 2007, as a benchmark against which small… Read more

  • It’s Time to Rethink Certification Taxes

    Michael Vizard

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    One of the things that most solution providers find insulting is the simple fact that they essentially have to pay for the privilege to sell products for the benefit of vendors. The reasons that most vendors have certification programs in the first place is because they believe it’s an effective mechanism for trimming the ranks… Read more

  • SAP Rules with Yasu Buyout

    SAP Rules with Yasu Buyout

    Sara Driscoll

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    SAP intends to acquire business rules management vendor Yasu Technologies, as it continues its acquisition stampede. The deal, announced Oct. 17 at the SAP TechEd conference in Munich, was coupled with news that the vendor is attempting to get closer to the open-source community and also push further into the enterprise SOA (service-orientated architecture) market.… Read more

  • Novell Offers Channel Linux Bundle

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    Novell is offering the first Linux-based desktop-to-server package to SMBs with its Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business bundled package. Novell Open Workgroup Suite Small Business Edition, a SUSE Linux-based desktop-to-server solution tailored to meet the needs of small businesses, combines the flexibility and cost efficiency of open-source software with the support of Novell and… Read more

  • Ingram Micro Speeds Cisco Smartnet Orders

    Jessica Davis

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    Ingram Micro solution providers are getting a new shortcut to Cisco Smartnet orders—a one-step process available through the distributor’s Reseller Services Portal. The new capability, announced at the distribution giant’s VentureTech Network Invitational partner event Oct. 16, comes from MaintenanceNet, a provider of maintenance contract management services. The technology is built into the portal’s Integrated… Read more