Year: 2008
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Array Networks Wants Citrix’s GoToMyPC Off the Desktop
Mobile, traveling and remote workers often have a common need, the ability to access their desktop PCs from beyond the brick-and-mortar environment of a corporate location. Add to that the rising trend of telecommuting, and remote access is a technology that can only grow in demand and that is good news for solution providers looking to… Read more
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Is Super Micro Ready for Channel Prime Time?
Categories: News and TrendsThe channel has long been reticent to consider white-box builders as a viable alternative to their established brands. But is that now changing? Super Micro Computer, long a name in components manufacturing and distribution, has made inroads into the channel with its blade systems, servers and high-end desktop systems, bringing to market products often… Read more
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Leading with Security
This may come as a shock to some people in the solution provider community, but there are actually people working within internal IT departments that don’t want to see providers of outsourced IT services succeed. In terms of news flashes, this ranks right up with the fact that there is gambling going on in… Read more
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Adtran Enlists VADs to Attack SMB Market
Adtran is pinning its hopes of penetrating the lucrative SMB market and capture share from larger rivals Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks by converting some of its largest solution providers into value-added distributors (VADs) that service smaller resellers. Adtran has long boasted having superior networking and communications equipment that carry higher margins for authorized resellers.… Read more
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IBM Global Financing Drops Small Business Flexible Credit Program
IBM Global Financing will discontinue its IBM Flexible Credit program for inventory financing at the end of 2008, saying it "did not meet the business goals set by IBM Global Financing." IBM has notified its business partners and resellers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom of the change, a company spokesman confirms.… Read more
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Forrester: Recession to Slow Down 2009 US IT Spending
IT spending will be significantly lower than previously expected in 2009, but is still expected to grow, according to Forrester Research, which issued its U.S. IT spending forecast report today. Forrester Research is now projecting IT spending to grow by 1.6 percent in 2009, down from the analyst firm’s previous projection of 6.1 percent that… Read more