Year: 2008

  • Ingram Micro, Avnet Report Earnings in Wall Street Meltdown Aftermath

    Jessica Davis

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    Disappointing revenues, low visibility and more interest in lease financing characterized the quarter for technology distributors Ingram Micro and Avnet, reporting their earnings on Oct. 23. "The quarter wasn’t what we expected it to be," said Greg Spierkel, CEO of the world’s largest technology distributor, Ingram Micro. "When we started out and put our forecast… Read more

  • The Planet Adds Managed Backup Services

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Spurred on by customer demand and growing backup and storage needs, hosted infrastructure provider The Planet announced a new managed backup service for dedicated server data.  The solution joins three other Planet Alpha solutions in the Advanced Services division—Alpha Server Monitoring, Alpha Server Security and Alpha Server Administration. >> READ: The Planet’s Planet Alpha and… Read more

  • Tech, Channel Stocks Hammered on Wall Street

    Lawrence Walsh

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    The bears of Wall Street aren’t being kind to publicly traded technology vendors and solution providers. As the markets continued their downward spiral that ended in one of the worst weeks of trading in Wall Street history, technology stocks were hammered as investors anticipated decreasing demand for hardware and software by enterprisers and SMB consumers.… Read more

  • Symantec Launches Two-Tier Symantec Protection Network SAAS Channel Partner Program

    Jessica Davis

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    Two years in the making, Symantec last week at the Symantec PartnerEngage conference announced the formal launch of its Symantec Protection Network—the company’s software-as-a-service entry designed to be sold through channel partners. "Our focus is on the midmarket and SMB, and as a result of that we made a strategic early decision to focus this… Read more

  • TrustMark: Putting a Seal on Security Practices

    Lawrence Walsh

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    There’s an old saying in information security: "Security is a process, not a product." In other words, it’s more about what you do than the equipment and technology that you use to protect IT infrastructure and digital assets.  If security is about the process, how do you—as a solution provider—demonstrate your competency and value to… Read more

  • New Alliance Aims to Revive Printer Channel

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    If you thought opportunities in the printing solutions market were tapped out, think again. There are plenty of ways VARs can expand business and attract new customers with innovative printing solutions, much as Derive Technologies did when they signed a reseller agreement with TallyGenicom. Derive Technologies’ agreement with TallyGenicom, a manufacturer of business-class printers including… Read more