Year: 2008
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How to Avoid Being Driven Mad by Managed Services
When it comes to anything related to information technology, it’s always the little things that ultimately kill you. And nothing can kill a managed service business faster than all the costs associated with tracking down some intermittent performance issue that cannot be easily replicated. Anybody running a managed service, or for that matter anybody in… Read more
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D-Link Refreshes Xtreme N Line with DIR-825 Wireless Router
Doing more with less has been the goal of business operations for some time now. Nowhere has this become more evident than with the IT components and budgets of small businesses. In fact, "more with less" has become the axiom not only of those small businesses, but also of the solution providers servicing those businesses.… Read more
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HP Welcomes Proposals That Target Non-HP Customers
In the ever-tightening economy, Hewlett-Packard sees the path to continued fiscal health and growth running through new customers that have never bought the company’s products. To reach those large swaths of non-HP customers, the vendor is welcoming partnership proposals from solution providers that promise to capture more of that business. Speaking at the Synnex national… Read more
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Report: Supply Chain Shows PC Sales Lower Through Q1
If you are seeing PC hardware sales turn cold, you are not alone. FBR Research reports that its supply chain checks indicate that shipments of PCs for both Dell and Hewlett-Packard have slowed down even more than previously reported. “This is the second time in three months that we have cut our PC vendor estimates,”… Read more
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Beyond the Headlines of Disaster Preparedness
Hurricanes such as this year’s Ike and 2005’s Katrina are natural disasters that unfurl in slow-motion. Ike entered the inner Caribbean on Sept. 1 but didn’t make landfall in Galveston, Texas, for nearly two weeks. This gave tens of thousands of coastal residents time to evacuate to safer areas. But two weeks of preparation wasn’t enough to… Read more
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Proceed with Caution: The Road to Data Center Virtualization
Efficiencies and power savings often drive virtualization projects, whether they be for the desktop, server, storage or the whole data center. IT solution providers have an array of technologies to choose from now, with VMware, Citrix’s XenSource, Microsoft Hyper-V or hypervisor. But IT consultants and solution providers need to evaluate the opportunity for customer savings… Read more