Year: 2011

  • Tech Data Profits Up as Currencies Change

    Nathan Eddy

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    Showing strength under challenging conditions amid fears of a worldwide economic slowdown, IT products distributor Tech Data saw its third quarter sales rise to nearly $6.6 billion, a 7 percent increase from the same period last year. Operating income for the third quarter was $89.6 million. The company noted the strengthening of certain foreign currencies… Read more

  • Domino Bots

    Domino Bots

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Domino Bots Your IT security guy will get a kick out of your geeky reference to his battles with botnets with this cutely designed set of dominos.http://www.uncommongoods.com/product/domino-bots$15.00 Novelty Computer Keys Whether you’re the IT guy or just a regular old finance person, just about any computer user on the planet has at some time or… Read more

  • GroupLogic mobilEcho

    GroupLogic mobilEcho

    Ericka Chickowski

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    GroupLogic mobilEcho Designed to head off problems stemming from cloud storage use to support iPad use, mobilEcho gives IT a secure alternative to offer. It lets the user store and securely transfer files back and forth to a safe file server and integrates with Active Directory to enforce policies and give better visibility into file… Read more

  • Health Care Mobile Adoption Strong, Cloud Use Weak: CompTIA

    Channel Insider Staff

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    CompTIA, the nonprofit IT association for the IT industry, has released its "Third Annual Healthcare IT Insights and Opportunities" study showing small physician practices continuing to complement laptops and desktop PCs with smartphones and tablets but slow to adopt cloud computing services. The organization conducted the study, announced on Nov. 16, to find out where companies… Read more

  • SMBs Investing in Fragmented UC Solutions: AMI

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In its latest research, the 2011-2012 North America SMB Unified Communications Overview, IT research firm AMI-Partners found that while deployment of full or complete Unified Communications (UC) solutions in North America is low, adoption of its individual components is actually rather high. More than half of small to medium-size businesses (SMBs, or firms with 1-999… Read more

  • Skype, Facebook Release Expanded Video Chatting Capabilities

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Having been integrated into Microsoft, Skype is now moving ahead with new Facebook integration and some new features for its Mac and Windows versions. The latest versions of Skype for Mac and Windows now boast the ability to conduct Facebook-to-Facebook calls from within Skype. Starting such a call involves connecting the user s Skype and… Read more