Year: 2012

  • Creating IT Futures: Looking for a Few Good VARs

    Jessica Davis

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    Are you looking to hire in 2012 but want to give something back to the industry as well? CompTIA’s Creating IT Futures Foundation is looking for a few good VARs to volunteer for its IT-Ready Apprentice Program. The program, announced in fall 2011, provides employers with IT-Ready Apprentices who have been trained by CompTIA and… Read more

  • Recruitment Firms Specialize in the Channel

    Alison Diana

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    Solution providers may prefer seeking out job candidates via word-of-mouth and referrals from current employees or customers, but sometimes they need outside assistance from recruitment firms. For those channel organizations seeking a helping hand, there are placement firms that specialize in working with VARs, from offering temporary staff to recommending potential full-time staffers in an… Read more

  • Sign of the Times: Now Hiring

    Alison Diana

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    The overall unemployment rate is slowly inching downward, and an informal survey of solution providers shows that channel executives are quickly bolstering their staffs as customers gear-up to spend on long-delayed IT projects and invest in new technologies that will help their businesses save money, enhance productivity, or become more flexible. Currently, the general unemployment… Read more

  • Android Tablets

    Android Tablets

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Android Tablets Care for some Ice Cream Sandwich on that tablet? Plenty of manufacturers will oblige when they roll out the so-called version Android 4.0 on a slew of new tablets that will offer bigger screens, lighter weights and more than enough processing power to rumble with the iPad. Ultrabooks Good bye netbook, hello ultrabook.… Read more

  • 1. Microsoft Is Leaving

    1. Microsoft Is Leaving

    Don Reisinger

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    1. Microsoft Is Leaving Microsoft was one of the Consumer Electronics Show’s biggest draws. Each year, it would kick off the event and set the tone for the rest of the week. But now that Microsoft is leaving, what can the CEA do to attract a Microsoft-like company? Chances are, very little. 2. Where’s Apple?… Read more

  • HP Folio 13

    HP Folio 13

    Ericka Chickowski

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    HP Folio 13 HP has tried to keep a balance in its first ultrabook offering, preserving the endangered Ethernet port while also including TPM and Bluetooth. There’s even a rubberized bottom to help keep the Folio off of the coffee-shop floor.WEIGHT: 3.3 lbsPROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-2467M 1.3GHzSCREEN: 13-inchCOST: $900 LG z430 The z430 ships with… Read more