Year: 2014

  • Arrow Launches a Global Training Alliance

    Arrow Launches a Global Training Alliance

    Gina Roos

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    Arrow Electronics launched its Global Training Alliance with the announcement that Fast Lane, a provider of advanced IT training courses, is the first to join the global program. The alliance is designed to extend Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions education coverage and infrastructure with select partners. “When IBM decided to change their model with regard to… Read more

  • Semiconductor Industry to See Less Volatility Long Term

    Semiconductor Industry to See Less Volatility Long Term

    Nathan Eddy

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    Semiconductor Industry to See Less Volatility Long Term Semiconductor Revenue Is Expected to Rise, but Slowly 77% of respondents say their company will see semiconductor revenue growth in the next year, compared with 75% a year ago. Small Percentage of Execs Expect Big Revenue Gains Only 22% of the respondents expect revenue to increase more… Read more

  • The Snowden Effect on the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    It’s pretty clear that Edward Snowden’s revelations concerning the extent to which the National Security Agency (NSA) is snooping on users of cloud and telecommunications services are weighing heavily on customers’ minds. We may never know how many customers in the United States, for example, will now opt to build private clouds on their own… Read more

  • Symantec Revamps Its Channel Strategy

    Symantec Revamps Its Channel Strategy

    Michael Vizard

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    As part of the Symantec 4.0 restructuring initiative launched last year by CEO Steve Bennett, the company is gearing up to revamp its channel program in 2014. Having consolidated more than 150 separate products into 10 sets of offerings around which Symantec is concentrating its sales and marketing efforts, John Eldh, vice president of North… Read more

  • Can the Channel Field the Apple Opportunity?

    Michael Vizard

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    One thing solution providers are going to see a lot more of in 2014 is devices from Apple in their customer accounts. In the United States at least, Apple still dominates the consumer agenda. One way or another, a huge percentage of those devices, especially Apple iPads, are going to find their way into the… Read more