Year: 2007

  • VARs Scramble for Training on ‘Disruptive’ OCS Technology

    VARs Scramble for Training on ‘Disruptive’ OCS Technology

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Some Microsoft partners believe Office Communications Server could double their business, sparking a rush to get up to speed on the new unified communications technology. To help get VARs up to speed, Techtionary, an online provider of rich media tutorials and technology training, announced the week of Dec. 24 that it will add a Microsoft… Read more

  • The Matter of Marketing

    Sara Driscoll

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    Some channel players view marketing in the same way as my father: It’s a namby-pamby sector with not a lot of industry grit or skills around it. Marketing—what does it actually mean? Is it just an excuse for creative types to brainstorm while sitting in an overly trendy office on brightly colored bean bags? Or… Read more

  • Glub, Glub: SCO Drops Off the Nasdaq

    Glub, Glub: SCO Drops Off the Nasdaq

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    In the almost five years since SCO launched its attack on Linux and IBM, open-source and legal experts have predicted that SCO would fail and the company would collapse with its lawsuits. That day is one day closer at hand. On Dec. 27, SCO was delisted from the Nasdaq. There’s no surprise here. After several… Read more

  • TeraMedica Adds Dell Boxes to Simplify Its X-ray and Imaging Solutions

    TeraMedica Adds Dell Boxes to Simplify Its X-ray and Imaging Solutions

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    TeraMedica announced the week of Dec. 17 that it has entered into a hardware reseller agreement with Dell that will help hospitals save money and could ensure interoperability with existing hospital infrastructure. Under the terms of the agreement, TeraMedica, a health care software provider, will package and resell its Evercore digital medical imaging solution on… Read more

  • IT Forecasts for 2008 Are All Over the Map

    Michael Vizard

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    Just about every channel executive in the industry today is pretty much wondering the same thing about 2008 as all the various prognostications continue to roll in. The problem facing everybody is that the economic predictions being made today are all over the map. We all know that the general macroeconomic climate continues to be… Read more

  • Driving Innovation Culture to Thrive in Lean Times

    James Todhunter

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    Understanding the coming change is stimulating renewed discussion among executives on how to establish a culture that drives sustainable innovation to build value in lean times. Yet, executive commitment to an innovation culture does not necessarily translate into high performance execution of the innovation agenda. Surveys from leading consultancies and analyst firms also confirm that… Read more