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Partnering Will Be Key for VARs in ’06, IDC Says

VARs must master partnering if they are to stay competitive in 2006, according to analyst predictions released Jan. 24 by IDC. As VARs are pushed into

Jan 25, 2006
CDW Invests in the Future

CDW achieved its highest fourth-quarter earnings to date last year, but the company faces less-lucrative months in 2006 as it makes investments in its

Jan 25, 2006
Avnet, Lakeview Give SMBs Some Backup

Avnet Partner Solutions, the value-added arm of IT distributor Avnet, unveiled a data and disaster recovery solution for IBM shops from Lakeview

Jan 24, 2006
Own More of the Solution Than You Can Afford

As the managed services world is still defining itself, Green Beacon Solutions is redefining its corner of it. Green Beacon, a 4-year-old CRM (customer

Jan 24, 2006
Ingram’s OfficePac to Give VARs Easy Services Option

IT Distributor Ingram Micro made available Monday its OfficePac service offering, a package of service suites that its VARs may resell or tag onto

Jan 23, 2006
Novell Frees Upgrade Contracts from License Agreements

Novell is restructuring its corporate licensing framework to make license agreements more flexible and accessible to users. Beginning March 1, the Linux

Jan 23, 2006
Demonstration Centers Take Out the Guesswork

For Lou Sciacchetano, vice president of IBM technologies at Agilysys Inc., results speak for themselves. While a vice president in IBM's storage sales

Jan 20, 2006
Sony Puts $500 of Muscle Behind Its Dell Trade-In Program

Sony Corp. aims to take a chunk out of Dell Inc.'s market share and boost channel presence by offering customers $500 trade-ins rebates on Dell notebooks

Jan 20, 2006
Arrow Hires HP Channel Staff Vets to Focus on HP VAR Growth

Arrow Electronics, among the largest distributors of Hewlett-Packard products in the enterprise, announced this week it had acquired a pair of channel

Jan 20, 2006
Tech Data’s CEO Steps Down

Steven A. Raymund, Tech Data Corporation's CEO of more than 19 years, announced this week that he is stepping down. Raymund remains chairman of the board

Jan 18, 2006
HP Adds Printing, Imaging Sales Chief to Drive Enterprise Solution Sales

Hewlett-Packard Co. yanked Bruce Dahlgren, the former head of competitor Lexmark International Inc.'s Printing Solutions and Services unit this week to

Jan 18, 2006
RFID: A Class Issue?

NEW YORK—RFID promises retailers more efficient inventory plans and streamlined supply chains in the near future, but for now it delivers only to the

Jan 18, 2006
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