Scott Ferguson

Despite some recent strides to engage the channel, Lenovo is still receiving mixed reviews from VARs as the PC vendor prepares to battle titans Dell and

Add another Mac blog to the list. On Oct. 9, Google launched its own blog dedicated to Apple Computer's Macintosh and other Apple applications. The first

A new study found that worldwide shipments of smart phones and PDAs were up 57 percent in the first six months of 2006 compared to the same time period

Toshiba announced Oct. 10 that it is introducing several updates to its mid-range Satellite notebook line, and the company said it plans to market the new

Oracle announced Oct. 9 that it has purchased Sunopsis, a Burlington, Mass.-based company that produces data integration software. Oracle will integrate

Distributor Arrow Electronics is now offering its VARs and solution providers a managed service program for selling Sun Microsystems solutions. The new

Samsung has always been known for its high-tech, high-end offerings for the consumer market. That is about to change. The Irvine, Calif., vendor has begun

Advanced Micro Devices, the world's second-largest producer of microprocessors, announced that it has started a new partner program that will test and

There is little doubt that VARs have begun to target new opportunities in the small and midsize business space. However, what are those business end users

VARs and solution providers need to constantly recruit top sales talent to keep competitive in a channel environment that is undergoing fundamental

First, the bad news. The channel is changing and those traditional relationships between vendors, distributors, VARs and solution providers have begun to

Apple Computer on Sept. 29 issued a security update that promises to fix several critical flaws in Mac OS X. In issuing the 2006-006 security update, the