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Recession Changing Channel Relationships
Recession Changing Channel Relationships The recession is taking a toll on vendor and distributor revenues. According to the Channel Insider 2009 Market Pulse survey, here’s how solution providers think the recession will change their relationship with vendors and distributors over the next 12 months. No Title 66 percent of solution proviers expect vendors and distributors…
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Solution Providers Say Vendors, Distributors Less Supportive
Vendors and distributors may say they are outstretching a friendly hand in this down economy, but IT solution providers paint a different picture. Participants in the Channel Insider 2009 Market Pulse survey say vendors and distributors are now more likely to charge for services that previously were free and more likely to switch up credit…
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The Toshiba Portege R600: Executive Jewelry?
To be a contender in the ultraportable market, one has to design a notebook computer that’s lightweight, powerful, feature rich and long battery life. Toshiba has accomplished that time and again with its Portege ultraportable notebooks. The latest model, the R600, is no exception. But, over the last year the market has changed – more…
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Ingram Micro Expects Sharp Q1 Revenue Declines
Technology distribution giant Ingram Micro’s North American sales declined just 1 percent in the fourth quarter, but the outlook for next quarter and the quarters to come weren’t nearly as bright. "We thought that was a solid quarter for North America," Ingram Micro CEO Greg Spierkel tells Channel Insider. "That doesn’t mean the going forward…
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Follow Channel Insider Wherever We Go
Channel Insider is the best destination for channel news and intelligence, but even we step out of our domain from time to time. Follow Channel Insider and our world-class experts in our extended communities. Like practically everyone, Channel Insider and its staff are updating our Facebook status, linking to professionals through LinkedIn and sharing our…
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SAAS Drives Business Consulting
When it comes to software as a service, there’s a lot of understandable fear and loathing in the channel. After all, all too often it appears that the only way to make money reselling a SAAS offering is to act as an agent on behalf of the vendor that builds and maintains the application. Unfortunately,…
