Recent Articles
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What IT Companies Learned from the Last Recession
With IT vendors struggling to make their numbers and laying off workers in droves, how long will they be able to resist the temptation to take channel business direct in attempts to control costs? In the economic recession of 2001, the answer was clear as some vendors with strong channel histories, particularly Hewlett-Packard, were adamant…
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Lenovo Planning New Line of PCs for SMB Market
Looking to tap into the small and midsize business space, Lenovo is planning to introduce a new line of PCs built specifically for that market and sold through channel partners, office retailers and direct market resellers. Lenovo says the product line will bridge the gap between its ThinkPad line of notebook PCs it acquired from…
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Cisco Plunging into the Green Pool
Cisco Systems is hoping a simple software refresh for its Catalyst switching platform will help make the world a little greener. Cisco’s EnergyWise technology, available as a system refresh or a simple download, piggybacks on the Catalyst switching portfolio and gives customers a view into their power use across their entire infrastructure, from the data…
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De-dup Excess Data, Extend Hardware Life
Solution providers are capitalizing on customers’ increased focus on extending storage hardware lifecycles and leveraging the vendor’s market-leading de-duplication technology to create unique business opportunities. Steve St. John, director of sales at Lewan and Associates, says the market for de-duplication solutions has grown substantially over the last five years, and continues to be hot as…