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2009 Channel Outlook: It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better
Howard Cohen has been around long enough to know the signals. And the signals, he says, point to things getting worse before they get better. "We haven’t seen the bottom drop out yet," says Cohen, a 26-year veteran of the IT channel and a principal at solution provider Synergy Corporate Technologies. In business for more…
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Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Geek in Your Life
Last Minute Gift Ideas for the Geek in Your Life Last minute gift ideas No Title Flip MinoHD Camcorder No Title CardScan Executive 700 No Title Apple 3G iPhone No Title Sony Reader Digital Book No Title Universal Charging Station No Title Solar Gadget Charger No Title Netbook Asus Eee PC 2G with Intel Celeron…
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RIM Revenues Surge on Demand for New BlackBerry Units
Research in Motion announced that third-quarter sales jumped 66 percent compared with a year ago. RIM closed at $38.44 today, down 5.48 percent on expectations of a miss, but jumped almost 10 percent in after-hours trading. Profit grew 7 percent over last quarter with reported revenue of $2.78 billion for the quarter ending Nov. 30.…
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Oracle Gets Flexible to Offset Recession Pressure
Solution providers report Oracle is taking a more flexible approach to sales and partner engagements as it struggles to find its footing in the sluggish economy. Oracle became the latest company to report poorer-than-expected earnings under the weight of the economic recession and slowing enterprise spending for new software and equipment. On Dec. 18, Oracle—the…
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Cisco Prepping for Next-Generation Data Centers
Solution providers predict Cisco Systems’ concept for the next-generation data center will follow a similar acceptance curve to VoIP, and are gearing up for an explosion of adoption rates. Cisco’s Unified Fabric approach aims to integrate the data center more fully into existing network infrastructure, says Doug Gourlay, director of Data Center Solution Marketing at…
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Tight Economy Renews Interest in Used IT Equipment
Albert Einstein once said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” In the middle of this difficult economy, the opportunities are less apparent for some solution providers. Others, however, see an opportunity in a dearth of new IT equipment purchase by corporations downsizing, closing offices and merging with other companies. Solution providers who specialize…
