Recent Articles
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Tech, Channel Stocks Hammered on Wall Street
The bears of Wall Street aren’t being kind to publicly traded technology vendors and solution providers. As the markets continued their downward spiral that ended in one of the worst weeks of trading in Wall Street history, technology stocks were hammered as investors anticipated decreasing demand for hardware and software by enterprisers and SMB consumers.…
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TrustMark: Putting a Seal on Security Practices
There’s an old saying in information security: "Security is a process, not a product." In other words, it’s more about what you do than the equipment and technology that you use to protect IT infrastructure and digital assets. If security is about the process, how do you—as a solution provider—demonstrate your competency and value to…
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New Alliance Aims to Revive Printer Channel
If you thought opportunities in the printing solutions market were tapped out, think again. There are plenty of ways VARs can expand business and attract new customers with innovative printing solutions, much as Derive Technologies did when they signed a reseller agreement with TallyGenicom. Derive Technologies’ agreement with TallyGenicom, a manufacturer of business-class printers including…
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Bluewolf Integration Tool Combines SAAS with Managed Services
Software as a service and managed services have emerged in recent years as transformative business models for solution providers, but though sometimes confused, the models are distinct from each other. That is, until now. At the intersection of SAAS and managed services stands Bluewolf, an IT consulting and services firm that this month added remote…
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Lenovo to Cut 50 jobs in U.S. by End-2008
HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world’s No.4 personal computer maker, said on Wednesday it will cut 50 jobs at its U.S. headquarters by the end of 2008, as the global economic crisis overshadows the business outlook. Global PC shipments grew a slower-than-expected 15.8 percent in the third quarter of this…
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NetSuite Targets Salesforce Clients with Discounts
BOSTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Software maker NetSuite Inc (N.N) launched a marketing campaign on Wednesday to win customers away from rival Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N), offering them 50 percent discounts over current fees. NetSuite, which is majority-owned by Oracle Corp (ORCL.O founder and billionaire Larry Ellison, is focusing the new marketing drive on pricing at…