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Without Wi-Fi, Mini-PCs Not as Magical
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As personal computers go, the new rash of ultra-mini laptops are full of geeky goodness. Light, portable and powerful, they are almost perfect. Almost. But like a rowboat in your backyard or a flat-screen TV in a blackout, most of these new PCs suffer when removed from a critical element. Specifically…
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Novell’s New Channel Chief Targets Faster Transformation
Novell has shaken up its channel ranks—again—naming Javier Colado to the newly created position of general manager of partners. His goal: accelerate Novell’s channel business and generate more revenue through partners. Colado, most recently general manager and vice president for Novell’s western Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, sales and marketing, will report directly to…
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Reynolds Resigns from Trend Micro Channel Chief Post
Nancy Reynolds, the face of the North America channel at Trend Micro for the last five years, unexpectedly resigned from the number-three software security company to become vice president of world wide channel sales at Palo Alto Networks, a firewall startup. Trend Micro—which boasts a channel program of nearly 12,000 partners—was quick to react to…
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Job Market Crisis: What You Said
The preliminary results of the Channel Insider/Amazon Consulting Channel Talent Study produced some not so shocking results: Vendors and solution providers agree that finding the right technology and sales talent and pay are the two top challenges in the current job market. While the study is still ongoing, the preliminary results have garnered some interesting…
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RIM Unveils Spate of Consumer Application Deals
TORONTO (Reuters) – A day after announcing a flip-phone version of its popular BlackBerry Pearl, Research In Motion unveiled a spate of consumer-related partnerships on Thursday, continuing its push to capture mainstream customers. RIM said it would partner with Ticketmaster to let BlackBerry users search, browse and buy tickets to entertainment and sporting events. The…
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Five Ways to Raise Green IT Awareness
How green have we become? Some would say not enough, and they would be right. Still, awareness of the impact humans have on the environment has grown steadily in recent years, to the point where both major-party presidential candidates this year have included climate change in their platforms. In the technology realm, buyers are thinking…
