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Google Offers Video-Sharing for Businesses
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc is adding YouTube-like video communications features to its business application suite, looking to make video-sharing among office workers as easy as trading e-mails or instant messages. Unlike YouTube, which is aimed at consumers, Google Video for business is designed to be shared among designated users…
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CDW Online Backup Competes with VARs, Solution Providers
Looking to gain more traction in an increasingly competitive managed services and software-as-a-service market, CDW is poised to launch a new online backup offering, dubbed the CDW Remote Backup Service, as part of its hosting and managed services offerings. The company is betting that the move will allow it to compete successfully in a competitive…
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Dell Profits Disappoint as Tech Spending Weakens
By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc posted a surprisingly steep drop in quarterly earnings on Thursday and said companies around the world are cutting back on technology spending, sending its shares tumbling 10 percent and sparking fears of weakness in the whole tech sector. The world’s second-largest computer maker, which had cautioned…
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Avnet Technology Solutions Looks to Solution-based Sales for Resellers, Consultants
Avnet’s IT distribution arm, Technology Solutions, has promoted Gavin Miller, a former solution provider, as vice president and general manager of the company’s new organization, Technology Infrastructure Solutions. The newly formed organization combines Avnet’s Enterprise Software and Storage business with the Technology and Market Solutions business. In his new role, Miller reports to Jeff Bawol…
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Ricoh Shares up on Ikon Acquisition, Canon Slides
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares of copier and printer maker Ricoh Co Ltd jumped nearly 4 percent on its $1.6 billion acquisition of U.S. distributor Ikon Office Solutions, while rival Canon Inc slid to a four-month low on concerns the deal would hurt its business. Ricoh, which competes with Xerox Corp, Canon and Konica Minolta Holdings,…