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Dell Denies Problems with Solid State Drives
Dell says its solid state drives are working just fine. Officials with the PC vendor are denying a report released by Avian Securities that the SSDs the company offers as an option with many of its PCs have a high rate of failure and suffer from performance problems. Dell also denied that the return rate…
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The Fast Way for VARs to Cash In on Facebook Commerce
The explosion in popularity around social networks has laid the foundation for entrepreneurs looking to cash in on the Web destinations that are luring millions of users. bSocial Networks is one of those opportunists. The Conifer, Colo.-based startup is using Facebook, which attracts about 68 million users, to help consumers and small businesses and sell…
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Tight Economy Could Spell Opportunity for On-Demand Apps
Technology stocks are sustaining substantial losses in the current economy, particularly in the on-demand sector, which is down about 30 percent year-to-date, according to one stock index. But the state of the economy could be good news for SAAS (software as a service) vendors if a simple premise holds true: that companies really do save money…
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Synnex Reports Q1 Revenues Up 10 Percent
Synnex March 20 reported revenue for the first quarter of 2008 increased 10 percent to $1.75 billion from $1.59 billion in the first quarter of 2007. Net income for the first quarter of 2008 grew to $16.8 million, or 51 cents per share, from $13.9 million, or 43 cents per share in the same quarter…
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Xerox Adds Deal Registration
Xerox is launching its first deal registration program, a move that comes just a year after the company announced plans to expand its partner program to include VARs and introduced a product lineup to support them. "The program protects deals for our partners and adds a margin enhancement," said Tom Gall, director of value channel…
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Channel Exec Shake Up at Intel?
Intel may be losing four of its top channel executives, according to published reports. The executives are reportedly taking retirement packages as part of Intel’s ongoing and widely reported restructuring plan. The reports say that the departing executives are Shirley Turner, director of North American channel marketing; Nick Davison, director of North American channel sales;…