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  • 2008: An Exciting Maturation Year for the Channel

    As 2007 draws to an end, the “what’s happening next year?” articles are starting to appear. I grabbed the opportunity to contribute my thoughts when eWEEK’s Channel Insider asked me to comment on 2008 expectations. After considering a couple dozen items, here is what I believe are the important trends that will, ultimately, impact solution…

  • Intel, LSI to Release New Storage Offerings for Channel

    Intel and LSI plan to broaden their lineup of multigenerational SAS/SATA RAID offerings for the channel. The expansion brings LSI the strength of Intel’s channel presence and broadens Intel’s product line. The two companies began the collaboration in 2003. Under this expanded agreement, Intel will make available to its system builders LSI’s RAID-on-a-Chip and MegaRAID…

  • Chip Vendors Unite

    TOKYO (Reuters)—Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it would join a group led by International Business Machines Corp to develop system chips using 32-nanometer circuitry, as chip makers increasingly team up to cut development costs. The alliance also comprises Advanced Micro Devices, Samsung Electronics, Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Germany’s Infineon Technologies AG and privately owned U.S.-based…

  • Potential Economic Slowdown Irrelevant to Channel

    With gas at nearly $5 per gallon at the pump in some areas, a housing crash upon us and the weakest dollar we’ve seen in a lifetime, how can anyone think the 2008 economic outlook is bright? Still, it seems no one has told our IT industry leaders the bad news. We hear a constant…

  • Services Delivery Execution Is Key

    As always happens this time of year, my in-box fills up with predictions for the new year, and I’m being urged to add my voice to the chorus. I find “previews of what is to come” fall into two camps. Those that concern technologies or the applications of technology can be very creative. Symantec cautions…

  • Five Predictions for 2008

    A number of tech trends and directions evident during 2007 will have a lasting impact on the channel. These include the continued rise in managed services provider and application service provider business models, which prove that social computing isn’t just for college kids, and significant vendors are investing significantly in the midmarket. Looking into 2008,…

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