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  • Vista Venting

    One year after its release, the main question about Microsoft’s Windows Vista remains: When will you migrate? Many businesses have decided they won’t—at least until they have no choice. They are content with Vista’s predecessor, Windows XP, and have decided the headaches that plague the switch to the new operating system aren’t worth it. Our…

  • Scanners, OCR Make Good ROI Sense for Small Biz

    There is still a lot of paper in business—forms, contracts and templates to correspondence and even e-mail—especially for small businesses who find the investments in a paperless office hard to swallow. But the potential savings from converting much of the hard copies to digital copies can make a clear case for adding a scanner and…

  • Novell’s Linux Income Increases

    After an unexpected delay of eight days, Novell finally announced its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and 2007 fiscal year, which ended Oct. 31, 2007. Novell reported net revenue for the overall year of $932 million, a loss of $26 million or 8 cents per share, although the company also reported 69 percent…

  • Marketing Programs Vary Widely Among VARs

    While many solution providers believe that increased market share and new customers will be important drivers for their growth next year, many observers say that VARs don’t do as good a job as they think they do or that they could do with marketing. That may be because of shifting and differing goals between what…

  • Staples’ Reusable RFID Trial Expanding

    A one-store RFID trial that Staples ran this summer with reusable tags was successful enough to convince the retailer to expand it to four other stores in mid-February of 2008, said the retail chain’s IT executive in charge of the project. The initial Staples Canada trial was an attempt to see if the key argument…

  • eWEEK Channel Labs Walk-Through: Toshiba Satellite Pro A210

    The A210 is an attractive value for businesses looking to save some money, yet not forfeit features.

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