Recent Articles
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Report: PC Shipments Expected to Grow
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to increase more than 12 percent this year, with shipments of notebooks and ultraportable PCs being the main drivers of this growth, according to a report by research firm IDC. For 2007, worldwide PC shipments—which include x86 servers, desktops, notebooks and ultraportable PCs—are expected to hit 256.7 million, according to…
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Tech Data Adds Remote Software App Access
Tech Data will expand its solutions for secure, local and remote software application access with the addition of Ericom Software technologies to its line card. The distributor, based in Clearwater, Fla., said it will now offer Ericom’s PowerTerm WebConnect software solutions. “While reliable remote access to software applications provides clear productivity gains for any business…
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‘Tiny Metal Box’ Woos VARs and MSPs
Looking to bring appliance-enabled software services to smaller companies, Jumpnode Systems has created a reseller program and also began signing MSPs to use its appliance for monitoring and remote management. The three-year-old Minneapolis-based company, which only began shipping the appliance two years ago, launched the partner program at the end of April and has already…
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Microsoft Adds to Direct Managed Services Offerings
Microsoft, according to published reports, has added e-mail, Sharepoint and desktop management to its 2-year-old managed services line that it offers directly to enterprise customers. But independent MSPs (managed services providers) and other partners are taking a measured approach to the news. The Microsoft business has a scant four customers, with three of those announced…
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Luring the Other 68% Through the Channel Door
Could women be the answer to the channel’s dwindling work force? Penn State researchers argue the fairer sex is under-represented in the IT industry, and taking steps to increase their numbers would serve to swell the ranks of the overall work force and promote diversity. While women accounted for almost 60 percent of the U.S.…
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As Dell Turns to Channel, Missteps Are a Near Certainty
For a company that built a business model around disdaining the channel, Dell sure gets a lot of attention in the channel. And that is only about to intensify as the vendor changes its public attitude toward VARs, integrators and service providers. As widely reported, after years of pretending it wanted nothing to do with…
