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Ingram Micro Adds Netmon
Ingram Micro VARs will now have access to network management and environmental monitoring products from Netmon Inc. Netmon framed the move to the Santa Ana, Calif.-based distribution giant as part of its plan to open up its product offerings to more resellers this year. “Ingram Micro’s ability to efficiently and cost-effectively distribute IT products to…
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Azaleos Sets Channel Strategy
As the costs of managing IT in-house continues to rise, Microsoft-application outsourcer Azaleos is looking to cash in on making it less expensive and easier, particularly as customers look at migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2007. The company tells customers its appliance-based outsourced migration and then ongoing managed service of the application can each save IT…
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Gateway Recalls Faulty Battery Packs
Gateway announced June 19 that it is voluntarily recalling about 14,000 laptop battery packs that were sold during a three-month period in 2003. The Irvine, Calif., PC vendor is working with the U.S. CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) and the company will replace the faulty battery packs for free. The lithium-ion battery packs can overheat…
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Apparent Networks, Polycom Team Up on VOIP Testing
Apparent Networks and Polycom will team up to help small and midsize enterprises cost-effectively perform predeployment assessments to determine whether an IP network is capable of effectively handling voice traffic. Starting on June 20, the two companies will provide to Polycom service providers a new tool that allows them to offer a hosted network-readiness assessment…
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HP Takes a ‘Holistic’ Approach to Reinventing Services Business
LAS VEGAS—Like other top-tier OEMs, Hewlett-Packard has been deeply involved in the services business for years, and it is becoming an increasingly important and profitable part of the business as revenues reach into the billions of dollars. When HP opened its annual Technology Forum & Expo June 18, most of the talks and breakout sessions…
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IGS Gets Channel Religion
IBM has been promising to unleash the potential of IBM Global Services in the channel beginning with a program that started four years ago when IGS signed its first partnership with Ingram Micro. Unfortunately, the success of that effort has been a bit spotty due largely to the cultural hurdles that exist within IGS and…
