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Tech Data Opens Solution Center to Govt. VARs
IT solutions distributor Tech Data Corp. has announced several additions to its year-old TD Solutions Center, broadening the facility’s offerings for government and education resellers. The company, based in Clearwater, Fla., made the announcement during its TechEDG Government Services conference this week in Orlando, Fla. “The TDSolutions Center has been so successful with our commercial…
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Uncle Sam Gets a C-Minus for Information Security
A House committee gave the federal government a grade of C-minus for 2006 as part of the committee’s annual assessment of how well information is protected on government computers. The annual report by the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee is meant to judge compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act. The committee has…
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Apple: Leopard Delayed Until October
Apple acknowledge April 12 that its highly anticipated new Mac OS X 10.5, which the company is calling Leopard, will be delayed until at least October, although developers could have a beta version by June. The Cupertino, Calif., company announced the delay in a statement released April 12. The reason, according to Apple, is that…
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How Can AMD Be Fixed?
On almost all fronts, it’s been a tough year so far for Advanced Micro Devices. The fierce competition between the chip maker, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., and its rival, Intel, continues to take its toll on the company, with AMD’s revenues slipping sharply quarter over quarter due to lower unit sales—especially in the resale channel.…
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Tech Pay Broke the Bank in Early ’07
In the first quarter of 2007, IT professionals raked in their highest average wages since 2001, according to the Q1 Yoh Index of Technology Wages, released April 11. Technology pay reached an average hourly rate of $31.80 in Q1 2007, finds the report. Wages saw a 5.5 percent bump in January, a 4 percent gain…
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Konica Minolta Set to Launch New Printing Software
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. announced April 11 that it will unveil its Printgroove software next week at the 2007 On Demand Conference in Boston. Printgroove provides businesses, CRD (central reproduction departments) and small and midsize print shops with software that can manage, monitor and set up the company’s various bizhub MFP (multifunction printer) platforms,…
