Recent Articles
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VARs: Dip in Mac Sales on the Horizon
After two quarters of solid growth for Apple’s Mac line, this quarter could see a “slight” downturn in Mac sales, although resellers of the company’s products remain more optimistic than current Wall Street estimates, according to a March 20 report. In the last half of 2006, Apple managed to ship about 1.6 million Macs during…
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Intel, Red Hat Team Offer Partners Quicker Time to Market
Linux operating system distributor Red Hat Inc. and microprocessor maker Intel Corp. are teaming up on a joint channel partner program, the companies announced at the Intel Solutions Summit in San Diego March 19. The move comes as Linux is gaining even more momentum in the enterprise and Red Hat makes moves to become a…
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Ellison: Oracle Poised to Outgrow SAP in ERP Market
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison claimed that his company is a “strong No. 2” to SAP in the ERP applications business and has the product strategy in place to outgrow its archrival. Ellison made his comments on March 20 as Oracle reported third-quarter financial results for fiscal 2007 that showed the company generated revenue of $4.4…
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The View from Europe
I was in europe last week, with stops in Germany that included a tour of the Frankfurt Airport data center and the annual CeBIT trade show in Hannover. It is always interesting to view the state of affairs in the IT industry from the other end of the lens after spending most of my time…
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How to Sell Managed Services
Customers whose businesses are down for the count if their IT stops working are often the best prospects for managed services offerings. That’s according to Ted Warner, president of Connecting Point, a managed service provider in Greeley, Colo. Warner made those observations and others during a panel discussion as part of the the Ziff Davis…
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Kodak Launches All-in-One Printers in Best Buy Locations
Eastman Kodak Company announced March 15 that two of its three EasyShare All-in-One Printers, originally launched this past February, are now available in Best Buy locations throughout the United States. Kodak’s AIOs are designed for printing documents and photos. The EasyShare AIOs come in three models, the 5100, 5300 and 5500, and use Kodacolor Technology,…
