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Cisco Loses Over $10M in Two Cases of Channel Fraud
Two different individuals in the Northeast were arrested in the past week for allegedly defrauding Cisco Systems out of millions of dollars worth of replacement parts. On March 6, Michael Daly, a 53-year-old businessman from Danvers, Mass., was arrested for wire fraud. On March 2, Michael Kyereme, an independent contractor working for the city of…
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NextPhase, Forval Offer Managed IT Package for SMBs
NextPhase Wireless announced March 7 that it has partnered with Forval International to deliver ElipServices, a managed IT services package designed for small and midsize businesses. ElipServices combines Forval’s managed IT services package with NextPhase Wireless’ broadband wireless Internet access offerings. The package includes security, disaster recovery, network performance and consolidated communication capabilities. For advice…
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Waiting for Dell
In Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, “Waiting for Godot,” Godot never arrives, and the play ends with our characters still waiting. I sometimes think Linux users are also stuck in a barren landscape endlessly waiting for Dell, HP, Lenovo, or another major vendor to finally deliver a mass-market Linux desktop. The major desktop players keep flirting with…
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Ingram Micro Plays Managed Services Host
Distributor Ingram Micro has taken another step in its managed services strategy by making a hosted remote monitoring and management platform available to solution providers. The hosted managed services option allows VARs, integrators and services providers to remotely monitor and manage the computing environments of their clients without having to invest in the overhead of…
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Report: POS Market to Approach $6 Billion This Year
A report from the IHL Consulting Group found that there has been an 8 percent increase in the size of the point-of-sale market, which isn’t bad for a market that traditionally increased by about 4 percent. Still, it’s a healthy drop from the double-digit growth of recent years. The North American POS market report released…
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Intel Taps Insider as North American Channel Chief
Intel has appointed a 28-year company veteran with both sales and engineering experience as its new North American channel chief. Nick Davison, 52 this year, replaces Steve Dallman in the role. Dallman was promoted head the chip giant’s global channel organization in December. Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif., plans to formally introduce Davison as…
