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The Channel Take on eWEEK Labs’ Best Products for 2006
At the end of the day if you’re a solution provider, you want to make sure that you hitch your wagon to at least a few hot products in 2006 on the assumption that increased demand for those products will not only drive more revenue, but perhaps more importantly, expand your customer base. So with…
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VARs Adopt ‘Smarter’ Managed Services Model
Do IT Smarter has recruited 75 channel partners since it decided a year ago to phase out of the end-user business to instead become an intermediary between managed services providers and software tool vendors. Encouraged by the response thus far, the San Diego-based company is stepping up recruiting efforts and aims to enlist 100 to…
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Apple Releases 802.11n-Compatible AirPort Extreme
SAN FRANCISCO—Amid all the hoopla surrounding the iPhone and Apple TV introduction, Apple quietly introduced Jan. 9 an updated AirPort Extreme wireless networking base station that supports the IEEE 802.11n draft specification. Although Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn’t even mention the product in his keynote speech Jan. 9 at the annual Macworld Conference and Expo…
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Sun Rolls Out New Blade, Services
Sun Microsystems is looking to grow its foothold in the blade market and entice new and current customers to stay with its products by offering a unique hardware replacement and upgrade service. On Jan. 9, the Santa Clara, Calif., company is scheduled to roll out its latest blade offering, the Sun Blade X8420, and detail…
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Juniper Taps Adobe’s Elop as New COO
Almost a year to the date that Juniper Networks announced a shakeup of its executive ranks, the networking company has appointed former Macromedia CEO Stephen Elop as its new chief operating officer. Elop, who until early December had been Adobe’s president of worldwide field operations following Macromedia’s merger with Adobe, will report directly to Juniper’s…
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Does Only Apple Really Understand User Values?
SAN FRANCISCO—In his Jan. 9 keynote address before the Macworld Expo crowd in San Francisco, Apple CEO Steve Jobs offered what has become an annual lesson in user values in technology design. But why do so few in the industry seem to be taking the course? That is the great mystery. Often it’s easy to…
