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Linux Desktop 2006: Better Than Ever
I recently read a story that asked, “Has the Desktop Linux Bubble Burst?” Burst!? No, I don’t think so. Actually, it still isn’t even half as big as it will be when it’s full. The author goes on to explain that he feels this way because GNOME “lacks any form of a vision,” while KDE4…
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Cisco Capital, Ingram Micro Team on SMB Lease Financing
Cisco Capital will be simplifying lease financing for small and midsize businesses through a joint financing program offered with distributor Ingram Micro. The program will allow VARs to access the financing for end users directly from Ingram Micro at the same time they purchase product. The distributor has dedicated a small team to work with…
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Red Hat Earnings Beat Forecast
Red Hat on Dec. 21 announced better-than-expected financial results for its fiscal year 2007 third quarter. The total revenue for the quarter was $105.8 million, an increase of 45 percent from the year-ago quarter and 6 percent from the prior quarter. Subscription revenue was $88.9 million, up 48 percent year-over-year and 5 percent sequentially. Net…
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Solution Providers Face the Cost of Doing Business
Even though the federal reserve has stopped raising interest rates, at least for the time being, borrowing money is still a costly proposition. For solution providers, which work on ever-tightening profit margins, higher interest rates can deal a harsh blow to an organization’s bottom line. Interest rates affect everything from financing inventory to the ability…
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Storage Spending Upsurge Hurts IT Budgets
It’s not news that the amount of digital content in the world is increasing much faster than IT’s ability to store it and make it readily accessible. It is news, however, when two separate surveys report that storage spending is so out of control that it is having a serious impact on overall IT budgets.…
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I.T. Pros Share Their New Year’s Resolutions
Jeff Peterson, CIO of UNICCO Service Company, a $700 million facilities and equipment management company, has big plans for 2007. He’ll be laying the technology groundwork for the Newton, Mass.-based firm, which maintains offices, production plants and heavy equipment for more than 1,000 clients, to increase its revenues to $1 billion in the next few…
