Recent Articles
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AMD Starts New Partner Program
Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second-largest producer of microprocessors, announced that it has started a new partner program that will test and validate products made with the company’s AMD64 technology. The AMD Validated Solutions program was formally launched on Oct. 2 and company officers talked about the program extensively at the IT Channel Vision conference…
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Channel Says It’s Confident About State of Business
As the fourth quarter kicks off, IT channel executives say they are optimistic that the overall positive trends they have seen so far in 2006 will continue through the end of the year and beyond. Customers, particularly in the small and midsize business space, have been fueling channel sales growth with their technology purchases, and…
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Dell Shows Up at Channel Event
Dell made a showing at Gartner’s IT ChannelVision this week in Phoenix, to the chagrin of some VARs in attendance. Dell representatives present at the show said they were there to remind VARs that Dell is an option and that there is a place for the channel within Dell—Dell’s Solution Provider Direct program—but most VARs…
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SMBs Look for Service and Support from VARs
There is little doubt that VARs have begun to target new opportunities in the small and midsize business space. However, what are those business end users looking for from VARs and solution providers to help with their IT concerns? The answer, according to Joslyn Faust, a principal research analyst at Gartner, is better service and…
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Why It’s Time to Lose the Snide IT Attitude
In the years before the tech bubble burst, IT was king: there was a huge demand for professionals with technical prowess and an overwhelming shortage of able bodies. Techies could pick their job and name their salary. They could wear jeans and t-shirts to meetings and nobody would raise an eyebrow. They could roll their…
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New Licensing Terms Take Effect for Windows Server Virtualization
Microsoft has implemented a significant change in its licensing for Windows Server System products that are used in virtual machine environments. New servers licensed with Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition now have the license rights to run an unlimited number of virtualized Windows Server instances and can buy the product directly from Microsoft and…
