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  • Analyst: Synnex Results Driven by Gains in Market Share

    For Synnex, a surprisingly good third quarter was driven by stability in the North American market and the company’s gains in the channel market, according to an industry analyst. However, a Raymond James and Associates report, cautioned that the Freemont, Calif., distributor’s growth will not match the expectations in the fourth quarter. On Sept. 21,…

  • How to Become an IT Leader

    Ever wonder why MBAs are so green? Need help avoiding the biggest CIO career pitfalls? CIO Insight‘s Leadership Center is here to help. This package includes case studies, original research, interviews and opinion pieces from leadership gurus like John Kotter, Warren Bennis, Larry Bossidy and Robert Sutton. Commentary: Six Rules for CIO Survival How can…

  • N-Able CEO Sees Massive Wave of Channel Consolidation

    While the average small and midsize business customer today has anywhere from four to five solution providers servicing their needs, the CEO of N-Able said that the move toward managed services models will probably result in SMB customers only needing one or two solution providers. Speaking at the company’s Regional Partner Summit in Chicago, N-Able…

  • Is Dell Playing VAR?

    Dell introduced Secure Exchange, Sept. 20, an e-mail security and management solution built on its own hardware with Symantec and Microsoft Exchange software, bundled with some overlaid software and Dell services. Sound like a VAR offering? Symantec thinks so. Dell, already among Symantec’s largest resellers (Symantec declined to provide actual figures or rank), “created this…

  • Dell to Sell Symantec E-Mail Solution

    Dell will sell Secure Exchange, the e-mail management and security solution the PC manufacturer developed in conjunction with Symantec, both companies announced Sept. 20. The solution, designed to take the complexity out of deploying a secure Microsoft Exchange environment in the enterprise, is a package of Symantec software wrapped around Dell hardware and services, much…

  • Tech Data’s Dutkowsky: All Options Are on the Table

    Bob Dutkowsky, the incoming CEO at distributor Tech Data, says he plans to take the company up a notch and that all options to grow business are on the table, including an expansion to Asia. Dutkowsky, 51, will be appointed CEO and a director of the company on Oct. 2, replacing Steven Raymund, 50, who…

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