Recent Articles
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Google, Intuit Challenge Microsoft’s Desktop Dominance
Google announced Sept. 13 a partnership with Intuit, in which Intuit will integrate several of Google’s online services into popular back-office software QuickBooks. In a move that further encroaches on Microsoft’s desktop dominance, QuickBooks 2007 will integrate tools that allow customers to list their businesses on Google Maps, create and manage ad campaigns with Google…
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Did Dell Stutter?
Direct sales remain the preferred route to market, but statements made by Dell executives at a meeting of analysts on Sept. 12, indicate the PC manufacturer is growing more flexible with age. Dell executives reaffirmed their commitment to the direct sales model, calling it the company’s “core” and “future” of the organization’s go-to-market strategy, but…
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Cisco Programs Help Bridge the Chasm
Every now and again a vendor comes along and does something so right for the channel that the sheer practical value of the program tends to overshadow the enormity of the potential. The practical thing in question here is Cisco’s move on Sept. 11 to create a Master Security Specialization program that is designed to…
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Alliance Pushes for Better Managed Services Awareness
The MSP Alliance has enlisted seven big-name IT companies to spread the word about the benefits of managed services. The Chico, Calif.-based group’s goal is to educate users about the increasingly popular IT services model by clearly defining the role of MSPs (managed services providers) in seeking to meet the IT needs of business customers…
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HP Moves to Attach Its Displays to Its Systems
When Hewlett-Packard released its latest desktop and workstation solutions Sept. 6, it did something it had never previously done. The Palo Alto, Calif., IT company coordinated the debut with that of three new display offerings—the 30-inch HP LP3065, as well as 19-inch and 20-inch models—and although HP executives stated the effort was less deliberate than…
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The Option to Learn
Judging from the responses I received to my column “Keep It Simple” last month, the increasing complexity of IT products weighs on a lot of people’s minds. No one wrote to say that I was off the mark, which may be the first time I got a 100 percent positive response to a column, though…
