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Linspire Tempts White-Box Vendors with CNR Royalties
Linspire launched a revamped partner program on September 14 that will pay system builders a percentage on all commercial Linux software and services purchased by users of either Linspire or Freespire pre-installed desktop and laptop computers using the company’s CNR (Click N’ Run) technology. CNR was previously a fee-based service offered at annual subscription rates…
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Is the Sky Really Falling?
A lot of people are starting to talk about the R word. Yep, recession. The reasons are as varied as many. Oil prices that recently hit $75 per barrel. Tensions in the Middle East. And then the misses. No, we’re not talking about the news that there’s a new fall show dedicated to finding America…
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Ingram Micro Offers Web Portal for VARs
Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT products distributor, has teamed with MaintenanceNet to offer its VARs a Web portal specifically designed for Cisco products. The new portal, called Cisco Services Quick Quote Tool, will help Ingram’s VARs with the ordering and pricing of Cisco products. The portal consolidates a number of applications, such as ordering…
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Tech Data Appoints New CEO
The world’s second-largest IT products distributor has a new CEO, who will take over from longtime company chief Steve Raymund. Raymund has been at the helm of Tech Data, of Clearwater, Fla., for 20 years, but now he is handing the company over to Robert M. Dutkowsky, whose appointment is effective Oct. 2. Raymund disclosed…
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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…
