Recent Articles
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HP to Run Newest AMD Dual Cores in Servers
Hewlett-Packard announced Aug. 15 that its portfolio of servers and server blades now will include a number of models powered by Advanced Micro Devices’ new Opteron dual-core processors. The Opteron-powered HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers are designed to use less electrical power and require less cooling due to their advanced architecture, an HP spokesperson…
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Ingram Launches Services Division
Ingram Micro, the world’s largest IT products distributor, plans to launch a new business unit on Oct. 1 to support VARs delivering professional services to end-user customers. The Ingram Micro Services Division will provide tools to help VARs refine their service practices, such as warranty maintenance contract tracking, and services for resale, such as IT…
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Getting Beyond Managed Services
While a growing number of solution providers grapple with how to meaningfully leverage the managed services model, one company is ready to take the channel beyond the model. The Utility Co., a startup in Ottawa, this week starts to recruit solution providers for a new approach to managed services targeted at SMBs (small and midsize…
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Level Platforms, Intel to Boost Managed Services
Level Platforms has teamed up with chip maker Intel to take managed services to the next level. Level Platforms, of Ottawa, integrated into its managed services platform support for Intel vPro, which uses the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip maker’s Active Management Technology, or AMT, to identify, repair and protect computing assets. Computers with AMT technology…
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Fujitsu Partners with Synnex for SMB Play
Fujitsu Computer Systems is tapping Synnex to distribute its notebooks, desktops and tablets as the vendor attempts to widen its presence in the small and midsize business market. Fujitsu, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., already has a distribution relationship with Synnex in Canada, and this new agreement will expand that partnership to the United States, where…
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D&H to Carry Lenovo Computers
D&H Distributing will begin offering its VARs in the SMB market the new line of Lenovo desktops and notebooks, as the Chinese computer maker continues its push within that growing segment of the channel. By teaming with D&H, Lenovo, which has been criticized for not making more use of the channel, picked a distribution partner…
