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Nortel: Strengthening Channel Sales Is Key to Growth
Nortel, the Canada-based telecom equipment supplier, is gearing up to push more of its products through the channel, increase its revenue through these sales and strengthen its relationship with its VARs. The new commitment to the channel comes after the Toronto company inked a new deal with Microsoft to develop telephone systems that will operate…
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Cheap Chips Deflate Dual-core Desktop Prices
Dual-core processor desktops are taking a dive. Price cuts on processors by Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, which lopped as much as 61 percent off the prices of its Pentium desktop chips on July 27, combined with lower costs on items such as LCD panels, are affording PC makers the ability to offer dual-core processor…
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Xandros Offers 50 Percent Rebate on New Linux Products
Xandros, hoping to capture what it calls “50 million disenfranchised Windows” users, is offering a 50 percent rebate on its Desktop Home and Home Edition Premium editions of its Linux operating system. The regular Home edition sells for $39.99, and the premium edition sells for $79.99. If users upgrade their operating system from Windows 98,…
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Intel’s Core 2 Duo Vendor Waltz
Intel’s largest product launch in 10 years, the Core 2 Duo, available en masse Aug. 7, required coordinating with more than 30 suppliers and vendors in North America to make sure the product has a home when it hits the market. “It’s one thing to say you have all the processors you need,” said Todd…
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Intel Says It’s Tops with Core 2 Duo
Intel’s savior has arrived. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker officially introduced on July 27 its Core 2 Duo processor for desktops and notebooks. Speaking at an event at its Silicon Valley headquarters later the same day, Intel executives will proclaim the company as the new king of the PC processor hill on the strength…
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Microsoft Strategy Focuses on Centralized Services
REDMOND—There is a fundamental shift underway toward centralized services, said Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, and such services are key to Microsoft’s strategy of using Windows Live as a hub to create seamless experiences across the PC, browser and mobile devices. In an address at the annual Financial Analyst Meeting at Microsoft’s campus here…
