Recent Articles
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Tax Cuts Could Pump $800M into Channel
Just one of provisions of the $70 billion in tax cut extensions championed through congress by the Bush Administration this spring, Section 302 of HR 4297 is expected to pump an estimated $800 million into the channel from 2007 to 2009. The act amends Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Service Tax Code, allowing small…
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D&H’s Flex Finance Designed to Funnel Money to Channel
D&H Distributing is attempting to put more buying power into the hands of its SMB VARs with a suite of credit and finance services designed to extend credit lines and spread the credit load over greater time. “D&H Flex”—Flex Credit and Flex Flooring plans for VARs and Flex Leasing for end users—are designed to get…
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Video, Digital Signage Are SMB Trailblazers, Says D&H Exec
Video and digital signage and a handful of other technologies are not only leading the way in small and midsize business sales, but they are pulling additional technology, especially networking, into the market, said D&H Distributing’s Daniel Schwab. The must-have technologies are taxing networks, forcing SMBs to invest in their infrastructure and vendors to come…
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The Next Generation of MSPs Is Emerging
Although managed services have been on the top of everyone’s mind in the channel for the better part of three years or more, it’s pretty amazing to see how still relatively rudimentary most managed service plays in the channel are. In practice, a lot of solution providers are still testing the waters by opting to…
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McAfee Upgrades Appliances, Online Testing Tools
McAfee announced updated versions of its messaging and Internet gateway security appliances on June 12, along with a set of new features offered in its online applications testing and deployment service. The company said it has improved e-mail encryption and regulatory compliance tools in both its Secure Messaging Gateway and Secure Internet Gateway appliances, in…
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The Real Impact of Globalization
NAPA, Calif. — Stuart Varney, an economist and contributor to Fox News, is bullish on the U.S. economy. He warns, however, that government will have trouble supporting long-term pension and health-care commitments to retirees in coming years. Varney, speaking here at the Ziff Davis CIO Summit on Monday, said there is also a potential political…
