Recent Articles
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The Market Catches Up to D&H
While every vendor and distributor in the land races down to the small and midsize business market, D&H Distributing finds itself in an enviable position: already there. The company has been funneling electronics hardware and software to resellers serving the market for most of its 87-year history, and, in its own words, has been doing…
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Microsoft to Reissue Problem Patch to Fix Lockup Glitches
For some Windows users, there will be two Patch Tuesdays in April. The Redmond, Wash. software maker plans to rerelease the problematic MS06-015 update on April 25 to correct an issue that has caused system hangs, Windows crashes and the appearance of strange dialog boxes after the original patch was installed. “[We have] re-engineered the…
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Introducing the Triple Boot Mac
It was only a matter of time. First, Linux hacker Edgar “Gimli” Hucek got Gentoo Linux running on a Mactel system, an iMac Core Duo. Then, as Windows hackers, spurred on by a cash reward from Colin Nederkoorn of Houston, had just completed their efforts to get the far more troublesome Windows XP to run…
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SecureMyCompany Makes MSP On-Demand for VARs
BellSolutions, an MSP, has launched SecureMyCompany, a hosted management service provider offering for sale by VARs and other MSPs. Using its own MSP bundles on top of Jamcracker Saas (Software as a Service) platform, MSP-turned-vendor SecureMyCompany has put forth an on-demand MSP offering, allows VARs and MSPs to piggyback on SecureMyCompany’s own success. Resellers may…
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Tech Data Builds on IP-Based Physical Security Boom
Distributor Tech Data the week of April 17 introduced a Physical Security Specialized Business Unit to support IP-enabled products for physical security and access control. Tech Data, in Clearwater, Fla., announced that it has dedicated sales representatives, technical resources and security specialists to the new business unit to support the networking infrastructure and display solutions…
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Autotask Reporting Tool Lets Solution Providers Prove Value
As solution providers migrate toward a services-oriented business model, proving their value to customers becomes more challenging than ever. This is especially the case with managed services because so much of the work performed by the providers takes place remotely over the Web. When customers get their monthly bill, some start to wonder just exactly…
