Recent Articles
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Partnering Is Key to Software as a Service
The ease of using business software delivered over the Internet, rather than owning it outright, is turning scores of customers and their software vendors into true believers. This emerging model, known as SAAS (Software as a Service), holds significant new market opportunities, but some channel vendors are still contemplating what it means for their businesses.…
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Swimming with Services
As in all things, timing is everything. If you move too soon, you’re so far ahead of the market that you won’t recoup your investment in a timely manner. If you move too late, then by the time you do move, the market opportunity has already passed you by. But if you ride the curve…
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Anti-malware Vendors Stare Down Microsoft Threat
Microsoft disappointed investors and other market watchers the week of March 20 when it announced that its next-generation Vista operating system would be delayed until 2007, but one group of companies—those that produce security applications used to defend desktop computers and the networks they run on—may have breathed a temporary sigh of relief. Vista will…
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MSPs Gamble with the Law
Robert Scott says he continues to be surprised by the number of MSPs that rely on contracts written by an office manager eight years ago to keep their house in order. “Either attorneys don’t have much to add to the process, or people are taking shortcuts that will expose them to risks,” said Scott, a…
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AMD Goes Vertical
AMD is leveraging vertical solutions and partners to make its microprocessors more relevant and valuable to a broader range of enterprise customers. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker is cultivating a vertical approach, identifying industry-specific solutions and commercial system channel partners with specific business process expertise as part of a strategy to demonstrate value to enterprise…
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Intel Takes New Tack to Cut Power Consumption
With energy efficiency creeping up enterprises’ evaluation criteria list, Intel knew it couldn’t afford to allow its future chips to use more power. The Santa Clara, Calif., company went back to the drawing board to create a new chip architecture—a replacement for the circuitry that underpins its entire x86 product line—that would both increase performance…
