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Gateway CEO Resigns
Wayne Inouye, who took over as head of Gateway in 2004 after eMachines bought the computer maker, is stepping down as CEO. He will be replaced on an interim basis by board Chairman Rick Snyder, and the board of directors said it will begin immediately a search to replace Inouye. A release Feb. 8 from…
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Gateway’s New Chief Should Be Channel-Minded
A change at the top always leaves room for uncertainty, speculation and unsolicited advice. In the spirit of all that, I figured I would tackle this week’s resignation of Gateway CEO Wayne Inouye and what the bovine-themed vendor should look for in a replacement. The sudden resignation of the man credited with leading the Irvine,…
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CSG Adds Five to Its Network of Service Providers
Coast Solutions Group, a coalition of VARs banding together to provide IT services, added five new solution providers this week to its menmber roster. The additions expand CSG’s reach in terms of geography and solutions, the company said. CSG pairs a network of solution providers, who resell their services to each other and 110 CSG…
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SonicWall Fills Out with MailFrontier Purchase
Security vendor SonicWall said Feb. 8 it has acquired e-mail security firm, MailFrontier, in a $31 million deal that fattens SonicWall’s growing solution portfolio. The purchase adds MailFrontier’s e-mail management and security hardware and software to SonicWall’s portfolio of security solutions for SMBs (small and midsized businesses). “It brings us more of an end-to-end, integrated…
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IBM Rolls Out Blade Roadmap
NEW YORK—IBM is planning an aggressive expansion of its blade server offerings that will include additions to its line of Intel-based systems, an upgraded Power blade and a new server running on the new Cell chip. IBM officials outlined the product roadmap at an event here on Feb. 8 for about 250 reporters, analysts and…
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Managed Services: Now It Works for Macs Too
Over the past year, Manhattan-based VAR Xperteks has moved 70 percent of its customers to a managed services model. It was no easy feat, considering 90 percent of those customers are on the Macintosh platform and Apple-compatible managed services tools were unavailable a year ago, said Xperteks President Marcial Velez. Velez knew that if his…
