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Avnet Looks to Speed Up HP Certifications
If a reseller can’t travel to an HP certification class, distributor Avnet Partner Solutions is bringing the class to the reseller. Or at least, closer to the reseller. The distributor is embarking on an aggressive training campaign to get resellers up to speed on Hewlett-Packard Co. technology. The Tempe, Ariz., enterprise products distributor wants to…
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Serial Attached SCSI Offers VARs the Best of Both Worl
When Mark Spears’ clients seek a new or upgraded data connection solution, he will typically offer them a choice of two options. Either they accept the slower speeds and limited reliability of SCSI to connect their storage devices, or they accept the high cost of a Fibre Channel system. Neither system is an obvious winner,…
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Industry Labors in Anticipation of Health Records Standards
That there isn’t a standard for electronic medical records already is somewhat of a surprise to Brian Deeley. Deeley’s firm, Graymar Business Solutions, provides doctors offices and hospitals with digital voice recognition solutions that record verbal comments on a patient and translate them into complete, electronic health records, ready for transmission around the world. Graymar’s…
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Microsoft Readies Next Two Small Business Server Releases
While Microsoft Corp. is preparing its midmarket marketing onslaught, the company is not forgoing its small-business push. Microsoft is expected to roll out a new Windows Midmarket Server bundle at a business summit for midmarket customers on Sept. 7. Although the midmarket server is not expected to ship until 2007, according to sources, Microsoft will…
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Gulf SMBs Flirting with Disaster
As Hurricane Katrina ripped through the heart of the central U.S. Gulf Coast it threatened every company in the area. But small- and medium-sized businesses faced a more severe threat than larger companies. Unlike larger organizations, which usually have remote data centers storing all mission-critical data at regular intervals, smaller companies often don’t have the…
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Tech Hiring Increases, At Least at the High End
Headlines over the past few days trumpeted the news that the number of people receiving unemployment benefits has hit a four-year low. The number of displaced workers receiving benefits averaged 2.58 million during the four-week period ending the week of August 15—the lowest average since March 2001, according to Department of Labor numbers. Is this…
