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Win2K Is Ending—VARs Need New Alternatives Now
After backing off, way off, from Longhorn, Microsoft is once more making noise about how wonderful the next generation of Windows will be. Yeah. Right. I’ll believe it when the boys from Redmond ship it. Even after Longhorn’s been gutted of its most innovative feature—WinFS (Windows File System)—I really doubt that Microsoft will make its…
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Fill the Lifecycle Management Void
Listen closely. Can you hear it? Closer. Closer still. It’s the sound of outdated desktop computers and laptops churning and churning as they try to make the simple switch from Word to Explorer. It’s the sound of fists slamming on the top of a printer because there is a jam at point “D” and there’s…
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IBM, HP: Still Committed to the Channel
ATLANTA—Executives from IBM and Hewlett-Packard Co. sought to reassure a group of channel partners on Monday that their companies remain committed to the channel and to growing their indirect business. Both companies are undergoing major changes, raising questions among VARs and integrators about any possible effects on their channel strategies. IBM is selling its PC…
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Will SCO Distribution Deal Placate Partners?
The SCO Group has finalized a contract naming supply-chain provider Synnex as a distributor, a deal seen by some as a sign that SCO is de-emphasizing its Linux legal woes by making a renewed commitment to the SCO Unix platform. Since 2003, The SCO Group Inc. has been highly visible on industry radar screens for…
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Ingram Micro to Outsource Some Jobs to Philippines, India
Within the next nine months, a VAR calling Ingram Micro about a product return or a problem with an online transaction will be talking to a support professional halfway across the world—in the Philippines, to be exact. That’s where the company is outsourcing some functions that require contact with VARs, said Keith Bradley, president of…
