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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…
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Contract Watch Helps Government VARs Identify Leads
With the release of two new services, Access Distribution is helping its government solution providers wade through the reams of data associated with selling to and supporting federal, state and local agencies. The Westminster, Colo.-based value-added distributor launched the Government Contract Watch Directory Services Program, also known as Contract Watch, to help resellers identify government…
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Ingram Helps VARs Profit from E-Waste
ATLANTA—Ingram Micro is launching a program to help resellers profit by recycling old computer products while encouraging the resellers to seek business opportunities in new technologies. The Santa Ana, Calif.-based distributor is promoting two initiatives to its elite reseller group, the VentureTech Network, which has gathered in Atlanta for a three-day, relationship-building event to share…
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SOAs Heat Up
Last year, industry analysts pointed to 2005 as a potential watershed for services-oriented architecture and its purveyors. Early anecdotal evidence indicates that this prediction may bear out. Consultants and integrators are building SOAs that are more than pilot installations. BearingPoint Inc. recently announced a project at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. that employs an SOA. BearingPoint…
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Longhorn in 2006: Can Microsoft Really Pull This Off?
Let the (reopened) Longhorn date pools begin! Will Microsoft really ship a major new version—something that’s more than just a service pack upgrade—of the Windows desktop next year? Microsoft watchers have been guesstimating since well before the first Longhorn Professional Developer Conference (October 2003) when Microsoft’s XP successor would ship. Starting in earnest last August,…
