Recent Articles
-
Partner Relationship Management Proves Its Value
I described in one of my recent columns how PRM (Partner Relationship Management) systems have evolved from electronic brochures to tools that help VARs manage their businesses. Once the customer approves a proposal, the back-office integration kicks in. A purchase order is automatically generated back to Avnet. Shipping notices and invoicing are also handled electronically.…
-
Seagate Ups Drive Warranties To 5 Years
Seagate Technology has increased the warranty of almost all of its hard drives to five years, reversing a trend toward shorter-period warranties. The warranties will apply to all of Seagate’s internal desktop, mobile, and enterprise hard drives that buyers purchase today, excluding external drives, Seagate executives said. For the past year, the warranties on hard…
-
Linux Certifications Can Pay Off Big
Want to make money from technology? Linux might be just the technology you need to add to your skill portfolio and certification may be the way to prove to your customers you have those skills. Be sure to add our eWEEK.com Linux news feed to your RSS newsreader or My Yahoo page:
-
An All-Around Athlon 64 System for $1,500
Recently, we built a $1,500 jack-of-all-trades Pentium 4 system. With our modest budget, we put together quite a decent computer that can edit digital photos, perform offline 3D rendering, play games, record TV, watch DVDs, rip and listen to music, and even do a little home recording. More importantly, it was actually quite good at…
-
Iomega To Exit Small-Form-Factor Storage
Iomega Corp. this week said it plans to wind down its DCT small-form-factor storage operation, failing to find enough customers to keep the operation afloat. On Thursday, Iomega reported a net loss of $19.8 million for its second quarter on revenue of $77.6 million. Revenue dipped by 23 percent from a year ago, largely from…
-
Microsoft, Apple Sued over Software-Updating Tech
Microsoft and Apple are being sued for patent infringement over the use of Web-based software-updating technology. London-based intellectual-property company BTG Plc. announced Tuesday that it has filed suit against the companies in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. BTG alleges that Apple’s and Microsoft’s operating systems, as well as Microsoft’s Office…
