Recent Articles
-
U.S. Readies Grants for Health Tech, Job Training
(Reuters) – Members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet will announce nearly $1 billion in grants on Friday to increase the use of health information technology, a White House official said, pushing a key component of Obama’s healthcare overhaul and job creation plans. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis…
-
Partners’ Love-Hate Relationship with Vendors
Every year, Channel Insider conducts a Market Pulse survey that gauges the state of the industry through the eyes of the channel. We ask questions that look back over the year just ended – oh, and what a fun year 2009 was right? – and solicit predictions and projections for the year ahead. Some of…
-
NEC’s Software-Based Unified Communications Integrates with Polycom
NEC Corp. of America is stepping up its unified communications game with enhanced integrations for its Univerge Sphericall software-based unified communications solution, including Polycom HDX HD video conferencing products and its own UC for business contact center agent. Univerge Sphericall 6.4 is a software-based UC solution that can be installed on standard servers and is…
-
Mobile, Smartphone Market Forces in Flux
While some VARs may have stayed away from the smartphone business because they can’t complete the transaction for their business end customers, others are starting to embrace the devices and the smartphone integration services they can provide to customers. That’s what a handful of VARs have told Channel Insider—the opportunity is not in the hardware…
-
Can Desktop Virtualization Save Business from Snowmageddon?
Image by ArcherRoan via Flickr Did your IT customers experience any of the side effects of last weekend’s and this week’s Snowmageddon? Interstates were closed, schools were shuttered, public transit systems were shut down. How about your customers? Were many of their offices shut down due to the impact of the Snowpocolypse? Did they lose…
-
Dell to Acquire Systems Management Appliance Vendor Kace
Technology vendor Dell has announced plans to acquire Kace, a systems management appliance company that targets its solutions at small and midsized businesses, plus government, education and health care organizations. The acquisition is designed to better serve customers in those markets who have said they are looking for tools to help them manage their technology…