Recent Articles
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Bumpy Road in 2010, but Still Plenty of Opportunity
A year ago small and midsize business specialist distributor D&H Distributing, like everyone else, was feeling a bit of a pinch from the Wall Street meltdown, credit crunch and yet-to-be-officially-confirmed recession. Sales were flat year over year, a noticeable change from the normal seasonality, which tends to be a 10 percent growth for October and…
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Dell Reports Q3 Sales as PC Demand Rises
Dell revenue climbed sequentially to $12.9 billion for the third quarter, but did not meet analysts’ consensus predictions as shipments stayed flat sequentially and down 5 percent from the same period a year ago, the company reports Nov. 19. Revenue climbed 1 percent sequentially and fell 15 percent from the same period a year ago.…
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Siemens Communications Overhauls Channel, Appoints New Chief
When it comes to networking and unified communications, most people think of Cisco Systems and Avaya—two companies that dominate the North America market. Microsoft and Google get lumped in there, too, because they seem to have a hand in every technology grouping. And Hewlett-Packard may soon have a place in this category with its acquisition…
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Intermedia Offers 100% Data Protection Guarantee on Exchange 2010
The market’s leading Exchange hosting provider, New York-based Intermedia, announced this week that it will roll out the first ever new hosting service for Microsoft Exchange 2010 with an attractive new twist: a 100 percent data protection guarantee for customer information stored within Exchange. The guarantee is the first of its kind and could mark…
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Seven Tips for Scalable Security Training
One of the biggest ways channel partners can add value to their IT security implementations is to complement technology and consulting with a mature portfolio of security training offerings. As the famous hacker Kevin Mitnick will attest, people are every organization’s weakest link when it comes to keeping systems and data locked down. But what…
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Nokia Finding Corporate Demand for Netbook
(Reuters) – Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday. "When we launched the Booklet 3G … we thought it to be primarily a consumer device, but after the launch a big, growing interest is coming from companies," Heikki Norta, head…