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Stimulating Future Customers
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has declared the recession over, and with good reason. Banks and financial services firms are on the mend. Housing starts and existing home sales are climbing. The markets seem stable. And many of the Fortune 500 set are once again declaring profits. After a year of the worst recession this…
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Traditional Hosting Company iland Eyes the Cloud
iland is a perfect example of a company that is evolving during these cloudy times. The Houston-based company’s roots are that of a traditional hosting firm, with five data centers in the United States and one in London. But the company has turned its attention to the cloud, positioning itself as the behind-the-scenes data center…
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With Fresh Focus on Design, Laptops Come of Age
(Reuters) – Say goodbye to the "black brick" laptop. The era of the plain, dowdy PC is officially over. As computer makers roll out their new notebooks and netbooks ahead of the end-year holiday shopping season, razor-thin, sleek and colorful are most definitely in, as are arresting designs in an ever-expanding array of choices. Hewlett-Packard…
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Amazon’s New Electronics Brand Competes with VARs
Amazon announced late last week that it will sell a new private-label collection of optical media, cables and other consumer electronics accessories in a gambit that’s sure to rile the channel. Known as AmazonBasics, the new line adds another layer of competition in a product niche known to offer VARs particularly good margins. “We saw…
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