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White Boxes Plus HAAS Have Potential
Desktop and laptop manufacturers have seen sales decline precipitously over the last two years. Server sales are off by as much as one-third their 2007 levels. And the average sales price of their core technologies remains in freefall. So why would anyone think the white box market is due for a renaissance? Commoditization. The same…
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IBM Targets BI Midmarket
On Monday IBM will announce its latest set of Express Advantage offerings for the midmarket, via the channel, with the biggest focus on business intelligence. According to the research data, including the mammoth CIO study results Big Blue released last week, BI is hot. "CIOs are investing in business analytics capabilities to help them improve…
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Microsoft $358 Million Damage Award Overturned
(Reuters) – A U.S. court of appeals on Friday overturned a $358 million damages award against software maker Microsoft Corp in a long-running patent dispute with French telecoms equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which handles many patent and trademark cases, held that Microsoft did indirectly infringe Alcatel’s…
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HP Unveils Global Business Unit for Managed Print Services
With rumblings of deep changes under way in the printer technology market, Hewlett-Packard has announced a raft of changes to its print product portfolio, alliances, services and channel partner program. The changes include the introduction of a new program to help resellers get on board with managed print services. And the changes are designed to…
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OnForce Services 1 Millionth Job Order
OnForce, the online community exchange of IT professional services, is celebrating the milestone of facilitating its 1 millionth job order in its five-year history. The job order that put OnForce over the 1 million mark actually occurred several weeks ago. OnForce, which connects buyers of IT services with solution providers able to perform jobs, says…
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Google Eyes MSPs as It Crafts a Channel
There’s no question that Google is a giant in the search engine and cloud computing markets, yet the company remains a neophyte when it comes to formally partnering with the solution provider community. Unlike more established channel programs, Google’s two programs, in particular the new Google Apps Reseller Program, are still a work in progress.…