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  • Chalk, Ex-MSP Star, Pleads Guilty to ID Theft

    Former managed services pioneer and shining star of the channel Terrence Chalk has ended a three-year criminal battle by pleading guilty Aug. 31 to several charges of identity theft and fraud, according to press reports. Chalk, the former CEO of the defunct MSP Compulinx Managed Services of White Plains, N.Y., will face up to seven…

  • Partners Commanding Their Own Channels

    If there were a line for Cisco certification to act as a master network operation center for other managed service providers who lacked infrastructure, Colorado-based Heit would be at the head of the line. The managed services provider specializing in the financial services sector is a big Cisco partner and proponent of its channel programs.…

  • Solution Providers Transform Retail, E-Commerce

    Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod, glass armonica, bifocal glasses and—believe it or not—the mail order catalog. In his brochure for scientific and academic books, the Philadelphia entrepreneur stated, “Those persons who live remote, by sending their orders and money to B. Franklin, may depend on the same justices as if present.” Mail order catalogs…

  • Is There Such a Thing as the ‘Browser Effect’?

    An article in today’s New York Times raises an interesting question about the virtualization market: While we know virtualization software represents paradigm-changing technology, will it in the end constitute a successful business to be in? The question pops up as VMware gets set to kick off its VMworld conference in San Francisco this week, flush…

  • Technology Bellwether Intel Ups Third Quarter Forecast

    Technology financial performance bellwether Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) raised its outlook for the third quarter, saying it now expects revenue to be $9 billion, plus or minus $200 million — a significant increase over the previous range of $8.5 billion, plus or minus $400 million. That could be good news for the technology sector as a whole.…

  • AMD Ships Lower Power Server Chip

    (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices Inc ships a lower-power version of its Opteron server chip on Monday as it tries to expand its offerings for Web hosting companies. The company declined to give its projections for revenues from the new chip. AMD said the new chip is aimed at companies that use servers for tasks…

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