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PC Sales Require Salesmanship
Staples is advertising a Dell desktop with a 19-inch monitor for $549 after rebate. Best Buy is offering Toshiba Satellite notebooks computer for as low as $349. The new Circuitcity.com is sporting Acer notebooks for as low $330. No surprise that personal computers have become commodity items. No matter how much processing power, memory and…
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Dell First Up to Sell Microsoft Software Online
Taking the next step in its sales evolution, Microsoft Corp. has authorized Dell to sell a number of its popular products online in the U.S. The Dell Download Store is the first non-Microsoft site where people can download software such as Word, Excel and Outlook. According to Dell, this is about simplifying access to Microsoft…
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Resellers to Get Economic Stimulus Package Grant Funding Help
Looking for advice on how to tap into the grant money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package? Ingram Micro has expanded its partnership with The Grants Office, a company that specializes in identifying grants and creating grant submissions, in an effort to help resellers…
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FireID Launches Mobile Security Solution Channel Program
South African security vendor FireID has announced it will expand into the North American channel, shifting most client relations to new U.S. channel partners, and has secured a new Silicon Valley headquarters, a new channel program and a U.S. product debut. FireID CEO Jenny Dugmore sat down with Channel Insider to discuss the solution, the…
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Technology Sector Showing Signs of Recovery
Technology Sector Showing Signs of Recovery If failing banks, tight credit and swelling unemployment ranks are getting you down and there’s no sign of hope in site, take heart. While the total picture is far from rosy, there are growing signs pointing to some hope for a better economic future for technology sales. Here are…
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Storage Vendor Data Domain Chooses NetApp, Rejects EMC
BOSTON, June 15 (Reuters) – Data Domain Inc (DDUP.O), a specialty storage equipment maker, rejected a hostile takeover bid from rival EMC Corp (EMC.N), asking shareholders to back a $30-per-share deal it has signed with NetApp Inc (NTAP.O). The widely expected move sets the stage for EMC, the top maker of corporate data storage equipment,…
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