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Weak Printer and Supplies Sales Drag on Lexmark Revenues
Lexmark (NYSE: LXK) announced this morning a first-quarter revenue decline of 20 percent compared with the same period last year, citing weak global economic conditions as they relate to demand for both printers and supplies. First-quarter revenue fell to $944 million, compared with revenue of $1.18 billion during the same period last year. The company…
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MSPAlliance, MSP Partners Clash over Accreditation
A feud, of sorts, is brewing between two of the channel’s largest associations of managed service providers—the MSPAlliance and MSP Partners—over which organization is best positioned to deliver training and certification to providers in the burgeoning managed services marketplace. MSP Partners—an organization founded by Level Platforms, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Ingram Micro and other vendors—recently announced…
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HP Gives Incentives to New Business Class Consultants
To take advantage of the BCC offer, partners register eligible volume hardware sales with a commitment to providing specific value-add services through the HP deal registration tool. "We’ve been looking for ways to offer growth opportunities to partners and get them to invest in HP solutions across our portfolio," says Tom LaRocca, vice president, marketing…
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IBM Computer Hardware Sales Drop Sharply
IBM (NYSE:IBM) posted lower revenues and net income for its fiscal Q1, with services and software sales showing less of a decline than hardware sales. IBM reported net income of $2.3 billion in Q1, down 1 percent from the same quarter last year. Revenues dropped to $21.7 billion, an 11 percent drop from the same…
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Oracle Buys Sun in Cash Deal, Gets Java and Solaris
Database and ERP giant Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) has emerged from the shadows as the company that will acquire Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) in a deal worth $7.4 billion, or $9.50 per share, in cash. IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Sun had been reported to be in talks on a deal starting in March, but negotiations fell apart over price.…
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Deducing Poe’s RSA Mystery
Edgar Allen Poe, the first American master of the macabre, provides the theme of this year’s RSA Conference—the largest gathering of security vendors, resellers and professionals—which opens today in San Francisco. What does a writer who plied stories about ghouls and madness have to do with security? His classic poem "The Raven" is hardly a…