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Spammers Out Innovating SMB Security
In 2006, e-mail security provider MXLogic conducted a SMB survey that found the smaller the company, the more likely it was to be vulnerable to e-mail threats. Since then, there’s been an explosion of security technologies that promise SMBs protection from e-mail borne threats. With all this technology available, and with a growing number of…
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Lenovo Sweetens PC, Server Financing
Looking to soften the one-two punch of tighter credit from banks and slashed IT budgets, Lenovo has joined the ranks of IT hardware vendors that are sweetening their financing offers for end customers in order to boost sales through the channel. Lenovo told Channel Insider that it is offering 90-day no payment terms to end…
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Crafting Tech Opportunities amid Economic Ruin
While IT solution providers may be seeing their business customers push out payments or delay deals, they are taking the now-confirmed recession in stride. “It’s not like we are in the auto industry facing bankruptcy,” says Ken Lamneck, Tech Data’s president of the Americas, speaking about business and the current economy. “Our partners serve SMBs,…
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Toshiba`s Latest Tecra Turns Compromise into an Art Form
Some notebook manufacturers pin success on the ability to be the fastest or lightest or most feature rich systems on the market, and while cutting edge technology does have its place, there is a simple truth that many ignore – affordability. While many may salivate over the performance of the latest top-of-the-line Lenovo ThinkPad or…
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Ingram Micro Partners with Microsoft on Recession-Busting SAAS Program
Distributor Ingram Micro and software behemoth Microsoft believe they have found a way to help solution providers and their customers fight the recession blues—software as a service. The companies have partnered to extend the vendor’s Service Provider License Agreement to Ingram Micro’s solution providers, specifically those selling into the SMB market. Click here to read…
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Managing Paper Chaos with a Xerox Travel Scanner
Take a look at the typical desk and you will find stacks of paper. For some people, it’s a fact of life. For others, it’s an exercise in frustration. Desk-bound workers aren’t the only ones confounded by paper. The situation can be much worse for mobile workers, who often don’t have the luxury of a stationary desk…
