Recent Articles
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Distribution Diversifies into Denim
Word reaches me of some strange goings-on in distribution…. One very well-known distributor it seems is trying to make good use of any empty warehouse space it has available … by distributing jeans. Yes, the denim kind. Not much technology related to that — unless of course it’s the new CEO dress-down Friday uniform and…
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Kaseya: Mac Support Here Linux and Smart Phones by December
Kaseya will add support for Intel’s vPro and Mac clients as well as provide a new application programming interface to its Kaseya 2008 platform for managed service providers, set to be available at the end of March, the company announced Feb. 29. And later this year the company plans to introduce support for Linux as…
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Intuit Offers VARs Code-Free Way to Build Their Own SAAS
Looking to attract VARs and business domain experts as partners for its build-your-own SAAS offering, Intuit has introduced a formal channel program for its code-free application development and hosted platform, QuickBase. Intuit is pitching the program as a way for VARs to diversify their revenue streams to include software as a service, considered a rapidly…
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SMB SAAS Adoption: Hot Last Year, Slowing This Year
While software as a service adoption by small and midsize businesses grew at a fast clip last year—58 percent—to total 15 percent by the end of 2007, that strong growth rate may not last much longer. That’s according to a new report from Forrester Research that said while early adopters flocked to the new delivery…
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HP`s Jones Asks Partners to Focus on Storage, SMBs
VARs should focus on selling storage offerings in the coming year, especially for customers in the SMB and midmarket space—this according to Hewlett-Packard’s channel chief, Adrian Jones. Jones, HP’s vice president and general manager of the Americas Solution Partner Organization, addressed HP channel partners on the second day of the vendor’s annual partner conference, held…
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Avnet Offers Fix for Storage Sprawl
Avnet Technology Solutions has created a bundled storage solution designed to help VARs improve storage efficiency for their customers. The operating group of distributor Avnet created the inline data deduplication solution with the midmarket customer in mind, from components from Sun Microsystems and Diligent Technologies. The solution is designed to help find duplicated data in…