Recent Articles
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Oracle Shakes Up Channel Execs
Oracle’s got a new channel chief, completing a stealthy shake up in the company’s executive channel ranks that began a little over two months ago. The company confirmed that Judson Althoff will now take the reins of the Oracle’s channel organization, as senior vice president of worldwide alliances and channels. Althoff most recently served as…
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N-able Archiving Alliance to Combat MSP Commoditization
Managed services platform provider N-able Technologies is teaming up with Iron Mountain Digital to help give partners a quick entry into data backup and archiving. Executives at both companies say the alliance, initially a marketing arrangement, is likely to go deeper, and will probably become a technology alliance that offers partners an integration that bridges…
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Tech Data Forecasts Strong Q1
If there’s a recession going on, no one told IT distributor Tech Data. In reporting its fourth-quarter and year-end earnings on March 4, the company announced that it just concluded a year where it posted record net sales for every quarter. And the company is forecasting higher sales again in the first quarter. CEO Bob Dutkowsky said…
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Tech Data Quarterly Profit Rises 39 Percent
NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) – Computer products distributor Tech Data Corp. posted a better-than-expected 39 percent rise in quarterly profit Tuesday on stronger worldwide sales and improvement in gross margins. Net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Jan. 31 rose to $50.2 million, or 92 cents a share, from $36.1 million, or 66…
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Ingram Micro Gives VARs Shortcut to Virtualization
VARs looking to add virtualization to what they offer but hesitate because of the learning curve involved now have a new option from distribution giant Ingram Micro. The company announced March 3 at its Ingram Micro’s Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse event in New Orleans that it would offer a lineup of virtualization assessment and delivery…
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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…