Recent Articles
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PC Mall Gets Social
During economic recessions, while there’s certainly attention to how to cut costs, many businesses also look at how they can better serve their customers. And in an age of social networking, plenty of solution providers have launched blogs, become active on LinkedIn or Facebook or Twitter, or continued to rely on the tried-and-true e-mail newsletter…
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OnForce: Prices Stabilizing, Installation Work Orders Climb
Online IT services marketplace OnForce says that price stabilization and a rise in installation work in the most recent quarter could indicate positive changes in the economy. The change comes after price erosion punctuated previous quarters. “We’ve started to see pricing stabilize for the second quarter in a row,” says Maria Battaglia, senior vice president…
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Optimism Greets Upcoming Technology Quarter Earnings
By Gabriel Madway SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The biggest risk for investors in technology, with stock prices up a whopping 55 percent this year, is they might be just a little too happy. All the buzz isn’t without cause: Corporate technology spending could be set to rebound next year, cost-cutting is paying dividends, and dealmaking…
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Intuit Focuses Channel Efforts Around Value
Finance and accounting software maven Intuit wrapped up its annual partner conference in Chicago this week with a renewed focus on fostering a channel with a finite number of high-value partners. The company, which entered the channel three years ago, recently benchmarked itself against competitors such as Microsoft and Sage, both of which have massive…
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Will Windows 7 Spur PC Refresh Cycle? Resellers Say No
What if the big PC refresh cycle that vendors are expecting in 2010 turns out to be a myth? Technology vendors are eagerly awaiting the launch of Microsoft Windows 7 in two weeks on Oct. 22 the way small children wait for Christmas. PC vendors, distributors and Intel have said that they expect the OS…