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Corporate PC Refresh Cycle Coming Spring 2010
Just when you thought PC sales would never return, there’s a glimmer of hope for a significant PC refresh cycle on the horizon—good news for resellers of Dell, Hewlett-Packard and maybe even Apple. Bernstein Research is now forecasting a return to PC unit growth next year—with growth of 11 percent in 2010, 13 percent in…
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Sony to Offer $500 Vaio W Series Mini-Notebook
Sony is getting into the netbook mini-notebook game with the release of its new Vaio W series line, squarely aimed at consumers and carrying a hefty price tag of about $500 in the United States – one that puts the netbook in competition against some of the less expensive traditional laptop computers. Sony is only…
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Medium-sized and Large Business Looking to Invest in IT Again
While large business and medium-sized business are showing more confidence with plans to invest in IT products and IT staff again, small business IT investment may have slipped. That’s according to the most recent survey of IT professionals and the CDW IT Monitor. In the government sector, federal government IT decision makers are showing even…
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IBM, Ingram Micro Bring Simplified Technology to Small Business
IBM authorized resellers and channel partners can now get IBM’s Smart Cube product – billed as an IT department in a box for small business and midsized business — through distributor Ingram Micro, the companies have announced. The combined hardware, software and technical support solution that features an IBM server together with applications such as…
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Hosted UC Market Poised for Fast Growth
Recognizing the value of offering hosted unified communications, a handful of industry giants—Microsoft, IBM and Cisco—have taken the plunge to offer such services, and many solution providers have also pursued that path. Even as managed service providers rate Microsoft’s cloud initiatives as the biggest threat to their businesses, plenty of solution providers are already cashing…
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Technology Resellers Get Credit Help from Fujitsu, GE Capital
Resellers now have another option when it comes to obtaining financing for Fujitsu America-branded products. GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance arm is offering extended distribution financing programs—60-day payment terms—for resellers who source Fujitsu America products through distributors D&H, Tech Data or Synnex. Fujitsu isn’t the first to launch such a program. Several vendors and distributors have…