Recent Articles
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Netbook or Notebook? Many Consumers Don’t Know the Difference
The target market for the current generation of netbooks is largely confused about how the new devices differ in functionality from traditional laptop computers. And that makes for a large set of unsatisfied customers. That’s according to a new report from NDP Group, a market research company, that further shows that many consumers who purchased…
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Desktop, Laptop PC Refresh on the Way, Eventually
You may be reading all the stories about amazing new processors and high-performing, low-power PCs on the market today, but chances are you aren’t reading this story on one of them. Unless you are at home. Responding to a deep economic recession, companies across the board have delayed their PC refresh cycles, and today’s corporate…
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Tandberg Takes Video Conferencing to Small and Midmarket Business
As travel budgets have been cut to the bone, plenty of companies large and small have been considering the benefits of implementing video conferencing systems, a technology that can help them realize the new business mantra, “do more with less.” And video conferencing does seem to be on the precipice of more widespread adoption, driven…
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Qwest, IBM Ink Managed Services Deal
In yet-another sign that IT is truly destined to be a service, IBM and Qwest inked a deal this week that will enable Qwest to offer its mid-sized business customers a host of managed services spanning security, remote monitoring and unified communications. The five-year agreement between the two companies enables Qwest to offer a number…
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Arrow to Aim for Multivendor Deal Registration Portal
Distributor Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions business unit is looking to create the holy grail of deal registration—a multivendor deal registration portal that allows reseller channel partners to register deals in just one place, yet reap the points from multiple vendors. For IT vendors the portal could potentially increase the number of deals that actually get…
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Resellers to Get Economic Stimulus Package Grant Funding Help
Looking for advice on how to tap into the grant money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the Obama administration’s economic stimulus package? Ingram Micro has expanded its partnership with The Grants Office, a company that specializes in identifying grants and creating grant submissions, in an effort to help resellers…