Tag: IT

  • IT Security Vendor Websense Reports Higher Q1 Revenues

    Kathleen A. Martin

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    At a time when most companies are offering explanations for revenue declines and lowering guidance for the upcoming quarter, Websense ((NASDAQ: WBSN) offered the first positive technology story of the week. The provider of integrated Web, data and e-mail security solutions reported first-quarter revenue of $81 million, an increase of 21 percent from the first… Read more

  • IT Distributor Avnet’s CEO: Software, Solutions Sales Stabilize

    Jessica Davis

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    Technology sales and inventories showed signs of improvement for electronics and IT distributor Avnet (NYSE:AVT) in its fiscal Q3, but Avnet’s electronics business continued to struggle, Avnet says in reporting its earnings issued today. Avnet’s Chief Operating Officer Rick Hamada believes the impact of Oracle’s (NASDAQ:ORCL) acquisition of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will likely have a… Read more

  • Report: IT Needs to Partner with Business Counterparts

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In a Unisys survey of 188 North American CIOs and other IT decision-makers, 76 percent of respondents said they believed their organizations should not simply provide technology support for internal business organizations, but should actively partner with clients to create and drive initiatives that push the enterprise’s strategic business objectives. IT executives view driving technology… Read more

  • Saving Money, Not Environment, Drives Green IT

    Channel Insider Staff

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     Green technology initiatives are becoming more prevalent, driven much by the need to save costs, but according to a researcher at IDC, even once the economy starts to pick up again, old habits of wasted energy are likely behind us. A survey of IDC Green IT Forum registrants found that 68 per cent of respondents… Read more

  • Report: Small Business Needs IT, Partners to Thrive

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Small and midsize businesses are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, as they’re finding customers less willing to spend and credit harder to come by. Nevertheless, one in four SMBs is investing more in IT and another 30 percent will maintain level IT spending through the recession, according to a new report by Microsoft.… Read more

  • Recession a Boon to IT Professionals Working as Temps

    Jessica Davis

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    Voice over IP rollouts, PC refreshes in certain vertical industries, and point-of-sale installations remain IT project bright spots even as the world continues to be mired in a recession. That’s according to SmartSource, an IT staffing firm that specializes in serving IT solution providers. While pointing to IT projects that continue to show growth, SmartSource’s CEO… Read more