Tag: IT

  • Report: IT Spending Growth Expectations Lower for Second Half

    Jessica Davis

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    IT hardware spending will likely show low single-digit growth for the second half of 2008, lower than original estimates, in the wake of weak corporate earnings and other indicators. That’s according to a report from Bernstein Research Senior Analyst A.M. Sacconaghi Jr., who said while the current consensus expectation is for 7.5 percent IT spending… Read more

  • Sunbelt Software’s CWSandbox Lets VARs Test IT Security

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Trust is the key element when it comes to selling security products and services. Solution providers have to trust that vendors have created a product that actually works and customers have to trust that solution providers are offering a product that actually protects. But, as they say, the proof is in the pudding. In other… Read more

  • Inside the Mind of the Midmarket IT Executive

    Jessica Davis

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    CHANNEL INSIDER: Inside the Mind of the Midmarket IT Executive  Inside the Mind of the Midmarket IT Executive IT vendors have long recognized the potential value of midmarket customers. Most agree that the best way to reach these customers is through channel partners, VARs, resellers, IT consultants and solution providers. But in order to win… Read more

  • More IT Services Contracts to Come under Review

    Michael Vizard

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    Now that Hewlett-Packard is moving to cut over 24,000 jobs in the wake of its merger with Electronic Data Systems, there is a lot of speculation about what all this ultimately means for the IT services industry. The more negative-minded folks typically see this as a move to reduce HP’s cost structure around EDS by… Read more

  • Wachovia Downgrades IT Offshore Outsourcing Sector

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Sept 19 (Reuters) – Wachovia Capital Markets downgraded IT offshore outsourcing sector to "market weight" from "overweight," citing the recent chaos among major financial service providers. Financial service providers — a key source of business for the IT offshore outsourcing sector — is expected to cut back further on IT spending in 2008 and 2009,… Read more

  • IT Decision Makers Evenly Split on McCain vs. Obama

    Jessica Davis

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    IT spending decision makers are evenly split on the presidential candidate they favor and who they think would be better for the country and better for their businesses–28 percent favor Barack Obama and 28 percent favor John McCain. That’s according to the most recent CDW IT Monitor Index that measures sentiment among IT spending decision… Read more