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  • Potential Economic Slowdown Irrelevant to Channel

    Diane Krakora

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    With gas at nearly $5 per gallon at the pump in some areas, a housing crash upon us and the weakest dollar we’ve seen in a lifetime, how can anyone think the 2008 economic outlook is bright? Still, it seems no one has told our IT industry leaders the bad news. We hear a constant… Read more

  • Virtual Apps Go to Ex-stream

    Virtual Apps Go to Ex-stream

    David Strom

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    By now you have no doubt heard about virtualization. VARs can extend this concept further with a new twist called virtual application streaming. The idea is simple: Send all the bits that are needed for running one application to a user’s desktop at the moment they are needed, similar to how a video or music… Read more

  • VAR to VAR

    VAR to VAR

    Lynn Haber

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    It takes a solution provider to know a solution provider, so it’s no wonder that one of the newer trends in the IT channel involves providers launching products and services that they are marketing to peers and competitors. Driven by declining profit margins, distrust of some manufacturers and the goal to address client IT needs… Read more

  • Cisco, D&H Expand Partnership to Canada

    Cisco, D&H Expand Partnership to Canada

    Jessica Davis

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    IT distributor D&H Distributing is extending its partnership with networking giant Cisco from the United States into Canada, the companies have announced. The partnership will combine Cisco’s SMB (small and midsize business) solutions with D&H’s specialized service and support capabilities for SMBs, officials with the companies said, and it is designed to increase the number… Read more

  • CompUSA to Close All 103 Stores

    CompUSA to Close All 103 Stores

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    CompUSA will close or sell all of its retail outlets and TechPro services business, the retailer and its new owner, Gordon Brothers investment bank, announced Dec. 10. Gordon Brothers, which acquired the retailer Dec. 7, said the store’s 103 locations will remain open through the holiday season but offered no further details on the closing… Read more

  • The Utility Company Adds to Services Menu

    The Utility Company Adds to Services Menu

    Sara Driscoll

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    Managed services provider The Utility Company has launched an updated menu of services, including more security options, hosted VOIP and Web content management. The Connected Office Technology-as-a-Service Program (Connected Office 3.0) offers small and midsize businesses services covering every aspect of their IT system in five main areas: IT (network, desktop, security and storage), business… Read more