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  • Dell to Sell PCs at Best Buy Again

    Dell to Sell PCs at Best Buy Again

    Chloe Albanesius

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    Dell is expanding its presence in U.S. retail outlets by offering its XPS and Inspiron notebooks and desktop computers at more than 900 Best Buy stores, Dell said Thursday. The products, including the Dell XPS One desktop, will be available at Best Buy stores in the next few weeks, said Michael Tatelman, vice president of… Read more

  • Dell’s MSP Partner Program Moving Forward

    Jessica Davis

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    One of Dell’s first areas of competency for channel partners will be managed services. Dell announced plans to acquire MSP platform provider Silverback in July and Everdream in November, with plans to combine the offerings into a comprehensive managed services offering for channel partners. Dell’s channel managed services will be led by Dan Phillips, the… Read more

  • VARs Give Cautious Welcome to Dell

    VARs Give Cautious Welcome to Dell

    Sara Driscoll

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    VARs have given a cautious welcome to Dell’s channel announcements Dec. 5, with most saying it will be a wait-and-see scenario. The vendor, which has been drip-feeding news about its channel plans to solution providers since it made its original channel announcement last year, has finally laid out its official channel program. Click here to… Read more

  • Windows Vista SP1 to Disable Activation Exploits

    Windows Vista SP1 to Disable Activation Exploits

    Peter Galli

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    Microsoft will use the upcoming release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 to disable the two most widely used exploits of the operating system’s activation process, as well as do away with the system that reduces access to features and functionality for those users with counterfeit or nonvalidated software. The Vista SP1 update will make… Read more

  • Avnet: Partners Need to Go Cutting Edge

    Avnet: Partners Need to Go Cutting Edge

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Avnet is encouraging channel partners to take chances on cutting-edge technologies and emerging markets before these markets become overrun by direct-business models. At Avnet’s Hewlett-Packard partner summit Nov. 28, the company’s president of global services, John Paget, told partners in his keynote speech that instead of “building business around the 5 percent of what is… Read more

  • Bell Micro to Launch Security Division

    Bell Micro to Launch Security Division

    Sara Driscoll

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    Bell Micro is branching out from its storage roots by opening a security and surveillance division in the United States. The distributor opened its U.K. security division four years ago, which is run by Duncan Hume, security division director. Hume is now relocating to the U.S. and hopes to replicate the U.K. success in the… Read more