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  • Arrow to Acquire Niche Distributor Alternative Technologies

    Arrow to Acquire Niche Distributor Alternative Technologies

    John Hazard

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    Arrow Electronics is broadening its solution scope. The distributor announced on Oct. 5 its intention to purchase Alternative Technology, a niche distributor with specialties in infrastructure, networking and security. The acquisition, expected to be fulfilled sometime in November, does little to Arrow’s numbers—Alternative Technology made $330 million in sales in 2005 compared to Arrow’s $11.1… Read more

  • Force10 Extends Switch Line to Wiring Closets

    Force10 Extends Switch Line to Wiring Closets

    Paula Musich

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    Force10 Networks on Oct. 9 will make its move out of the data center and into the wiring closet when it introduces its first LAN switches for enterprise networks. The San Jose, Calif., company, a mainstay in many high performance computing and large data center environments, will introduce its new S50V and S25 wiring closet… Read more

  • Lithium-Ion Batteries to Survive Notebooks’ Flames

    Lithium-Ion Batteries to Survive Notebooks’ Flames

    John G. Spooner

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    Despite the recent recalls of millions of notebook battery packs, lithium-ion battery technology appears to be here to stay when it comes to powering portable PCs, experts say. Following similar actions by Apple Computer, Dell, Lenovo Group, Toshiba and others— companies that have recalled more than 7.5 million notebook battery packs since Dell’s Aug. 14… Read more

  • Why It’s Time to Lose the Snide IT Attitude

    Why It’s Time to Lose the Snide IT Attitude

    Deborah Rothberg

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    In the years before the tech bubble burst, IT was king: there was a huge demand for professionals with technical prowess and an overwhelming shortage of able bodies. Techies could pick their job and name their salary. They could wear jeans and t-shirts to meetings and nobody would raise an eyebrow. They could roll their… Read more

  • SOA Moving to the Mainstream

    SOA Moving to the Mainstream

    Channel Insider Staff

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  • VARs Need to Recruit Talent to Stay Competitive in Channel

    VARs Need to Recruit Talent to Stay Competitive in Channel

    Scott Ferguson

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    VARs and solution providers need to constantly recruit top sales talent to keep competitive in a channel environment that is undergoing fundamental changes. That is the blunt advice of Larry Kesslin, the preside of 4-Profit, an advisory service company that works with the IT channel and is based in Riverdale, N.Y. Kesslin addressed solution providers,… Read more