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  • Google Buys Fridge to Enable Shared Circles on Google+

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), which has been moved to put "more wood behind fewer arrows" of late, is putting more wood behind its Google+ social network, which comScore said has topped 20 million users. To that end, the search engine acquired small social startup Fridge, whose software facilitates the construction of private groups within social networks, as… Read more

  • LifeSize Takes HD Video Conferencing to the Cloud

    Chris Talbot

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    Logitech subsidiary, LifeSize is expanding its business to the cloud. The provider of on-premise videoconferencing solutions is launching videoconferencing cloud services with, LifeSize Connections. The cloud-based HD videoconferencing service is aimed at businesses that haven’t yet taken the plunge into telepresence and desktop videoconferencing, in part because of the capital expenditures needed on pricey hardware.… Read more

  • Cisco to Cut 6,500 Jobs in Cost Cutting Effort

    Jessica Davis

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    Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) will cut 6,500 jobs in an effort to cut costs and simplify its organization, the company announced Monday. The cuts are part of the company’s $1 billion annual operating expense reduction. The 6,500 includes about 2,100 employees who elected to participate in a voluntary early retirement plan. The reduction also includes 15 percent… Read more

  • IT Vendors Offer More Customer Financing to Boost Sales

    Alison Diana

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    Although, in the wake of the worst of the recession, solution providers’ access to bank funding continues to be limited, distributors and vendors are rolling out a plethora of financing and leasing options designed to fuel sales and ignite channel business. Even at the economy’s high-points, traditional money-lenders did not always understand the service-oriented solution… Read more

  • Taking Your Managed Services Business to the Next Level

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    The MSP market is booming, and new players arrive every day.  Some do very well, others struggle, but all share one element in common – the desire to achieve growth that leads to increased revenue.  However, growth is complicated and can be somewhat risky, often following a torturous path that ultimately ends in uncertainty. That… Read more

  • Half of Notebooks to Get Quad-Core Chips in 2015

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Quad-core processors, which are fairly commonplace in desktop PCs, will be in almost half of all notebooks sold within the next four years, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. In a report July 12, IHS iSuppli analysts said that by 2015, 49 percent of all notebooks will ship with quad-core processors. That will be… Read more