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Polycom Adds Video Conferencing to Microsoft Exchange
Polycom this week unveiled tighter integration of its video conferencing systems with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange e-mail server, and has also introduced a new 42-inch all-in-one HD video conferencing solution. The moves come as Polycom has sharpened its focus on tighter integration with other vendor partners for video conferencing and unified…
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Endangered Species Tech Vendors That Might Not Survive 2010
Endangered Species Tech Vendors That Might Not Survive 2010 In the Channel Insider 2010 Market Pulse Survey, we asked solution providers which vendors they thought would go out of business or be acquired in 2009. The results may shock you – or they may not. While never a true measure of which firms will see…
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Top 5 Reasons to Crack the 3D Printer Market
Top 5 Reasons to Crack the 3D Printer Market What are 3D Printers?3D printers actually print 3D models using a variety of materials. By using 3D CADD software, an engineer designs a model or prototype – whether it’s a house or a prosthetic heart valve-and then, uses 3D printers provided from companies like Objet Geometries,…
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Microsoft Tells Channel To Embrace Hosted Services
A new global SMB study from Microsoft shows that IT is definitely a business enabler, helping to drive higher revenues, and that the hosted services segment is growing much more rapidly than the classic channel model. "If they’re a [classic VAR] not thinking about hosted solutions, that’s something they should be doing," says Elliot Curtis,…
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IBM Takes Wraps Off Power7 Systems
IBM is rolling out the first of its Power7 systems as it looks to grab more market share in the $14 billion Unix server space from HP and Sun. The move comes as HP and Intel prepare to release the next-generation Itanium processor and Oracle looks to bring Sun into the fold. IBM is rolling…
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Intel: Spring Peak Laptop Family Offers Hardware Margins over 10%
Intel’s making hardware sales more lucrative for resellers and system builders again, working together with a handful of ODMs on a family of notebook products called “Spring Peak” that can be white-labeled and resold to business end customers at a margins estimated to be above 10 percent. ODMs such as ASI, Equus and Seneca Data…
