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Forecast Shows PC Sales Poised for a Recovery
With more signs of life elsewhere in the economy these days, can technology sales be far behind? A supply chain check into PC builds shows big improvement there as well, according to a brief report from FBR Research. The company says that its recent checks into third-quarter PC builds with the top five notebook ODMs…
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Microsoft Inks Nokia Partnership to Take on RIM
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an alliance on Wednesday to bring business software to smartphones to counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry. The alliance between the world’s largest software company and cellphone maker means the latest versions of Microsoft’s Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and messaging, will be available…
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One VAR’s Case for Windows 7 Upgrade
Joe Gleinser at GCS Technologies in Austin, Texas, speaks for many in the solution provider community when he praises what he’s seeing in the forthcoming Windows 7, and he makes a compelling business case for his end customers to upgrade – ASAP. Check out the blog entry, “Why Windows 7?” for Gleinser’s laundry list of…
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NetApp Adds Brocade Switch, Blade and CNA to Product Lineup
Expanding Brocade’s OEM reseller relationship strategy, NetApp is now slated to resell three new Brocade products – a switch, blade and converged network adapters – as part of NetApp’s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCOE) line of products. The relationship with NetApp marks only the most recent in Brocade’s strategy to sign on server and storage…
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The Small VAR’s Path to Health Care Economic Stimulus Funds
For solution providers and resellers looking to take advantage of the approximately $17 billion in economic stimulus funds that will be available to help physicians purchase and implement electronic medical records, the road hasn’t necessarily been an easy one. There are plenty of vendors that offer EMR technology, but VARs have complained that those vendors…
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DandH Preps VARs for Windows 7 Launch
D&H Distributing has announced it is implementing a series of programs, promotions and educational venues to help VARs capitalize on the new Microsoft Windows 7 launch, which is set for October of this year. The distributor’s offerings include an August Windows 7 Readiness Focus Month; a Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, which offers free…