Recent Articles
-
Microsoft Sues Four Partners Reveals Channel Monitoring Program
Microsoft is taking legal action as part of its channel monitoring program against four Canadian resellers that allegedly sold unlicensed copies of Microsoft products. The vendor has also, for the first time, disclosed its ongoing channel and monitoring actions, which includes strategies like mystery shoppers, mediation meetings and ongoing monitoring. The lawsuits Microsoft has filed…
-
Recession Drags on PC Connection’s Sales
Direct market reseller PC Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCCC) announced earnings that continue to reflect sluggish technology sales. Net sales for the three months ended March 31 decreased by 23 percent to $326.2 million from $423.7 million during the same period a year ago. Net loss for the quarter was $1.6 million compared to net income…
-
HP EliteBook 2530p Notebook Has Enterprise Written All over It
Consumer notebooks have become all the rage, especially now that prices have dropped and functionality has increased. Many buyers are discovering that an inexpensive notebook can accomplish everything that they need and are forgoing purchasing a desktop system altogether. On the other hand, IT departments are finding that consumer-level notebooks are far more hassle than…
-
Supply Chain Affirms Intel Statement: PC Market Bottoming Out
Recent statements from processor maker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and electronics and IT distributor Avnet (NYSE: AVT) that PC sales may have hit bottom may not be so far off the mark, even if processor maker AMD (NYSE: AMD) disagrees. Supply chain checks this month into second quarter PC builds with the top five notebook original design…
-
IBM Global Financing Extends $2B in Stimulus Fund Credit
IBM Global Financing is adding another $2 billion in credit available to end customers over and above the approximately $40 billion it offers them each year, in an effort to jumpstart any IBM-related IT projects that may be awaiting economic stimulus funds expected to become available as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…
-
Dell Likely to Enter the Mobile Smartphone Business
Dell is likely to introduce a smartphone device in the next six months, attracted to the form factor by high margins, falling sales of laptop and desktop computers, and the potential of mobile Internet devices. That prediction from Bernstein Research is no surprise, given Gartner’s bleak assessment for PC sales in 2009, showing them declining…
