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Dell to Distribute PCs through Ingram Micro, Tech Data
In another move away from its roots as a direct-sales-only company, Dell is making selected standard configuration desktops and laptops available through distribution partners Ingram Micro and Tech Data, the company announced today. Dell’s global channel chief, Greg Davis, says the move is designed to speed delivery times to channel partners and their end…
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Michael Dell: Stay Tuned for Smartphones
Dell will neither confirm nor deny that it is working on a smartphone, but it’s CEO dropped some strong hints this week during a speech in Tokyo. “For the last three years, we have integrated 3G radios into our notebooks,” Dell said. “We already have agreements with many mobile carriers around netbook devices, so it…
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Internet Explorer 8 Challenges Hosting, Services Companies
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 didn’t incite the kind of panic that occurred with last year’s daylight-saving time debacle, but manged service providers and hosted application providers say there’s still plenty of work to be done to ensure that customers weather the transition smoothly. “This impacts our entire customer base and all our delivery models, from managed services…
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Will Dell Make a Move on Palm?
Astute observation, keen reading of the tealeaves or wishful thinking, analysts and speculators are raising the specter that Dell could buy Palm, the struggling handheld equipment manufacturer, to bolster its product lines and provide a revenue-generating bulkhead against rising competition by Cisco Systems and IBM. Neither Dell nor Palm have said they’re in acquisition or…
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IBM Gets into Thin Clients with Wyse
In a slim way, IBM is getting back into the personal computing business through a new partnership with Wyse Technology, the market leading provider of thin client systems. Under a new alliance, IBM will resell direct and through partners Wyse thin client technology in service-oriented engagements. IBM has been focused on building out its Virtualized…
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Microsoft Passes Buck on Internet Explorer Error
Many users (myself included) are complaining of an error that seems to be cropping up more and more with all versions of Internet Explorer: “Internet Explorer Can Not Open the Internet Site – Operation Aborted” This error is a growing nuisance, but I figured it would disappear with an upgrade to IE8 or by installing…
