Recent Articles
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Critical Links’ EdgeBox Creates Ample Opportunities for Solution Providers
Solution providers are turning to recession-resistant technologies to weather the current economic storm. Technologies such as voice over IP, security and remote access are becoming the solutions of choice to create revenue in challenging times. But there are still significant challenges ahead for those solution providers, ranging from training to product selection to identifying target…
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Microsoft IE Patch Opens New Opportunities
Good news: Microsoft’s patch for the massive Internet Explorer vulnerability that exposed millions of Web users to surreptitious malware infections will automatically install during regularly scheduled or on-demand updates. Even better, Channel Insider testing of the patch found no major conflicts caused by the patch. While an automatic IE patch may seem to exclude solution…
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Channel Insider`s 10 Best Products of the Year
Over the course of the year, I tested and reviewed more than 200 products ranging from portable peripherals to 2U data center appliances, from office productivity software to processors, from next-generation netbooks to cloud-based services. I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. They’ve all had one thing in common, though: they’re all sold…
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Fujitsu Takes the Slate Route with the New ST6012 Slate Computer.
Portable PCs come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from 15 pound desktop replacement behemoths to 1 pound sub-notebook replacements, with convertible tablets thrown in for good measure. Yet, there are industries that are not well served by the cornucopia of portable PC choices and need something a little different, something that fits more in…
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Dell PartnerDirect Reaches 1-Year Milestone
When Dell announced that it planned to offer a formal channel partner program, many solution providers and channel observers expressed skepticism. And who could blame them? Dell built its business on a direct-only model and had called direct sales a "religion." But somewhere along the way, Dell began to see the value of being more…
