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HP Lowers Cost of Entry into Point-of-Sale Systems
When you think about the number of small business customers that still rely on electronic cash registers, you can see the outstanding opportunity for the channel. Of course, one of the reasons that there are so many companies still using electronic cash registers is the price of PC-based point-of-sale systems. Fully configured, the average PC-based…
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SMC’s Instant Hot Spot Melds Wired, Wireless Worlds
SMC Networks is looking to make hotspot deployment a no-brainer for businesses with the EliteConnect Wireless Hotspot Gateway, model # SMCWHSG14-G. The $899 device comes in kit form, which includes a receipt printer and a combo Ethernet switch/wireless access point that incorporates all of the firmware to build a hot spot. Released on Sept. 2,…
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Nokia in Corporate E-Mail Deal with Microsoft
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia Oyj (NOK1V.HE) said on Wednesday it has signed a deal with Microsoft (MSFT) to expand corporate e-mail access to 80 million Nokia phones as the world’s top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM (RIM.TO). Nokia said it will enable access to Microsoft’s Exchange ActiveSync e-mail from all Nokia phones using latest edition…
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CSC Launches First Brand Advertising Campaign
BOSTON (Reuters) – Technology services company Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) plans to spend tens of millions of dollars to launch the first brand advertising campaign in its 50-year history in a bid to boost its profile. Rivals IBM (IBM), Accenture Ltd (ACN) and Electronic Data Systems, which was acquired last month by Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ),…
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IBM Reworks Storage Strategy
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – IBM (IBM) is making a major push to upgrade computer storage products and services it offers customers struggling to manage mountainous piles of data being created inside their organizations. The company is announcing more then 30 new or upgraded products or services that are the result of a $2 billion…