Recent Articles
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Move Over, AJAX, Microsoft Pushing ARAX
Move over, AJAX; Microsoft is pushing a different scenario, known as Asynchronous Ruby and XML, or ARAX. At the RailsConf conference for Ruby on Rails developers in Portland, Ore., on May 30, John Lam, creator of the IronRuby project at Microsoft, told eWEEK that as Microsoft’s Silverlight rich Internet application environment takes off it will…
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Want to Make VOIP Portable? Plantronics Says Stick It in Your Ear!
It is no surprise that voice over IP is all the rage for business both big and small, and it is no surprise that VOIP can bring strong profits and ongoing revenue to VARs. But what is surprising is that an advanced technology such as VOIP is saddled with phones and handsets that came out…
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Boosting Revenue While Reducing Channel Conflict
Channel conflict is a dirty word for most reseller partners, but in a world where vendors are looking to squeeze the most out of all their sales channels, VARs sometimes end up butting heads with a vendor’s direct-sales reps. To help mitigate channel conflict at the same time it increases revenue opportunities across the board,…
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Using Web 2.0 to Keep Vendors Honest
A recent episode involving Dell, a Long Island VAR and a vocal customer provides a valuable case study in the use of Web communication tools, namely a blog, to get results from vendors. As reported in our blog last week, Bob Venero, CEO of Future Tech Enterprise, was having a meal with Michael Dell while…
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Managed Services Turn Green
As the push toward conserving energy gains momentum in the IT industry, managed services proponents see an opportunity to promote the model as a part of the Green IT movement. Managed services providers use Web-based tools to keep tabs on the health of their clients’ systems and networks. With the advent of Intel’s vPro technology,…
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Is Fujitsu’s Miniscule PC a Big PDA or a Small Tablet?
Don’t kid yourself: Fujitsu’s tiny Lifebook U810 isn’t about to replace your notebook computer any time soon, and it won’t make you chuck your BlackBerry or Treo into the trash. But the $999 U810 may fill a niche for many mobile Web surfers and on-the-go executives. Surprisingly, Fujitsu’s tiny tablet PC is loaded with features…
