Recent Articles
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Dell Launches Direct Managed Services Pilot
Dell has launched a limited pilot of a direct-to-customers managed services program, the company told partners in a March 31 letter from channel chief Greg Davis. The pilot initially will be limited by geography—slated for Dallas, Davis said—and he promised to reveal further details about Dell’s managed services plans and how they relate to the…
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eWEEK Channel Labs Walk-through: Fujitsu Lifebook A6120
By Frank Ohlhorst The Fujitsu Lifebook A6120 weighs in at 6.6 pounds.
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CIOs` Cooling, Power Concerns Mean Opportunity for the Channel
As energy costs and a looming recession weigh on the minds of top executives across many industries, integrated power and cooling services vendor APC has beefed up its channel program and is taking its message on the road. A full 70 percent of CIOs surveyed by Gartner named power and cooling as the biggest problem…
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Fujitsu Lifebook A Series Notebooks Combat the Pepsi Syndrome
When it comes to desktop replacement notebook computers, everyone talks about screen size, performance, storage and networking capabilities, but you never hear anyone mention how that notebook works after an encounter with a large cola. It doesn’t have to be a cola, either; it could be an un-cola, a bottle of water, a cup of…
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Marathon Makes a Run for Virtualization
Marathon Technologies has unveiled EverRun VM software, a technology that the company says will help VARs speed the acceptance of virtualization and disaster recovery solutions for midmarket companies running Citrix XenServer virtual infrastructures. Sold 100 percent through the channel, the company’s technology comes from disaster recovery roots, according to Steve Keilen, vice president of marketing.…
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Dell, HP Confronting Shortage of Laptop Batteries
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)—Dell Inc said on Tuesday the personal-computer industry was experiencing a shortage of laptop batteries partly because of a recent fire at a major supplier, but the company was working with other suppliers to limit any price increases. Dell, the world’s second-largest PC maker after Hewlett-Packard Co., also said prices of its separately sold…
