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Major Vendors `Nervous` About Managed Services
Aside from Cisco Systems and Dell, major vendors have for the most part done little to nothing to embrace the managed services model, according to the executive running distributor Ingram Micro’s managed services program. “By and large, big vendors aren’t doing anything yet,” said Justin Crotty, vice president of services sales at the distributor. “Cisco’s…
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Ingram Micro Brings House-Brand Monitor to System Builders
With an MSRP of just $459, the 24-inch Ingram Micro V7 D24W33 display brings high resolution (1920 by 1200), high contrast (1,000:1), brightness (250cd/m2) and a 160-degree viewing angle to the channel. The unit also offers excellent video by incorporating a 2-millisecond response time. Not too bad, considering the low price! But, before writing any…
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Microsoft Walks Tightrope Across Channel
Microsoft is skating on thin ice across the channel today after the vendor revealed it will offer its SharePoint and Exchange as hosted services to small businesses. Microsoft Chairman Steve Ballmer announced at the CeBIT conference in Germany today that the software giant intends to offer both applications as online services to small businesses –…
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Is Microsoft Missing the Point of the Channel?
It has been one launch after another as Microsoft hurls software-as-a-service missiles at companies such as Google and others. It started with expanded offerings under Office Live and now has culminated in the announcement that Sharepoint, Exchange and other products will be added to the barrage. While Microsoft must take on Google to ensure its…
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Lenovo’s SUSE Linux Play–Take Two
When I last looked at Lenovo’s SUSE-powered notebook (see: Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions ), I was less than thrilled. After all, the company had a golden opportunity to get a pre-configured Linux notebook out to the masses (well, the Linux user niche market, at least) and perhaps best Dell’s Ubuntu…