Recent Articles
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Intel’s vPro a Boon to Big Business, a Boom for Channel/SMB
Intel’s vPro platform for business PCs has the potential to cut time and cost from the enterprise IT programs, but the real advantage may be realized in the channel and the small and midsize business market, Intel and others said. The platform, an extension of the dual-core processor to the business market, is designed to…
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IBM Adds Members to Blade.org
IBM is adding 16 members to its Blade.org group and is unveiling two security products from partners based on its BladeCenter blade servers. The April 17 announcements come as the Armonk, N.Y., continues to try to expand the reach of its blade server platform, both through internal projects and via partners. Blade.org, first talked about…
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IBM’s John Guido to Head Big Blue’s Avnet Relationship
John Guido, IBM’s vice president of business partner management and strategy is moving to the company’s top distributor position as IBM’s managing partner executive at Avnet, IBM officials revealed this week. Guido will be succeeded by Nick Verses, who was formerly vice president of U.S. Solution Providers. Marsha Trant, previously vice president of Solutions and…
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Power.org Member Rapport, IBM Unveil Low-Power Cell Processor
Chip maker Rapport Technologies and IBM have developed the Kilocore1025, a new breed of cell processor technology both companies claim will bring disruptive technologies to the low-power computing market. The Kilcore 1025, will feature 1024 eight-bit processing elements together with a PowerPCTM core on a single, low-cost chip, allowing customers to put hundreds or thousands…
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IBM Finance to Make $3.4B Available in ’06
IBM Global Financing, the IT giant’s leasing and lending arm, expects a streamlined process and favorable market trends to drive a busy lending year. IGF (IBM Global Financing) expects to deliver $3.4 billion in loans in 2006 to customers working through partners on IT projects, up 26 percent from $2.7 billion in 2005 and 41…
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HP Sweetens PartnerOne to Boost Sales
Hewlett-Packard is driving partners to grow their HP business with PartnerONE program revisions including a new, quarterly rebate, upfront Market Development Funds and membership level changes designed to encourage VARs to sell across the HP portfolio. HP is placing more significance on “attach”—more HP product in the solution—emphasizing annual revenue for its PartnerONE membership levels…
