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  • Check Point Beats Q3 Revenue Expectations

    TEL AVIV, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Check Point Software Technologies, one of the world’s largest Internet and network security companies, posted strong quarterly results on Tuesday and provided an upbeat outlook despite the worsening economic climate. The news sent the Israel-based company’s Nasdaq-listed shares surging 7 percent in morning trade. Chairman and Chief Executive Gil…

  • Microsoft Sees Windows Azure Profitable

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Microsoft expects its new "cloud computing platform, Windows Azure, to be profitable at launch, the company’s top software executive said on Monday. Cloud computing is the trend by Internet powerhouses to array huge numbers of computers in centralized data centers to deliver Web-based applications to far-flung users. Windows Azure will allow…

  • Intel Says Investment Plans on Track

    BEIJING (Reuters) – Chip giant Intel Corp’s chief executive said on Tuesday that its investments around the world are proceeding as originally planned, but that some disruption from the global financial crisis was unavoidable. "I would expect to continue all of our investments we have committed to in China and around the world," Chief Executive…

  • Better Leads Make Better Channels

    Every where you go these days in the channel, you hear the same refrain from the vendors: we’re looking for a better class of partners. What that means is that most of them are not really all that interested in recruiting more partners in volume. Instead, what they really want to do is pick off…

  • Wi-Fi Opportunities a Bright Spot for Solution Providers

    With the U.S. economy tightening and Wall Street numbers sliding further every week, a few bright spots remain for IT solution providers. One of those is the wireless market, according to research from Chetan Sharma Consulting. The U.S. wireless market grew 40 percent in the second quarter 2008 compared with the same quarter in 2007,…

  • Ingram Micro Says SMB Loan Repayments on Track

    Defaults on technology financing deals are on the rise, raising concerns about the ongoing availability of credit for such deals, according to a report, but technology distributors and technology vendors with captive financing arms say credit is still available for qualified businesses. Ingram Micro CEO Greg Spierkel told financial analysts during an earnings call last…

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