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IT Gets Its Own Tool Set
Corporations want their information technology shops to be run like businesses. A newly released report, however, suggests that many organizations are stumbling in that regard. Sapient, a systems integrator, collaborated with Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management on a white paper that examines the problem of unlocking technology’s potential. “Most [organizations] are missing out on…
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Animosity Festers Throughout HP’s Channel
Hewlett Packard is walking a very fine line. There is growing animosity among its channel ranks and the company’s top executives seem to be exacerbating the situation instead of calming it. Since the very beginning of the glory days of Carly Fiorina’s leadership (I call them glory days because she was always searching the spotlight…
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IP Telephony Beyond VOIP
IP telephony is the wave of the telecom future for businesses, even if it seems to have stalled at VOIP. That’s according to VARs and analysts in the field, who said return on investment and a lack of understanding of the potential have left businesses stuck in a limbo between traditional telecom and full IP…
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Analyst Handicaps WiMAX Market, Picks Early Leaders
Forward Concepts, known for their expertise in the DSP space, has entered the WiMAX forecasting market with a report predicting that the technology will be worth $2 billion in 2009. Since the technology is still in its nascent state, the firm predicts that WiMAX chip revenues will total just $5.4 million this year. Still, Forward…
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Corente Pushes Managed Services Platform to Channel
As the popularity of managed services increases in the IT channel, a host of companies are rushing to develop innovative technology to facilitate delivery of the services. Among them is a young New York-based software developer that early in its existence caught the eye of IBM, of Armonk, N.Y., which has taken the company under…
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Microsoft’s Midsize Push Would Crown Solutions King
Microsoft Corp.’s advance into the midsize business market will bring a wealth of opportunity to VARs offering back-end service and solution tools, but licensing may be a dead end for others. That’s the word from Mika Yamamoto Kramer, an analyst at the Gartner Group following Microsoft’s midsize business developments. “Microsoft is taking money away from…
