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Arrow Electronics Enhances Sun Service Leads Generation Tools
Englewood, CO.–Arrow Electronics’s MOCA Division, a channel development provider for Sun Microsystems, this week rolled out new tools for its Vortex online lead management system. The new Vortex service section is designed specifically for Arrow iForce partners to manage Sun business services. Designed for iForce partners in 1999, Vortex tracks leads generated by tailored marketing…
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Oracle Profits Surge 15 Percent
Oracle Corp. on Monday reported a 15 percent surge in second-quarter profits, a gain it attributed in large part to something not seen in the industry for some time: namely, businesses spending money on software. Oracle, of Redwood Shores, Calif., on Monday pegged net income for the quarter at $617 million. The company earned $0.12…
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Contract Watch: GroupWise’s Final Shot
Long before Harry Connick Jr. played Grace’s husband on “Will & Grace,” he hawked software for Novell Inc. Well, sort of. During the 1996 launch event for GroupWise 5 in Manhattan, Connick was Novell’s hired entertainment. My wife’s eyes were locked on Connick the entire evening (don’t worry, I’m not the jealous type), but Novell…
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Novell Launches Services For Enterprise Linux
Novell Inc. on Tuesday launched a set of software services to help enterprises make the switch to Linux from other server operating systems. The Novell Nterprise Linux Services 1.0, which will be available on Thursday, provides Linux support for a set of services and applications that have been available with Novell’s NetWare operating system. These…
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PC Sales to Go Up
The weather outside may be frightful but, with PC sales increasing in 2004, vendors are offering attractive reseller incentives. The channel business promises to be delightful. Due to strong customer demand, International Data Corp. (IDC) anticipates a 15.3 percent fourth quarter boost in global shipments of personal computers. But because of low-price computers, revenues will…
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Channel Stock Winning Streak Continues
Much like the Dow Jones Industrial Average, our Ziff Davis Channel Zone Stock Index continues to hover at an annual high. The index, designed to track 30 solutions providers and IT consulting firms, rose 1.57 percent for the week ended Dec. 12. Advancers beat decliners, 19-11, during the period. The index is up nearly 9…
