Recent Articles
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Will Printer and Printer Supply Sales Ever Recover?
Are printers and printing supplies going the way of other outmoded technologies like external modems and tape backups—destined to pile up in some forgotten IT closet? That’s the scenario that has some in the industry closely watching earnings announcements from companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark and Xerox. The question is, are the huge sales drop-offs…
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Level Platforms Adds Microsoft Hosted Apps to Monitoring Dashboard
Level Platforms is making it easier for the channel to remotely monitor and manage both on-premises technology and managed services that are increasingly becoming part of customers’ IT environments. The company has launched the Managed Cloud Services program, which offers support for Microsoft hosted applications like the Business Productivity Online Suite that features Exchange Online,…
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Meraki Brings Wireless into the Cloud
Wireless networking provider Meraki has launched a breakthrough Enterprise Wireless local area network (LAN) product line that pushes wireless LAN capabilities into the cloud, allowing solution providers to offer wireless as a service to businesses of any size. The line consists of Meraki’s Enterprise Cloud Controller and two new high-performance 802.11n wireless access points (APs),…
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Tech Data Opens Apple Lab for iPhone, iPod and Apple Computers
While consumers may be the ones buying the iPod, iPhone and Apple computers, many businesses have become more open to integrating these devices into their IT environments, and that spells opportunity for resellers. That’s why IT distributor Tech Data is launching an Apple Lab to help its reseller channel partners and their end customers to…
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Report: Digital Universe Doubling Every 18 Months
EMC started off its ninth customer and partner conference with some cloud announcements and some surprising findings in its latest study on what’s happening in the storage market. Essentially, EMC is saying it’s good to be in the data business, or information lifecycle management, as it likes to style it. The study by IDC found…
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Polycom, Glowpoint Team Up to Deliver Quality Video Conferencing
Ever wonder why your expensive telepresence and video conferencing system sometimes doesn’t have sharp, high-definition video quality or audio latency issues? Polycom says blame the telecommunications carriers. Polycom says the major obstacle to quality video conferencing adoption resides in the carrier networks. The carriers, Polycom says, do not ensure quality of service across their peering…