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Microsoft Software Sales Fall as Industry Awaits Windows 7
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) doesn’t believe the computer industry has hit bottom as sales for technology companies continue to decline during the current economic recession. In the current earning season, many computer hardware and software companies have joined one of two camps—the ones who think we are close to bottom, and the ones who think that…
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Dell Files Lawsuit Against Former Reseller TigerDirect
Dell has reportedly filed a lawsuit against former reseller TigerDirect.com alleging that the direct market reseller is selling old and outdated Dell computers and advertising them as new and covered by Dell warranties. Dell’s April 17 lawsuit filed in New York district court accuses TigerDirect of violations of its resale contract including trademark infringement, misleading…
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N-Able Publishes MSP Training Materials
N-able Technologies is trying to make it easier for channel partners to get into the business of selling managed services with the launch of a new online tool called Business e-Training Essentials. The evolution to the managed services provider business model can be challenging, and although there are an estimate 60,000 channel partners in North…
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Is Lenovo Getting into Security Appliances?
Amid the noisy and crowded aisles of the RSA Conference in San Francisco April 20 to 24 was a curious exhibit, a small booth with a backdrop picture of the Great Wall of China and the declaration, "Lenovo: The leader of Information Security in China." On a folding table sat a Lenovo-branded 3U (5.25-inch) security…
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When Channel Elephants Fight
Now that the initial surprise of the planned acquisition of Sun by Oracle is starting to wear off, the time might be at hand to take a look at some of the more serious channel conflicts associated with this merger. Oracle has already signaled its intent to stay in the hardware business once the merger…
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EMC Says Oracle-Sun Deal is a Game Changer, Asks For Salary Reductions
EMC’s (NYSE:EMC) CEO says Oracle’s bid to buy Sun Microsystems will be a game changer in the data center market, and has asked employees to take a 5 percent pay cut as the vendor struggles with lower demand for its storage products. Earlier this week, Oracle Corp. made a surprise proposal to acquire Sun Microsystems…
