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Apple’s iPhone, Mac Seeing Higher Sales to Business
Apple has never been known for its strong reseller channel partner program or its efforts to woo the channel with discounts and back-end rebates. But over the years as Apple’s Mac platform has made inroads into small businesses and workgroups within larger enterprises, the channel has come along for the ride, with or without Apple’s support.…
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Health Care Provider Cuts Patient Intake Time with Apple iPhone App
RehabCare Group has created a new application for employee Apple iPhones that has shortened the processing time for patient prescreens from as many as 18 hours to less than 60 minutes, the company reports. The application was created with Salesforce.com’s Force.com platform in four days, according to Salesforce.com, which offers its Force.com platform as a…
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VeriSign Sells Managed Services Unit to SecureWorks
The Associated Press is reporting that VeriSign has divested its managed security services division to SecureWorks for an undisclosed price. VeriSign’s new management has reportedly been looking to sell off some of its non-core assets to focus the business on domain registration and management services, and SSL certificate units. Managed security services was among those…
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Hiring Grade-A Talent
Everyone knows the tried-and-true business axiom: Grade-A managers hire Grade-A people while Grade-B managers hire Grade-C people. The logic is simple; weaker managers hire less competent people because they don’t want competition or conflict. Stronger managers look for people who are competent and motivated people who are able to catapult their organizations to higher levels. …
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DataPreserve Offers ‘Cloud’ Data Protection for SMBs
With an eye on small to midsized business (SMB) customers, DataPreserve unveiled its DataPreserve Pro software suite; enterprise-level, cloud-based data protection software and storage geared for SMBs. In announcing the software, DataPreserve noted that it is designed to be utilized by Managed Service Providers (MSPs), who offer data protection services to their clients without incurring…
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Distributor Tech Data’s Q1 Net Income Soars 49% as Deal Pricing Stays Competitive
Seeming to defy the recession, Tech Data’s (NASDAQ:TECD) net income soared 49 percent year over year in the distributor’s first fiscal quarter. But the company did that on revenues that declined 17 percent year over year. That’s because not all revenue is good revenue, Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky tells Channel Insider. Dutkowsky says that…