Recent Articles
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The Channel at Mid-Term
From the Dell effect to Cisco’s new footing, Ziff Davis Editorial Director Mike Vizard delivers his mid-term channel report card.
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No Guarantee of Success for Microsoft’s Hyper-V Virtualization
With the release to manufacturing of Hyper-V, Microsoft is hoping that Windows Server 2008 users will see the product as the de facto virtualization product for the enterprise. What’s more, Microsoft is looking to use Hyper-V as a catalyst for the expanded adoption of Windows Server 2008. While those accomplishments may be lofty goals, one…
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Time to Talk About Tablet PCs?
Tablet PCs have firmly established themselves in certain vertical markets where users don’t have offices or need to compute while standing. But as the tablet market matures, more sedentary office workers could benefit from using them, particularly when it comes to annotation and approval tasks. This presents opportunities for solution providers to spread the message…
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Can System Builders Turn to Ubuntu?
Late last month, Ubuntu 8.04 arrived on the scene, right on time, right on its six-month refresh cycle and readily available via a simple ISO image file download. While that may have been big news for the Linux community, the question remains, what if any impact will this latest release have on mainstream computer users?…
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So You Want to Be an MSP?
Managed services are all about supporting the customer, and that is something VARs know all about. After all, VARs have been providing services since the dawn of IT, and those services have always needed an element of management. From the start, the big question about services has always been, "Who does the management?" Is it…
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Online Backup for the Channel
As more small businesses expand, they need to protect their data in case of disaster, theft or user error. A number of online backup companies have entered this market, and some even have well-developed channel programs for which they are recruiting VARs. Those companies include Asigra, Zmanda, LogMeIn, Storage Guardian, Vembu Technologies and…