Recent Articles
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IP-Based Video Surveillance Gets Easier
Video surveillance technology has long been a tool for security personnel. Just visit any major retailer, warehouse club or new car dealer to spot TV cameras all over the place. Today, most of those systems use traditional closed-circuit television technology and are often hooked up to a time-lapse or stop-motion VCR to record activity. However,…
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Channel Insider Labs Walkthrough: D-Link IP Video Surveillance
Need to keep an eye on things? Need to protect some assets? Short of a security guard, nothing works better than live video for protecting property. D-Link’s latest IP cameras bring the security of video to almost anywhere. At $999.99 the DCS-6620G offers a 10x Zoom Lens, tilt and swivel and wireless connectivity.
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VARs: IT Certs More About Marketing, Less About Skills
IT certifications are not only declining in value in enterprise IT departments, they’re also not as sought after among VARs and other channel partners when they look to hire engineers. However, the channel does have another use for certifications most IT departments don’t – marketing to clients. And a few certifications are still prized among…
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Get U.S. Open News on Your iPhone, Courtesy of IBM
For the golf-obsessed: if you find yourself rushing through client meetings so you can get back to your car, turn on the radio and check out the status of your favorite golfers competing in the U.S. Open Championship this week in San Diego, suffer no more. IBM and the USGA have partnered to relaunch the…
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Get Off of My Channel Cloud
Sometimes technology moves a little faster than most people in the channel would like. Even something as relatively new as managed services can find itself under assault from another computing model even before it has had much of a chance to establish itself. That seems to be what is happening with the advent of both…
