Recent Articles
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Using Web 2.0 to Keep Vendors Honest
A recent episode involving Dell, a Long Island VAR and a vocal customer provides a valuable case study in the use of Web communication tools, namely a blog, to get results from vendors. As reported in our blog last week, Bob Venero, CEO of Future Tech Enterprise, was having a meal with Michael Dell while…
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Managed Services Turn Green
As the push toward conserving energy gains momentum in the IT industry, managed services proponents see an opportunity to promote the model as a part of the Green IT movement. Managed services providers use Web-based tools to keep tabs on the health of their clients’ systems and networks. With the advent of Intel’s vPro technology,…
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Is Fujitsu’s Miniscule PC a Big PDA or a Small Tablet?
Don’t kid yourself: Fujitsu’s tiny Lifebook U810 isn’t about to replace your notebook computer any time soon, and it won’t make you chuck your BlackBerry or Treo into the trash. But the $999 U810 may fill a niche for many mobile Web surfers and on-the-go executives. Surprisingly, Fujitsu’s tiny tablet PC is loaded with features…
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VARs Choose VMware for Server Virtualization
It’s been said "no one gets fired for buying IBM." These days you may want to add VMware to that vaunted list. Solution providers have lined up in droves behind the market leader in virtualization – widely acknowledged to command about a 90-percent share. Rivals like Citrix’s Xen technology and Virtual Iron have not come…
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Channel Labs Walkthrough: Fujitsu Lifebook U810
Don’t let the U810’s diminutive size fool you, it’s a full fledged PC
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Learning To Love UAC
User Access Control in Windows Vista has been such a controversial development that it’s worth re-examining periodically. Let’s restate the purpose of UAC: It is to allow the user to run the system as a standard user, not administrator, and still have relatively easy access to privileged operations when they are necessary. UAC (click here…
