| 8/15/2007 | Going For The Gold |
| FINANCING MAY NOT BE as interesting as the latest gee-whiz technology, but it’s just as integral to an IT provider’s livelihood.
... [more] | | 8/15/2007 | Capitilizing On Cash Flow |
| When Sandy Kronenberg lands a new customer, the celebration lasts only a few seconds. Then, the arduous task of conducting credit checks, establishing terms, and structuring the deal begins.
... [more] | | 8/15/2007 | The Brave New World Of SaaS with Robert Bois |
| Software as a service (SaaS) offers end users the ability to access powerful software at a reasonable cost. But its growing popularity in the SMB market poses special challenges for channel partners accustomed to selling, installing, and maintaining software for their clients.
... [more] | | 8/15/2007 | Authorized Personnel Only |
| Every day, it seems, brings another headline about a high-profile information security breach. From department stores to banks to news media organizations, no company appears immune.
... [more] | | 8/15/2007 | New Intel Server Processors Provide Ultimate Choice in Speed and Energy Efficiency |
| Spanning 2.0 GHz at Only 50 Watts to 3.0 GHz, Customers Can Now Achieve Even Higher Performance with Greater Power Savings
... [more] | | 8/15/2007 | NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS INTRODUCES PORTABLE, 3,000-LUMEN LCD PROJECTOR FOR THE EDUCATION MARKET |
| NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc., a leading provider of innovative LCD flat panel displays, professional grade plasmas and projectors, and integrated display solutions, today introduced a new 3,000-lumen projector targeted mainly to the education market.
... [more] | | 8/15/2007 | D&H OPENS ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUBSIDIARY |
| Responding to Requests from Canadian Partners, D&H Adds its First International Warehouse, with Plans to Acquire 1,000+ New Resellers, Dealers & Retail Customers
... [more] | | 3/13/2007 | Intel unveils two new quad core chips |
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... [more] | | 2/28/2007 | AMD Announces New ATI Chipset For Windows Vista |
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AMD's anticipated 690 chipset designed for Windows Vista and including integrated multimedia and graphics capabilities will be available on top-of-line motherboards in March.
The 690 chipset, which comes in two flavors, the G and the V, will provide enhanced support for Windows Vista's high-performance graphics, 3-D capabilities and "Aero" user interface, as well as support for Microsoft's DirectX 9 advanced graphics APIs, the company said.
... [more] | | 2/26/2007 | D&H See Strong Vista, Office Sales With System Builders |
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D&H Distributing says that its sales of Microsoft's new Vista operating system exceeded its expectations, particularly in the system builder market... [more] | | 2/22/2007 | Prevent Daylight-Saving Time Problems On Smartphones |
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With daylight-saving time coming March 11 -- three weeks earlier than expected in the U.S. this year -- business technology managers are scrambling to update their applications, operating systems, and other software programs to handle the new date for the arrival of DST. They shouldn't overlook employees' mobile devices, which also are subject to the same problem. ... [more] | | 2/13/2007 | AMD Tries To Make Up With The Channel |
| After inventory problems led to angst in the channel in late 2006, AMD is trying to court partners back with price cuts, a more balanced global inventory and new manufacturing technologies.
... [more] | | 2/6/2007 | AMD Chips Away At Intel Market Share |
| San Jose, Calif. -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. took its largest slice ever--25.3 percent--of the X86 market in the last quarter of 2006, according to a report released last week by PC market watcher Mercury Research.
"Intel has had lower [quarterly] shares than this, but this is the lowest since late 1995," said Dean McCarron, principal of Mercury Research (Cave Creek, Ariz.).
... [more] | | 1/26/2007 | AMD Turns To VARs To Help Build SMB Market Share |
| Advanced Micro Devices has set its sights on small and midsize businesses this year and is developing new products, programs and incentives for VARs and resellers to execute on that mission.
... [more] | | 1/11/2007 | EH Publishing and NASBA Join Forces to Launch ChannelPro |
| EH Publishing, in association with NASBA, The Association of Channel Resellers, announced today the creation of ChannelPro Magazine: The Insider’s Guide to SMB and ChannelProOnline.com.
... [more] | | 12/21/2006 | CRN Interview: D&H Recounts 2006 Successes, Looks Ahead To 2007 |
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... [more] | | 11/24/2006 | Office 2007 Won't Require Enterprise Activation |
| Microsoft won't require businesses that deploy Office 2007 to activate the suite, the company said Tuesday in an updated document on its Web site. ... [more] | | 11/14/2006 | Q&A: AMD Exec Promises Replenished Supply For System Builders |
| Stephen DiFranco, corporate vice president of marketing at Advanced Micro Devices, discussed AMD's shortage of desktop processors in the channel, why it happened and when the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip maker expects to replenish the supply for system builders in an interview with CRN Senior Writer Paula Rooney.
... [more] | | 11/14/2006 | Intel Launches First Quad-Cores, With More To Come Soon |
| Intel's launch of quad-core processors will drive adoption of high-end Xeon servers and virtualization technology, but it may take some time before the platform takes off in the marketplace, solution providers say.
... [more] | | 11/9/2006 | NEC Zooms In On Digital Signage |
| NEC, across the range, makes good products—no question about it," said Bill Zinck, an account manager at Avidex, a Bellevue, Wash.-based integrator. "For us, the digital signage market is growing."... [more] | | 11/3/2006 | Symantec Launches SMB Products, System Builder Program |
| Symantec on Wednesday raised the curtain on broad campaign to court small and midsize businesses that includes several Windows product updates and a new system builder program.
... [more] | | 11/2/2006 | D&H Offers Zune As iPod Alternative |
| D&H Distributing next week will become one of the first broadline distributors to carry Microsoft's new Zune, a portable multi-media device for viewing, playing, sharing and storing digital video, photo and music files.
... [more] | | 11/2/2006 | IT equipment financing on the increase |
| Not only is the IT equipment financing activity rising, but more new business is also coming from the reseller channel, according to a recent report.
The Equipment Leasing and Financing Association of America (ELFA) commissioned consultancy The Alta Group to conduct a study on how U.S. businesses and other organizations acquire IT equipment and what drives their decision-making process. Arlington, Va.-based ELFA released the study this week at the 45th annual ELFA Convention in Palm Desert, CA.
... [more] | | 11/2/2006 | Symantec launches new channel program for system builders |
| Symantec Corp. has announced a new channel program aimed at system builders to help them target small- and medium-sized (SMB) companies.
The system builder program allows these solution providers to purchase backup and security software at the same time as system products in order to make custom solutions that are a total package offering instead of SMBs seeking security from another vendor.
... [more] | | 11/2/2006 | HP To Push Thousands Of Named Accounts To Channel |
| Hewlett-Packard said it plans to move thousands of named direct accounts to the channel as part of a new sales engagement strategy set to go into effect Nov. 1.... [more] | | 11/2/2006 | Adaptec Unveils New Software For Custom Storage Arrays |
| Adaptec this week officially joins the ranks of vendors bringing out software to turn an ordinary server into a storage array.
... [more] | | 10/23/2006 | AMD Unveils New Program To Embolden Partners |
| Consolidating its separate desktop and server programs under the
Validated Solutions program will give channel partners a one-stop shop
for their AMD64 commercial desktop and server needs.
... [more] | | 10/16/2006 | Leasing adding liquidity to SMB market |
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The owner of a New York based IT distributor/reseller has found it advantageous to rely on a third party leasing company in sales to the end user.
Many businesses prefer to make leasing payments for the solution over a lengthy period of time -- usually lasting about three years -- rather than pay the entire amount upfront, said Kevin Iler, managing director and chief financial officer at ICP Inc, which generates about $85-million (US) in revenue, stemming from sales of security and other products and services to verticals, particularly the medical sector.
... [more] | | 10/16/2006 | Profits Soar At Samsung, Further Growth Expected |
| Samsung Electronics reports record quarter-on-quarter profits, with
sales of memory chips and mobile phones leading the charge.... [more] | | 10/9/2006 | System Builders Applaud Vista Upgrade Coupon |
| System builders praised Microsoft's decision to offer an
Express Upgrade coupon that gives buyers of Windows XP-based PCs a
free or discounted upgrade to Windows Vista through March 15.... [more] | | 10/5/2006 | D&H Voted Most Valued Broadline Distributor |
| Major national computer and consumer electronics distributor D&H Distributing has been voted Most Valued Broadline Distributor in three of the top five survey categories in CRN's 2006 Preferred Sourcing Study.
... [more] | | 10/2/2006 | How To: Building A Viiv PC |
| For companies interested in offering Viiv PCs to their customers, here's a breakdown of what's needed and how to select the best components... [more] | | 10/2/2006 | Intel Offers $1M PC Design Challenge |
| Intel Corp. is challenging PC designers and manufacturers to think "sexy, stylish and small" as they design the next generation of home PCs... [more] | | 10/2/2006 | Whitebook Builders Profit From Notebook Battery Recall Fallout |
| Forget co-op dollars. Forget rebates. When it comes to whitebooks, FUD is the new MDF--thanks to the continuing fallout from the Sony bad-battery kerfuffle. ... [more] | | 10/2/2006 | D&H, Cisco Marriage Creates New Opportunities |
| D&H Distributing recently completed its first anniversary as a Cisco Systems distributor and both sides said they expect it to be a long marriage... [more] | | 9/28/2006 | Important Microsoft Office News
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| Important Microsoft Office News... [more] | | 9/14/2006 | PC Sales Poised For Double-Digit Growth |
| Worldwide PC sales totaled 52 million units in the second quarter, and
double-digit growth is expected for the remainder of the year,
according to research firm IDC
... [more] | | 9/14/2006 | Microsoft Debuts First Next-Gen Service: Windows Live Search |
| Microsoft Tuesday launches its much anticipated Windows Live Search as the next pillars of its next generation search platform, Vista, Office
2007, SharePoint 2007, readied for release in the coming months.
... [more] | | 8/22/2006 | ATEN Develops Remote Management for Small and Medium-Size Businesses (SMBs) - Optimizing New or Exis |
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... [more] | | 8/15/2006 | SANA SECURITY TAPPED BY INTENSITY COMPUTERS FOR IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION |
| Sana Security, Inc., a security software company, today announced that Intensity Computers, a Canada-based custom personal computer assembly shop specializing in security best practices, has chosen Primary Response SafeConnect to provide instant and constant protection against malicious programs without relying on signatures and scanning
... [more] | | 8/8/2006 | ATEN Technology Unveils New Video Matrix Switches for Education, Commercial and Security Environment |
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... [more] | | 7/31/2006 | Sana Security Extends Global Presence With European Partner |
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Scan Computers Offers Primary Response SafeConnect for Signature-Free Malware Protection... [more] | | 7/31/2006 | Symantec reports solid first quarter revenue and earnings |
| Symantec Corp. has reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2007, which ended June 30, 2006.
GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) revenue for the quarter was $1.26 billion and non-GAAP revenue was $1.28 billion. Non-GAAP revenue grew two per cent over the comparable period a year ago.
... [more] | | 7/31/2006 | Sana partners with NASBA to promote products to system builders |
| Sana Security has teamed up with NASBA to promote its security products to the system builder community in the hopes of expanding its presence in the channel.
... [more] | | 7/25/2006 | LAPLINK RELEASES ON-DEMAND WEB-BASED REMOTE SUPPORT SOFTWARE |
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... [more] | | 7/7/2006 | Qimonda Delivers Industry's First DDR3 SO-DIMM Samples to ATI for Future Notebook Designs - Leading |
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... [more] | | 5/31/2006 | Advanced Micro Devices unveils the AMD LIVE! PC |
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has unveiled the AMD LIVE! PC -- a full-featured, Windows-based media centre PC. ... [more] | | 5/18/2006 | ViewSonic seeks channel boost with NASBA |
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... [more] | | 5/18/2006 | PCs: AMD grows, Dell slows |
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... [more] | | 5/17/2006 | Laplink’s Best-Selling PCmover® Software Now Supports Windows XP Media Center PCs |
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... [more] | | 5/2/2006 | ATEN Technology Launches New CAT5 KVM Switch with Capability to Control More Than 8,000 Computers |
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... [more] | | 4/27/2006 | Nvidia Steps Up Validated Desktop Platform With Management Capabilities |
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Business Platform features will now stack up against Intel’s ... [more] | | 4/26/2006 | WD RE2 500 GB SATA Hard Drives Deliver Industry-leading 1.2 Million Hours MTBF at 100 Percent Duty C |
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... [more] | | 4/13/2006 | AMD Beats Street, Touts Higher Average Selling Prices |
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... [more] | | 3/30/2006 | ATI Takes Swipe At Nvidia |
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... [more] | | 3/10/2006 | VIKING INTERWORKS™ AND MINDSPEED® ANNOUNCE A COMPLETE “OFFICE-IN-A-BOX” WIRELESS ROUTER, VPN AND VOI |
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... [more] | | 3/7/2006 | AMD unveils three new dual-core Opteron chips |
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... [more] | | 3/6/2006 | ATEN Technology Launches 8-Port “Slideaway” LCD KVM Switch |
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... [more] | | 3/6/2006 | D&H NAMED AXIS' "DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR" |
| Two Significant Vendor Awards in a Month Show D&H's Commitment to Growing its Partners' Market Share, and Delivering Top-Flight Technologies to VARs
... [more] | | 3/3/2006 | VISIONEER AWARDS D&H DISTRIBUTING “FASTEST GROWING DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR” |
| Visioneer, Inc announced that D&H Distributing was named its Fastest Growing Distributor of the Year for 2005.
... [more] | | 2/21/2006 | ATEN Technology KVM Solutions Achieve Linux Certification |
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... [more] | | 2/15/2006 | VIKING INTERWORKS SHIPS 576MB RDRAM NexMod |
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... [more] | | 2/15/2006 | ATEN Technology Bolsters Data Center Security with New RADIUS-Compliant KVM on the NET(TM) Solution |
| New CN5000 Control Unit Connects to Existing KVMs for Remote Access Functionality and Secures Networks With RADIUS Server Authentication
... [more] | | 2/14/2006 | ATI introduces mobile workstation graphics technology |
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... [more] | | 2/13/2006 | NEC releases Electra Elite IPK II |
| NEC Unified Solutions has released the second generation of its Electra Elite IPK converged IP communications platform for SMBs.
... [more] | | 2/12/2006 | Samsung issues 100GB and120GB 2.5-inch mobile hard drives |
| Samsung Electronics Ltd. had unveiled four new 2.5-inch hard disk drives designed for notebook and enterprise computing applications.
... [more] | | 2/9/2006 | AMD increases diversity of options for systems builders |
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... [more] | | 2/8/2006 | NASBA launches home automation tele-training program |
| NASBA, a channel organization with over 14,000 member companies servicing the white box, integrator, and solution provider industry segments throughout North America, will offer a one hour tele-seminar training program each month during the coming year. The program, available to all resellers, focuses on strategy, sales tips, and technical insights in the growing home automation area, and is jointly sponsored by NASBA and Intel Corp.
... [more] | | 2/7/2006 | AMCC forges partnership with D&H Distributing |
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The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Applied Micro Circuits Corp. has signed a distribution agreement with D&H Distributing to carry its 3ware 9550SX series serial (SATA) II Raid controllers, as well as its 9000 series SATA RAID controllers.... [more] | | 2/6/2006 | Emc expands further into smb market with tailored line of hardware and software products |
| Emc insignia line of products enable smbs to leverage emc information management and storage expertise with easy-to-use products... [more] | | 1/31/2006 | ATEN simplifies server room management |
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... [more] | | 1/18/2006 | Fujitsu Enters Small Drive Market With Cornice |
| Fujitsu Enters Small Drive Market With Cornice Fujitsu Ltd. said it will produce 1.8-inch hard-disk drives for portable music players, video cameras and notebooks PCs.
... [more] | | 1/18/2006 | Cracking Dell's Code |
| Shifting market conditions, poor business decisions and lagging technology are creating fissures in the direct-sales giant--and creating opportunities for solution providers
... [more] | | 1/18/2006 | An Independent Study Reveals That Laplink PCmover Can Increase PC Sales |
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... [more] | | 1/17/2006 | You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure! |
| With more than 70 percent of Vendors relying on indirect sales channels to distribute their products and capture market share, there is an increasing need for accurate, useful and continuous channel information...
... [more] | | 1/16/2006 | AMCC, Maxtor Give Mac Users a Taste of Storage |
| Establishing a foothold within the largely untapped Macintosh platform storage arena, Applied Micro Circuits Corp. and Maxtor Corp. have rolled out new Serial ATA II-based RAID and backup offerings at Macworld Expo this week.
... [more] | | 1/11/2006 | Microsoft's Media Center Blitz |
| Media Center Edition To Move Into Vista... [more] | | 1/9/2006 | D-Link, Buffalo Beef Up Their Networking, Storage And Entertainment Lines |
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... [more] | | 1/9/2006 | Intel Launches Next-Gen Notebook Platform With Common Building Blocks For The Channel |
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... [more] | | 1/5/2006 | Google Software Bundle, Google Video Rental Coming Soon |
| ThreadWatch writes that the Wall Street Journal has the scoop on Google's CES announcement, and its a video download rental service… and a software bundle?
... [more] | | 1/4/2006 | ATEN Technology, Inc. Announces New Slideaway LCD KVM Console |
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... [more] | | 12/14/2005 | IOGEAR triples data speeds |
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... [more] | | 12/8/2005 | D-Link Adds Bandwidth Management Tool |
| D-Link has upgraded two of its high-end VPN/firewall products and introduced a new application security gateway to its NetDefend line of small business networking security products
... [more] | | 10/31/2005 | ATEN Technology Announces New DVI Video Expansion Solutions |
| New DVI-Compliant Video Splitters Enhance Trade Shows, Conferences and Classroom Environments
... [more] | | 10/27/2005 | AMD unveils commercial channel program |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has introduced the AMD Commercial Channel Access Program as a means to enhance and extend the company's commitment to partners' business needs and contribute to their continued growth and success in the commercial market.
... [more] | | 10/20/2005 | At home with NASBA |
| NASBA is partnering with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to give the channel an 'edge' in the digital home market. The initiative is designed to strengthen business opportunities for resellers in the digital home market through access to resources from NASBA, CEA and its flagship event, the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and D&H Distributing's CEA Member Savings Program.
... [more] | | 10/19/2005 | VODA MAKES IT ONTO THE PROFIT HOT 50 LIST OF CANADA’S EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES |
| Kamloops, BC –Voda Computer Systems Ltd., located in Kamloops and Kelowna with satellite offices in Penticton and Grand Forks, has been named to the PROFIT HOT 50 by Profit: Your Guide to Business Success Magazine. Ranking #41, the company received the recognition for achieving a 144 percent growth in sales between 2002 and 2004.
... [more] | | 10/13/2005 | Alvaka Networks and Ingram Micro Offer Exclusive Channel Access to Advanced Network Management Servi |
| Huntington Beach, Calif. (PRWEB) October 12, 2005 -- Alvaka Networks announces an agreement with Ingram Micro, Inc. (NYSE: IM) to provide Advanced Network Management Services through Ingram Micro’s reseller network in the United States. Ingram Micro reaches a broad reseller network through which a select suite of Alvaka’s Advanced Network Management Services will be delivered to end-users.... [more] | | 10/13/2005 | Supermicro Activates Channel With AMD64 Technology-Based Server, Motherboard Solutions |
| SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- October 10, 2005 --AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced general availability of a broad range of AMD64 technology-based server and motherboard solutions from Supermicro Computer, Inc., through three leading distributors, offering Supermicro solution providers and technology buyers greater choice in the x86 server market.
... [more] | | 9/22/2005 | VIKING INTERWORKS LAUNCHES GRAPHICS CARDS WITH GRAPHICS BY ATI TECHNOLOGIES |
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... [more] | | 9/9/2005 | AMD-based servers wooing the market: Server study |
| According to in-depth interviews with U.S. server professionals, the Wintel (Windows-Intel) market stranglehold on x86 architecture servers may be broken, according to a newly released report by NYC-based TheInfoPro (TIP).
... [more] | | 8/16/2005 | VIKING INTERWORKS SHIPS 576MB RAMBUS NexRIMM |
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... [more] | | 8/12/2005 | Alvaka Networks appointed a member of SonicWALL's MSSP Program |
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Huntington Beach, Calif. - August 10th, 2005 Alvaka Networks, Inc., announces its appointment as a SonicWALL's Managed Security Services Partner (MSSP) and Member of their MSSP Referal Network (MRN). This appointment confirms Alvaka's position as a leading Managed Security Services Provider. SonicWALL provides a dynamic platform that Alvaka Networks will customize to deliver unique managed security solutions comprising of firewall, VPN, anti-virus, anti-spyware, content filtering, and intrusion prevention, tailored to each customer's needs.... [more] | | 8/4/2005 | 60+ VENDORS AND CISCO TRAINING HIGHLIGHT D&H'S 15th ANNUAL NEW ENGLAND TECHNOLOGY SHOW |
| In Its 15 th Anniversary Year, D&H's Longest-Running Reseller Trade Show will Spotlight Powerful New SMB Solutions, Increased Training and Upgraded Prizes
... [more] | | 8/4/2005 | NEC charges into North American storage market |
| NEC makes a push into storage, seeking to gain market share with enterprise grade products pitched, bundled and priced to the SMB market, and offering a 100 per cent channel strategy where it will not compete with its resellers
... [more] | | 8/3/2005 | Western Digital rolls out 400 GB SATA desktop hard drive |
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Western Digital Corp. has announced the availability of its new high capacity 400 GB Serial ATA (SATA) WD Caviar SE16 desktop-class hard drives. With 7,200 RPM spindle speed, native SATA technology and 16 MB cache, the desktop-class WD Caviar SE16 400 GB hard drives deliver cool, quiet and high performance storage, officials said. ... [more] | | 8/2/2005 | Symantec Reports Solid Numbers, But Lowers Future Projections |
| Symantec Reports Solid Numbers, But Lowers Future Projections Symantec kicked off fiscal year 2006 with an earnings report that showed the company's achieving robust results, despite being in the midst of an intricate integration with Veritas.
... [more] | | 8/2/2005 | AMD Debuts Entry-Level Dual-Core Athlon, Cuts Prices |
| AMD Debuts Entry-Level Dual-Core Athlon, Cuts Prices Advanced Micro Devices added a new dual-core Athlon 64 processor to the bottom end of its desktop X2 line.
... [more] | | 7/28/2005 | Seagate Technology reports 63 per cent revenue increase for 2Q05 |
| Scotts Valley, Calif.-based Seagate Technology has reported revenue of US$2.18 billion, net income of $280 million, and diluted earnings per share of $0.55 for the quarter ended July 1, 2005.... [more] | | 7/14/2005 | AMD profit beats estimates |
| MANHASSET, N.Y. — Answering skeptics who expected a weak quarter, microprocessor supplier AMD Inc. posted sales of $1.26 billion and net income of $11 million, or 3 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 26.
... [more] | | 7/11/2005 | What Is Spyware? The Industry Can't Agree |
| Little Agreement on Spyware Guidelines
... [more] | | 6/27/2005 | EMC Dantz Backup Software Gets More Secure |
| EMC Dantz Backup Software Gets More Secure
... [more] | | 6/24/2005 | Symantec Exec Touts Potential Of Veritas Merger To VARs |
| Symantec executives are so confident that its acquisition of Veritas Software will pass shareholder muster on Friday that the company on Thursday told its VARs to expect great things once the merger is complete.
... [more] | | 6/23/2005 | Iomega NAS 200d Proves Ideal Turnkey Solution |
| Solution providers waste time when cobbling together a storage solution using various bits of hardware and software from multiple vendors. A much faster way to solve storage problems is to go with a turnkey solution. With the recent proliferation of NAS and storage appliances based on Microsoft's Windows Storage Server 2003, resellers can simply shop for the exact solution they need.... [more] | | 5/19/2005 | VIKING INTERWORKS SHIPS ROHS-COMPLIANT MEMORY MODULE PRODUCTS |
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... [more] | | 5/18/2005 | 3Ware Handles Heavy Loads |
| CRN Test Center checks out the AMCC 3ware SATA card as part of an Aberdeen Stonehaven A381 Dual Opteron server
... [more] | | 5/17/2005 | SMB-friendly wireless switch being prepped by D-Link |
| D-Link Systems has licensed technology from Trapeze Networks for its recently announced D-Link AirPremier Wireless Switch.
... [more] | | 5/6/2005 | NASBA unveils home automation training classes |
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Given that one of the fastest growing market segments today is the home building and renovation market, now is the time for resellers and system builders to get the necessary insight on how to delve into this area. ... [more] | | 4/21/2005 | AMD releases its first dual-core processor |
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The buzz around dual-core processors continues with the announcement from AMD that it has shipped its first Opteron dual-core processors.... [more] | | 4/11/2005 | AMD Set To Launch Dual-Core Opterons |
| AMD is widely expected to formally launch the first dual-core versions of its popular 64-bit Opteron server processor on April 21. That's the date AMD chairman, Hector Ruiz, is hosting a reception in New York City to celebrate the second anniversary of Opteron's launch. ... [more] | | 3/29/2005 | NASBA rolls out new channel programs |
| NASBA, the Association of Channel Resellers, has rolled out a number of new programs and services recently for its system builder and reseller membership.
... [more] | | 3/15/2005 | D&H shows partners the money |
| The distributor is making $12 million in additional credit available for almost 500 partners as well as rolling out a new leasing program; it's just good business, with the access to more credit typically leading to a 20% increase in sales volumes
... [more] | | 3/10/2005 | D&H Hikes VAR Credit, Launches Leasing Program |
| D&H Distributing is doubling the available credit lines of nearly 500 resellers and launching its first major equipment-leasing program.
... [more] | | 3/8/2005 | VIKING INTERWORKS SHIPS COST-EFFECTIVE, HIGH-PERFORMANCE DRAM MODULES USING NEW STACKING TECHNOLOGY |
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... [more] | | 2/22/2005 | Gartner Vision Events Announces IT ChannelVision for 2005 |
| Expanded program for IT Vendors, Resellers and Solution Providers combines three leading events - System Builder Summit™, VARVision®, and EnterpriseVision™
... [more] | | 2/16/2005 | AMD cuts prices of a wide range of CPUs |
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made comprehensive cuts in the prices of its processors, including the Opteron, Athlon 64, and Sempron CPUs. The price of the high-end Athlon 64 3800+ has been slashed by as much as 34%, according to the latest quotation received by Taiwan IT makers from AMD. The new prices became effective on February 15.... [more] | | 2/8/2005 | Microsoft To Release 13 Patches Next Week |
| Microsoft gives early warning that next week's monthly dose of security bulletins and patches will be among its biggest ever.
... [more] | | 1/20/2005 | Intel Launches Sonoma As Next-Gen Centrino Intel |
| Intel Launches Sonoma As Next-Gen Centrino Intel on Wednesday said it has begun shipping Sonoma, the next generation of its Centrino mobile processor platform.... [more] | | 1/19/2005 | New magicolor 2400W KONICA MINOLTA receives prestigious |
| The Konica Minolta magicolor 2400W drops the entry cost for color laser printing to its lowest level yet, while offering good to excellent output quality and better performance than most four-pass color lasers. More important, it strikes a winning balance among speed, output quality, and price.
... [more] | | 12/13/2004 | Level Platforms Introduces “MSP Now!” |
| “With Managed Workplace and MSP Now! VARs get a complete MSP-in-a-box and are fully operational within days,” said Peter Sandiford, CEO of LPI. “For a few hundred dollars a VAR receives the entire training program as well as software licenses to get up and running with five customers. By the end of our Four Weeks to Profit implementation period, VARs are already cash positive and on their way to an exciting new future for their business.”
... [more] | | 11/11/2004 | How to choose a leasing partner |
| NASBA Capital's Steve Logan offers suggestions to VARs how to choose a leasing partner in order to build a leasing program for customers.
... [more] | | 10/11/2004 | D&H HELPS SYSTEM BUILDERS CAPITALIZE ON THE MEDIA-PC TREND, ADDING COMPONENTS & TRAINING |
| As the Gap Between White Box and Tier 1 Advantages Narrows, D&H Gears-up to Help System Builders Sell Digital Media PCs.D&H Distributing is strategically adding Media-PC component vendors, expanding its media-based product lines, and developing additional digital convergence training venues, to support the introduction of the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 operating system.
... [more] | | 8/25/2004 | Wichita computer builder selected by Intel to market digital home |
| Christian Dimension Computer Solutions Inc. is one of 35 computer system builders in the United States--and the only one from Kansas--selected by Intel to help develop and market digital home entertainment systems.
... [more] | | 8/16/2004 | CA EXTENDS LEADERSHIP IN SECURITY MANAGEMENT WITH ACQUISITION OF PESTPATROL |
| Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) today announced the acquisition of PestPatrol, a privately held provider of anti-spyware solutions, in an all-cash transaction. Financial details were not disclosed.... [more] | | 8/13/2004 | Norman has yet again been honored with the Virus Bulletin (VB) 100% award for its antivirus solution |
| PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, Norway, 13 August 2004
In the August edition of the British Virus Bulletin magazine Norman ASA has been awarded the Virus Bulletin (VB) 100% award for its antivirus solution Norman FireBreak for Novell Netware. This is the 24th VB100% award Norman has received so far.... [more] | | 8/13/2004 | BenQ and Coretronic plan to offer projectors with built-in DVD players |
| BenQ and Coretronic have been developing new projector models equipped with built-in DVD players, according to the two companies.... [more] | | 8/13/2004 | AMD sells first 90nm CPUs - analyst |
| AMD has begun revenue shipments of its 90nm processors and will begin larger scale output next month, a Goldman Sachs analyst has claimed.... [more] | | 8/12/2004 | CA’S MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ENABLES COST OPTIMIZATION, RISK MANAGEMENT AND IT GOVERNANCE |
| Computer Associates International, Inc.'s (NYSE: CA) Enterprise Infrastructure Management (EIM) strategy, which delivers the industry's most complete, integrated and open management software solutions, is helping customers cope with pressing IT challenges such as enterprise security, cost control, business continuity and infrastructure optimization, CA Executive Vice President Mark Barrenechea said today.... [more] | | 8/12/2004 | Q&A: Microsoft Hosts Industry Sender ID Summit in Fight Against Spam and Phishing |
| Over 80 members of the E-mail Service Provider Coalition (ESPC) -- which provides e-mail delivery services to over 250,000 clients in North America -- will gather at the Microsoft campus today for a summit on the Sender ID Framework, demonstrating strong consensus toward authenticated e-mail solutions to the problems of spam, domain spoofing and phishing.... [more] | | 8/12/2004 | Microsoft releases first service pack for Office 2003 |
| Amidst the publicity and attention given to the release of Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, Microsoft has quietly released its first Service Pack for Office 2003.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | Nvidia GeForce 6600GT pics pop up on Web |
| Nvidia's upcoming GeForce 6600 series - based on the NV43 chip - has made another unscheduled appeared on the Web, this time in a series of chip and board shots obtained by Chinese-language site GZEasy.com.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | AMD to overtake Intel in 2017... |
| Since time immemorial - at least that's what it feels like - Intel has dominated the PC chip market and the latest figures from market watcher Mercury Research offer no sign of a change to the status quo.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | AMD targets low-cost PC market |
| AMD is entering into the low-cost PC arena with the release of its Sempron processors, a line of chips that AMD says will redefine everyday computing for value-conscious buyers of desktop and notebook PCs.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | Survey Says (Again): services key to success |
| According to a new survey from CompTIA that focused on new strategies for revenue generation, cost reduction and business process improvements in the IT channel, the solution is services. According to David Sommer, vice president of electronic commerce for CompTIA, the survey was intended to identify key business challenges facing IT channel companies today and over the next 12 to 18 months. Other objectives include evaluating the relationships between the channel and their hardware, software and services suppliers and distributors, and examining the impact of emerging technologies and strategies for embracing them.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | HP financing targets smaller partners |
| Hewlett-Packard is launching a new credit program that is expected to dramatically increase the number of resellers using the program. While Kevin Gilroy, senior vice president of worldwide SMB segment operations, wouldn't say how much money was involved in this, other than "millions and millions", the program, introduced at the start of August, is tied to sales results, so if channel sales go up, as he expects, then the amount of money available for financing will also increase.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | Microsoft Announces Windows XP Starter Edition Pilot Program |
| Microsoft Corp. today announced a five-country pilot program for Windows® XP Starter Edition, a low-cost introduction to the Microsoft® Windows XP operating system designed for first-time desktop PC users in developing technology markets. Designed as a result of Microsoft's ongoing collaborations with international governments, the Windows XP Starter Edition Pilot Program is part of Microsoft's comprehensive commitment to enable individuals, communities and countries to gain access to the technology tools, skills and innovation they need to realize their potential. Windows XP Starter Edition will offer an affordable and easy-to-use entry point to the Windows family of products that is tailored to local markets, in local languages, and is compatible with a wide range of Windows-based applications and devices.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | Seagate offers channel competitive advantage |
| Reversing a trend that has seen disk-drive warranties become shorter and shorter, Seagate Technology is now offering a five-year warranty on every Seagate internal PC, notebook and enterprise hard drive shipped through its distribution and retail channels. Effective immediately, the new warranty applies retroactively to applicable hard drives shipped since June 1, 2004.... [more] | | 8/11/2004 | Intel delivers 64-bit CPUs to server OEMs, delays shipments for the desktop |
| Although Intel has started delivering 64-bit-capable processors to server and workstation OEMs, there is still no timetable for positioning the 64-bit chips in the desktop segment, according to sources at Intel Taiwan.... [more] | | 8/10/2004 | Intel to lower 915 chipset prices in September; oversupply of 865 chipsets eases |
| Intel plans to cut prices for a complete lineup of its chipsets, including the 915 family, in the latter half of September, aiming to boost the relatively lukewarm sales of its 915 chipsets, according to sources at motherboard makers and in the channel.... [more] | | 8/10/2004 | Digital Audio Tape technology roadmap extended to 2010 by HP and Certance |
| The future of tape as a major force in the storage market has been assured by the announcement by HP Corp. and Certance, a global provider of tape backup products and data protection solutions, of an extended roadmap for Digital Audio Tape (DAT) technology. The announcement is especially positive for SMB players, as tape continues to offer significant price and performance advantages for that market.... [more] | | 8/10/2004 | Norman partners with Vircom to provide email security for SMBs |
| Norman Data Defense Systems, the North American subsidiary of global anti-virus vendor Norman ASA, announced it has chosen Vircom ModusGate to provide anti-spam and other email security features to Norman customers and partners in North America.... [more] | | 8/9/2004 | Norman Virus Control Integrates with Windows XP SP2 |
| Lysaker, Norway August 09, 2004 Norman ASA, one of the world’s leading companies within the field of information security, today announced that Norman Virus Control offers support for Microsoft’s new Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) with Advanced Security Technologies. Microsoft designed Windows XP SP2 to provide proactive protection for Windows XP, including stronger security settings, increased manageability and control, and improved and more secure computing experiences. Windows XP SP2 launched in August 2004, and for the first time, Norman Virus Control supports a Microsoft product at the time of launch.... [more] | | 8/9/2004 | Intel cans 3.2GHz P4 Extreme Edition |
| So farewell, then, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.2GHz. Intel has deemed you are surplus to requirements. You will no longer be available come 19 November 2004.... [more] | | 8/9/2004 | AMD Fortifies PC Security Protection For Businesses And Consumers |
| Bringing a new level of security to desktop and mobile PC computing, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced that with the release of Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) can now be enabled on all AMD Athlon™ 64 processors.* This unique hardware and software combination is designed to keep computers protected against certain malicious viruses, computer worms and Trojan horses. AMD Athlon 64 processor customers can now feel more secure p |
