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 Data Center Setup Snags
Learn From Past Mistakes In Power & Cooling Setups, Data Center Design & Personnel Decisions |
March Madness: Time to Control Staff Web-Surfing?
In late December, Fidelity Investments canned an employee for playing fantasy football on company computers. With March Madness only a few weeks away, is it time you start controlling how much company time your employees waste online? |
Kaspersky Snags Dell Channel Star To Lead Sales Charge
Kaspersky Lab, which is in the midst of an aggressive enterprise channel expansion, has hired channel superstar Nancy Reynolds as senior vice president of corporate sales, the company said Tuesday. |
Zero to $100 million: Growth tips from the trenches
Finding new clients requires new skills. Here's how to expand beyond your comfort zones. |
Virtual Desktops
The traditional desktop PC computing model is an endangered species, at least in the corporate world. |
Distressed Economy Affects Every Industry
Overall 40,000 jobs were lost in Nassau and Suffolk counties between June 2008 and June 2009; and the 2009 job losses were in all industries except education and health services, reported Long Island Association Chief Economist Pearl Kamer. |
Everything Channel Adds 'Voice of the VAR'
Everything Channel, a division of United Business Media, today announced that it will launch a new sub-group group within Channelweb Connect, an interactive, online forum that enables Solution Providers to connect with colleagues and vendors to collaborate and share information. |
Stimulating Pro$pects
So, There's $787 Billion Out There To Pump Up The Economy.
How Do We Get Some? |
Solution Providers Cautious About Dell Acquisition of Perot Systems
Solution providers are taking a wait-and-see approach before determining whether or not Dell's blockbuster acquisition of Perot Systems will be a boom or a bust to their own services business. |
Dell Partnership With Brocade
Dell continued its march into the data center Tuesday, rolling out a partnership with Brocade to bring a complete enterprise data center solution to customers and partners.
Solution providers are reacting positively to the partnership, noting that the move by Dell allows them to play in the enterprise data center space. |
Things with Wings
As Verified Identity Pass (VIP) tries to sell the assets of the Clear registered traveler program, it is also scrambling to reassure customers it abandoned when it shut down abruptly June 23 that their private data is safe. |
The True Name Of The Game
What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet," Shakespeare wrote in "Romeo and Juliet." Some may think this is a stretch, but the same thought applies to the channel today. |
VARs: Access To HP CEO Hurd Wins More Business
Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd has met with more solution providers and more customers in the first half of this year than in all of 2008, according to the vendor. And VARs say their increased access to Hurd has helped win more business. |
Clear Reassures Customers on Data Safety; IT Expert Question Methods
As Verified Identity Pass (VIP) tries to sell the assets of the Clear registered traveler program, it is also scrambling to reassure customers it abandoned when it shut down abruptly June 23 that their private data is safe. But the company's customer service unit has been shut down, so the only way customers are receiving information is from the company's sparse web site. |
Support Network: Are VARs Getting Their Stimulus Needs Met By Vendors?
In the months following the February passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), speculation, not action, has largely been the norm—especially for how the stimulus is going to shape the IT spending climate in the coming years. |
Leasing helps small, midsized companies s-t-r-e-t-c-h their IT investment dollars
The global economic meltdown has hit small and midsized companies with a brutal one-two punch, as financial institutions tighten lending policies and consumers curtail spending on "nonessentials." |
Dell Competitors: Channel Success Is More Than A Disty Deal
Dell's biggest competitors in the PC and notebook arena say there's a big difference between Dell signing distribution deals and executing successful programs with solution providers. |
Top 25 Exec Takes Top Kensington Post
Samsung's loss is Kensington's gain. Chris Franey, who led a channel resurgence as a vice
president at IT products giant Samsung and resigned suddenly last week, has resurfaced as
president of the Computer Products Group of ACCO Brands, which markets a wide variety of
computer accessories under the Kensington brand. |
Top Ten IT Strategies During the Downturn
IT executives were stretching their budgets even before today's weak economic conditions. Median IT spending
per user this year fell to $6,667 from last year's $7,397, according to Computer Economics. |
To Stop a Thief: iFortress
Developed to Protect Data Centers, iFortress Secures Art, Jewelry, Antiques and More |
Top 25 Channel Exec Steps Down At Samsung
Chris Franey, a 20-year-plus channel veteran who led IT product giant Samsung to a channel comeback and big market share gains, is stepping aside as vice president of marketing and commercial sales at the multibillion-dollar conglomerate's Information Technology Division. |
Step Toward Greening the Desktop
Did you know, for example, that client-side technology such as desktops, monitors, notebooks
and “thin” computers accounts for at least 15 percent of the energy use at the average mid-size
company, according to market research firm The 451 Group? |
Greening Your IT Infrastructure
Consultants and VARs can help you realize cost reductions and efficiency gains by adopting green initiatives. |
Long Island: Companies struggle to fill tech jobs
Forging links between business and academia is key to resolving the shortage, said Bob Venero,
president of Future Tech Enterprise, a Holbrook company that provides computer services to businesses. |
Dell and the Channel
It's now been nine months since Dell Inc. launched its PartnerDirect initiative. In that time, the Round Rock, Texas-based vendor has signed up more than 11,500 registered solution providers and is adding 250 to 300 each week, according to Greg Davis, vice president and general manager of Dell's Americas Channel Group.
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Xerox:
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2 minutes with Bob Venero
Bob Venero opened his security technology firm in 1996 in his Sayville basement; now the company has 125 employees and takes up 65,000 square feet in Holbrook.
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Future Tech 12th Largest LI Software Company
Future Tech has been ranked #12 on Long Island Business News' Top Software Companies.
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Greening of Data Centers
According to Bob Venero, president of FTEI, the center, which uses iFortress technology, has saved the company 20 percent in energy costs. |
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Driven to Distraction: Distracted Driving in Ambulances and Police Cruisers
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:18 GMT
Police and paramedics use an array of dashboard devices, a boon for their jobs that also presents a clear risk. | Pink Floyd Wins Court Battle With EMI Over Downloads
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:13:59 GMT
The court ruling prevents the record company from selling single downloads on the Internet from the group's concept albums. | Tricks to Keep Your Device’s Battery Going and Going
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:14 GMT
Smartphone and laptop batteries may seem like cruel masters when they threaten to lose power, but you have more control than you may think. | Nokia is Coming to America – Still
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:07:12 GMT
Backed by flashy new phones and fresh software, Nokia is ready to woo American smartphone buyers all over again on price. | Starbucks Fans Can Become 'Baristas' on Foursquare
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:59:39 GMT
Starbucks will give loyal customers a barista badge on Foursquare -- and get information about their behavior. | New Site Unmasks Chatroulette Players
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:32:31 GMT
Does Chatroulette, the popular video chat site, lose its appeal if it loses its anonymity? |
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'Console killer' launches in June
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:19:37 GMT
A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year. | Web censure 'curbs human rights'
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:50:22 GMT
Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report. | Telegraph poles to take broadband
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:25 GMT
Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK. | Tories pledge 'fastest broadband'
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:34:53 GMT
The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband. | Sony shows off motion controller
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:57:11 GMT
Sony reveals details about its new motion controller the PlayStation Move, as a contender to market leader Nintendo Wii. | Mobile phone allows boss to snoop
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:53:07 GMT
Mobile technology that could allow prying bosses to monitor every movement of their staff is developed in Japan. |
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Report finds online censorship more sophisticated
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:21:53 GMT
 AP - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday.
| Feds pledge tough review of Comcast-NBC deal
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:54:11 GMT
AP - Federal regulators are pledging rigorous reviews of Comcast Corp.'s proposed purchase of NBC Universal to ensure that it would not stifle competition or harm consumers. | Sony unveils new motion contoller to slow Nintendo
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:59:03 GMT
 AP - Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us.
| Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:26 GMT
 AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.
| Pink Floyd wins battle with EMI over online sales
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:11 GMT
 AP - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.
| Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:39 GMT
 AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.
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