Tech Data has jumped into a distribution agreement with USA.NET that looks pretty good. It gives integrators access to several hosted services, including Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Microsoft SharePoint 3.0.
The people at RitzCamera.com did their homework and finally got back to me. Their order-processing system workflow screwed up, but we can blame the government, too.
A systems integrator friend of mine has done very well over the years by being a specialist. Of course, we all know that a specialist is someone who knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing.
It’s not easy for individual integrators or resellers to live green and be green in all things business-related, but one distributor, Ingram Micro, is stepping up to the plate the make it a little easier.
It's no fun for any company when its chief operating officer sticks his foot in his mouth or when that same foot is used to kick its resellers in the ass.
Everex is one of those names that seems as though it has been around forever. A survivor of the early PC era when there were dozens of brands that often were less than 100-percent IBM PC compatible, Everex burst onto the scene in 1983 and has been a solid presence ever since.
Adaptec is one of those companies that makes products we can't live without, but rarely read about. So let's give Adaptec a shout-out. Reseller giant CDW is adding Adaptec to its Sapphire Partner Program. The CDW program takes a proactive approach to embracing breakout technologies and the companies that offer them.
Well, here we go again. And this time it looks final. Every integrator, VAR, reseller, dealer, or whatever you're calling yourself this week, needs to know this. Microsoft discontinues the sales of Windows XP effective Mon., June 30. That means there's only two weeks left.
Today, we know one thing for certain: if your customers are running certain Hewlett-Packard PCs with an AMD processor, head for the hills. Or, at the very least, don't install the update. Too late? Bummer.
This week, it seems everyone is piling on Dell, taking it to task for recalling 1.4 million laptop batteries. Well, I will, too: Dell has pulled this stunt before. Not once. Not twice. But five other times in the last six years. Is anybody in charge?