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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

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High notebook shipment offset by low desktop PC revenue, says NPD

High notebook shipment contrasted by low desktop PC revenue, and the semiconductor shortage will last for at least another six months.

Cisco launches Cisco Plus as-a-service portfolio

Cisco Canada president on strategy and company’s new Office of the CTO

Cisco Canada’s new president, Shannon Leininger, took advantage of her first media and analyst roundtable to run through Cisco’s overall strategy and to introduce the new Office of the CTO.

Synnex to combine with Tech Data to create $57B distribution giant

Distributor giants Synnex and Tech Data have joined forces to create an even bigger beast valued at roughly $57 billion.

Backups by default with no extra cost could be the standard, says OVHcloud founder

After an unexplained fire destroyed one of its data centres in Strasbourg, France last week, hosting provider OVHcloud’s founder says it’s time to shake up how backup services are delivered.

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Channel Strategy News

Lenovo’s fiscal Q4 profit up 59 per cent

Lenovo’s revenue in the quarter reached $7.5 billion, up 54 per cent year-over-year

Avaya transition happening faster in Canada

Company sets a road map for unified software management and video collaboration

10 Ways Facebook will rule our lives

Now that Facebook is flush with cash (and expectations), here’s what we have to watch out for

IBM retirement plans promises jobs through 2013

Big Blue employed 433,236 people worldwide, up from 426,751 in 2010

Judge deems Kodak digital camera patent invalid

Kodak had asserted the patent in a complaint against Apple and RIM

Steve Jobs biopic will be filmed in the garage where Apple began

Plus, you will soon be able to watch Jobs in the Love Lounge animation short film

It’s official: Google is now a hardware company

Google becomes hardware company with $12.5B Motorola buy

A $49 PC running Android OS hits the market

The new PC is a mini-motherboard designed to run basic Internet tasks

EMC opens more of enterprise market to the channel

More than half of EMC’s business is already through the channel, and new engagement rules are set to drive that number higher

McAfee channel chief targets the SMB market

Gavin Struthers plans to increase the relevance of channel partners for the SMB

MSI GT70 Review: Large display, long-lasting performance

Great performance, state-of-the-art components, and a nice feel highlight this desktop replacement laptop

EMC announces channel program enhancements at EMC World

IT infrastructure vendor EMC makes major channel announcement at annual user conference

Microsoft reprises free Xbox back-to-school PC promo in Canada

Expands deal to Canada, adds more retail partners for program that gives Xbox with purchase of Windows 7 PC

Conmen replace iPhones, laptops with Coke and spuds

Police report that Manchester public have been conned out of

Academics propose groundbreaking uses for Watson

Watson and its ability to synthesize structured and unstructured data were keys to success

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