CDN Morning Briefing, August 6, 2020 – ChannelCon catchup, plus a news roundup

Big Blue positions itself as a market leader, while Tech Data moves up the market challenger section

Company makes three announcements in support for this new market approach

Plus, social media giants’ privacy issues in the U.K., and Microsoft’s momentum with Lync

Do high iPad and tablet sales mean the PC is dead?

This Qosmio might be a match for you if you need a budget-friendly laptop that can play games at an acceptable level

The e-mail and website hosting service will close on May 1, and many customers are finding the move to Office 365 technically complex

Though VMware provides its low-end offerings for free, it can’t stay in the game by relying on those alone

About 80,000 IBMers are bringing their own devices to work

The company hopes that lower BlackBerry prices and increased demand for affordable smartphones will spur interest in its products

Dutch blog reports next major milestone due in two months

A desktop running Windows 8 Consumer Preview started up faster and generally ran faster than the same desktop running Windows 7

The distributor has announced it will acquire Ascendant Technology

Plus, why Intel is still dominating and Symantec’s plans down under

The small business printer really fits the market