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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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Belkin’s new WeMo smart switches and Phyn Plus Smart Water Assistant – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

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Take a tour inside Accenture’s new Canada Innovation Hub

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Channel Strategy News

Selling security without playing the fear card

Users may not always punish companies for security lapses, but that doesn’t mean IT can afford to let security slide

Will Twitter be acquired?

Plus, Microsoft Office 2011 and IE9

Ingram Micro preps for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Distributor plans to ship more products during the holiday season than ever before

Compugen opens its new offices in North Toronto

IT Solution providing powerhouse opens its doors to one of the more energy efficient buildings in the channel

RIM CEO: ‘We don’t need no stinkin’ apps!’

Jim Balsillie shares his thoughts on smartphone and tablets

HP launches desktop, room-size videoconferencing

New tools supplement existing Halo studio offeringrnrn

Oracle is anti-competitive, services group tells DOJ

The SIA, a group of maintenance firms, wants Oracle’s policies on Sun hardware stoppedrnrn

HP TouchSmart 310

The HP TouchSmart 310 successfully strikes a balance between polish and performance, with a simple touch interface

Lenovo’s IdeaPad U260 notebook versus Apple’s MacBook Air

Plus, Toshiba and Hitachi hard drive specs

Yahoo looks to regain past glory with location services

Yahoo unveils Local Offers to give users deals, news about neighborhood stores; takes on Google, Facebook, others

Apple iPad’s business use soars as HP backpedals on Slate’s fit

Financial services, health care among the top adopters as employees eye iPads as laptop replacementsrnrn

RIM PlayBook interface coming to BlackBerry devices?

BlackBerry’s Balsillie strongly suggests this may be the case

Juniper buys WLAN pioneer Trapeze for $152 million

Purchase fills a gaping hole in Juniper’s enterprise networking portfolio

Synnex brings VARNex to Canada

Canadian VARNex members should know that this group’s is not driven by larger resellers or vendors

BlackBerry PlayBook tablet: 10 key features and facts

Here’s what you need to know about the PlayBook

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