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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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You like me – you really like me!

Six ways to increase your referrals, and make more sales

Is Dell looking beyond direct?

Leaked memo from CEO Michael Dell claims company’s direct model is not a religion

Maxell, Sony to ship LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges

New format doubles capacity of LTO3

Lexmark shows more colour laser printers, MFPs

Devices can print up to 40 pages a minute, have finishing functions

Matsushita profit up 11 per cent although sales increase slightly

Credits sale of plasma TVs and high-end digital cameras

Corel to hit screens with new VideoStudio

Newest upgrade from the InterVideo purchase will help push market penetration to double digits, says exec

Yahoo! makes all the Right moves

Also: Windows/Linux interop issues; iPhone info update

I spy, and so do you

A product called LaserShield is offering low-cost surveillance

Projecting a new promotion

Ingram Micro Canada and Toshiba Canada partner on a promotion

Mixed Q1 for Check Point Software

Revenues up 23 per cent, but net income down

StarTech displays LCD consoles for KVM

Says units are priced significantly less than competition

Sales up but profit down at Ingram Micro

Net income for the quarter was $37 million, compared to $61 million a year ago

Partners and users eye third Longhorn beta

Edmonton’s PCL and Compugen discuss potential plans for server OS, which Microsoft says will be released before the end of the year

Adobe offers Flex tool to open source community

Software development kit will include MXML and ActionScript 3.0

CA chief talks about Microsoft partnership

Says business relationship with software giant is no more than a necessity, but it helps Microsoft gain credibility in the enterprise

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