Forget optimistic scenarios and buckle up for a big drop in IT spending this year, says IDC

Number 4: Would you have wanted this year? An accounting scandal, corporate resignations, and a channel shake-up – Joanne Moretti faced it allrn

Number 3: Taking time off to be with his family after shepherding the Microsoft Partners Conference here is a just reward. But Clegg will be backrn

The president of a Canadian laptop maker has some no-nonsense words for resellers:rn Stop waiting for customers to walk into your office

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Can you hurt someone by calling them an ‘information lifecyle manager?’rn

This month’s second annual Microsoft Canada Partner Impact Awards drew more than 300 entries from resellers across the country

Supercom is making some strategic bets on Asus and little-known Synology for its reseller base.rn

Sybase Inc. has opened a 105,000-sq.-ft., three-story facility adjacent to Ontario’s University of Waterloo.rn

Chipmaker says system builders have to do a better job of identifying their customers, and offers a tool to help them do the jobrn

Synnex Canada Ltd. is looking to grow its components business by five per cent in 2005 with last month’s opening of a new warehouse location, said company CEO Jim Estill.rn

The business analytics firm says it needs more VARs to boost channel revenue from 27 per cent of income. But a Canadian partner says he’s heard this song before and doubts there’s room here to add resellersrn

Desktop integrator proposes merger with network specialist in hopes of gaining synergiesrn

Brief examples of bad e-commerce sites and how not to emulate themrn

The top solution providers made a comeback this year. Last year their revenues were down 9.2 per cent over 2002, but they rebounded in 2004 to record a profitable year overall.

Industry pioneer fathered many companies, including CDN’s No. 1 Solution Provider for 2004rn

Business intelligence leader claims third title in a rowrn