June 19, 2007
Negroponte vs. Intel
Rough Type
Nicholas Carr previews the battle between chip making giant Intel and author Nicholas Negroponte. Nicholas Carr previews the battle between chip making giant Intel and author Nicholas Negroponte.
“You’d think that closing the digital divide – finding ways to give the world’s poor better access to computers and the internet – would be a cause that would bring people together, that it would foster some fellow-feeling even among the movers and shakers of the cut-throat technology business. But it’s not quite that simple. For the computer industry, the third world isn’t just a place for philanthropy. It represents a vast and potentially very lucrative new market.”
Dell invests millions in channel
Tech Target
If this story is true then it is about time.
“Dell is following up its new channel strategy and has invested “millions” in dedicated sales resources, a top sales executive of the Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker says.”