May 27, 2010
Consumer segment fuels soaring PC sales
Network World
John Oates writes about the global PC sales market.
“Worldwide sales of PCs are up almost a fifth on last year from 308.3 million to 376.6 million. In terms of revenue the market has grown 12 per cent to $245.4B, as consumers in the developed world increasingly see a computer as a necessity, rather than a luxury. Ranjit Atwal, principal research analyst at Gartner, which crunched the numbers, said: ‘PC demand in the consumer segment continues to strengthen even though the global economy remains uncertain.’ He said larger businesses were expected to start PC replacement programmes in the second half of 2010 with migration to Windows 7 lasting until 2012.”
Juniper Launches Partner Resource Center
The VAR Guy
The VAR Guy recaps some news to come out of Juniper’s Americas Partner Summit, which took place in Pheonix, Ariz. this week.
“At the Juniper Americas Partner Summit in Phoenix, the networking and security specialist is unveiling several new offerings for channel partners. The new efforts include a Juniper Networks Learning Academy and the Juniper Networks Global Marketing Resource Center. Available in the second quarter of 2010, the Juniper Networks Learning Academy is an online learning center for channel partners. It offers sales and technical curriculum, online testing, podcasts, videos and virtual demonstrations. The online academy is free to Juniper partners. Meanwhile, a Juniper Networks Global Marketing Resource Center is set to launch in the second half of 2010, Juniper says. The center will include customizable and co-branded marketing tools and resources for partners.”
Chrome 5 Arrives, Mac, Linux Versions Now Available
Webmonkey
Scott Gilbertson shares some details around Google Chrome version 5.0.
“Chrome 5 brings a number of new features to the table, including some major speed gains, more HTML5 features, like drag-and-drop support and the geolocation API, a much improved bookmark syncing and management tool and a new set of privacy controls.”
