Microsoft reveals the next generation Office family
New name, new editions to highlight changes to suite
Synnex offers HP to non-authorized VARs
Facing resistance from its partners to push into the small business market, the manufacturer shifts strategy
Tech Data adds EBills to its e-commerce offering
The EBills program will be rolled out in two phases and will be fully operational by May of this year
Concept PCs
Personal computers and notebooks are breaking ground in style and concept with recent additions from Acer and Lenovo
Avnet pushes partners towards growth areas
Value-added distributor urges partners to go after virtualization, server consolidation and storage area networks as ways to increase income
Microsoft sues Ontario VARs
Microsoft Corp. has launched Federal Court lawsuits against seven Ontario system builders for allegedly loading unlicensed copies of its software onto PCs and selling them without certificates of authenticity and other components of the company’s software.
Bell Micro takes a bigger bite of Apple
Storage distributor to carry Apple’s new line of Xserve RAID and other storage products
Non-profit for big profits
Sage is trying to get resellers on board with non-profit solutions
The Upside of CLM
Noticing the void in the market for contract lifecycle management software, one Canadian businessman took the lead
SGI releases new Altix platform
The latest contender in the high-performance computing arena promises to deliver a scalable, flexible and space-efficient solution in blade server design
Autodesk eyes Wintel computing
Autodesk has been secretly working with Intel and Microsoft to transition its software to multi-core and 64-bit computing said its chief operating officer Carl Bass at the company’s University user conference.
Pushing consolidation for partners
Avnet’s roadshow for HP VARs is aimed at helping them sell the technology to customers
Another seven system builders sued by Microsoft
Allegations of hard disk loading continue software company’s strategy of going after resellers it believes are violating copyright
Autodesk eyes high performance Wintel computing
The Alias acquisition to be a vital part of company’s future, executives say
Pimped PCs
The MTV generation’s version of custom system building is fast becoming a trend that manufacturers are noticing