Hitachi’s consumer business pulls back from Canada

Hitachi Home Electronics is closing its Canadian office, and will serve the market out of the U.S.

Company also to add multimedia capabilities to XenDesktop

Defensio acquisition presents more opportunities for channel partners, Canadian country manager says

Software a flexible and cost-effective option for lean economic times

Company will also shut down 27 factories worldwide

Forrester research shows IT has work to do in proving its business value beyond simple cost reduction

Brother has released a serviceable MFP for the home office or departmental point user

Plus, Motorola’s falling device sales and Dell uses Twitter to offer exclusive discounts

Channel director gives her views on partner readiness and software-plus-services

Semiconductor Industry Association says chip sales are declining, and market visibility is murky

The vendor attributed much of the loss to tax charges and goodwill write-downs, and is hunting for a new CFO

The new Constellation drives are aimed at Tier 2 applications, or near-line storage

The new all-in-one product will be combined with two new zero per cent financing options rnrn

Plus, netbooks and forecasts on Apple’s next iPhone upgrade

Deal means increased, long term secured credit facilities for solution provider