Microsoft dealt leadership blows

By Paolo Del Nibletto January 31, 2006

The Canadian subsidiary looses its highest profile executive and its current president within days of each other

RIM hopes to bury patent dispute soon

By Sarah Lysecki January 31, 2006

Next month a judge will receive final written arguments in the four-year-old case

Avnet pushes partners towards growth areas

By Buket Oktem January 31, 2006

Value-added distributor urges partners to go after virtualization, server consolidation and storage area networks as ways to increase income

3Com updates its channel program

By Howard Solomon January 31, 2006

Changes will help partners be more profitable, says company spokesman

Cisco introduces Lifecycle Solutions

By Paolo Del Nibletto January 31, 2006

Networking giant wants partners to adopt a six-step services program to build up professional services

HP CEO warns VARs

By Paolo Del Nibletto January 31, 2006

Mark Hurd says the company is growing tired of resellers who tinker with its branded PCs. He also wants to usher in a new printing strategy for the company, based on a pay-per-page model

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.