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ChannelPro Playbook: Green IT Services for SMBs

by E. Hom on January 30, 2012 8:00 AM

Green IT services can save the environment and money for your customers, while also increasing your status as a trusted advisor and boosting your services portfolio.
By Elaine J. Hom

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New App Reviews: Tim Tebow, Katy Perry, Robert Pattinson and more

by ChannelPro-SMB on January 24, 2012 9:47 AM

Check out our lampooning list of celebrity "apps"--from Tim Tebow and Robert Pattinson to Katy Perry, Kim Kardashian, and beyond.

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D&H Distributing Webcast to Cover Small Form Factor System Assembly

by E. Hom on January 20, 2012 10:05 AM

Next week, on January 26, D&H Distributing will be broadcasting a webcast from its Solutions Lab, at 2 pm ET. The "Build-It: Small Form Factor PC" webcast will cover how to assemble small form factor... More »

Corsair Showcases System Builder-Friendly Cases at CES

by ChannelPro-SMB on January 10, 2012 10:36 PM

The hardware manufacturer touts its Obsidian Series 550D ultra-quiet premium case and compact Carbide Series 300R gaming case.

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Lenovo Adds to Ultrabook Portfolio with U310 and U410

by ChannelPro-SMB on January 9, 2012 1:25 PM

Powered by the Intel Core Processor family, the IdeaPad U310 and U410 offer fast boot times and quick resume.

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New TRENDnet 500MBps Compact Powerline AV Adapters Available in April

by ChannelPro-SMB on January 9, 2012 9:42 AM

The TPL-406E, and the 500 MBps Compact Powerline AV Adapter Kit, model TPL-406E2K, come with two TPL-406E adapters. TRENDnet's 500Mbps Compact Powerline AV Adapters connect media center devices and computers to the Internet using existing electrical lines.

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Lenovo T430u Ultrabook: A ChannelPro Product Update

by E. Hom on January 9, 2012 8:19 AM

Web Editor Elaine J. Hom provides an overview of the new Lenovo T430u ultrabook, the first business class ultrabook from Lenovo.

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ChannelPro Playbook: Desktop Virtualization and VDI for SMBs

by E. Hom on December 19, 2011 12:00 PM

Desktop virtualization for SMBs is poised for major success in 2012. Use this ChannelPro Playbook to help navigate virtual desktop infrastructures and implementation.
By Elaine J. Hom

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Funniest Old-School Computer Commercials

by ChannelPro-SMB on December 16, 2011 8:22 AM

Funny computer commercials: Check out a few of our favorite old-school commercials from the good old days.

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Corsair Releases DDR3 Memory Upgrade Kits for Apple Systems

by ChannelPro-SMB on December 15, 2011 2:32 PM

The new memory upgrade kits allow Mac owners to upgrade to 10GB, 12GB, or 16GB of memory.

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Low-Power ARMs Could Energize Profits

by ChannelPro-SMB on December 15, 2011 10:00 AM

ARM servers are a niche technology outside the expertise of most builders and VARs. But stay tuned now that Microsoft has skin in the game. By Hank Hogan

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Emerson Network Power Introduces the Avocent Universal Management Gateway

by ChannelPro-SMB on December 7, 2011 8:52 PM

The appliance provides a data processing hardware link between Emerson's Trellis data center infrastructure management platform and the IT and facilities systems.

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Calling All System Builders: Our Reader Choice Awards Results Are In!

by Michael S on December 2, 2011 7:58 PM

Our first ever Reader Choice Awards for PC components just wrapped up and we're ready to share the results with you. Our ChannelPro Reviews team has been hard at work organizing the categories and over... More »

NexGen Storage and Fusion-io Team Up on New SAN

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 29, 2011 9:58 PM

The Fusion-powered NexGen n5 Storage System is a mid-market solution that employs ioMemory's performance while implementing virtual machine high availability with VMware HA, VMware FT, Microsoft Hyper-V Quick Migration, and Live Migration.

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Corsair Sets New Overclocking Record

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 29, 2011 9:06 PM

The components manufacturer uses Corsair Dominator GT CMGTX6 DDR3 to achieve a memory frequency of 1733.8 MHz.

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WatchGuard Launches Small Business Security Appliance

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 29, 2011 11:16 AM

The WatchGuard XTM 330 provides advanced network protection, including next-generation firewall and intrusion prevention capabilities, to organizations with 30 to 50 users.

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New Seagate SSHD Delivers Speed and Performance

by E. Hom on November 29, 2011 9:09 AM

The Seagate Momentus XT 750 GB boasts speeds of up to three times faster than a traditional hard disk drive, plus Adaptive Technology for smart data usage.
By Elaine J. Hom

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Hybrid HDDs' Triple Threat: Speed, Capacity, and Cost

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 21, 2011 8:44 AM

With their fast speed, large capacity, and reasonable cost, hybrid hard disk drives are poised for more widespread adoption.
By Sharon Florentine

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Latest High-Resolution Xerox Printer Provides SMBs with High Print Speeds

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 12, 2011 12:37 AM

The Phaser 6700 offers print speeds of up to 47 pages per minute with 2400 x 1200 dpi resolution.

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Toshiba Releases Its Latest Digital Video Recorders

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 11, 2011 10:40 PM

The G5 Series models double speed, power, and system memory over predecessor models, providing powerful surveillance hardware for physical SMB security.

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Corsair Launches New SSD Series

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 10, 2011 12:40 PM

The new Performance Pro Series SSDs are designed with the Marvell SATA 6 GB/s SSD controller and deliver an ATTO Max performance of up to 515 MB/s Sequential Read and 440 MB/s Sequential Write.

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Rain Computer Release Performance Storage Drive for Music and Video Applications

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 9, 2011 10:23 PM

The portable StormDrive offers maximum data transfer throughput of 4.8 gigabits per second via single USB 3.0 connection.

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Cloud Computing FAQ: How Do You Choose Vendor Partners?

by Michael S on November 9, 2011 6:03 PM

From functionality to financial stability, here are five basic steps to selecting the right vendor for you.

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snom Launches New Line of SMB VoIP Phones

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 9, 2011 9:19 AM

Sold exclusively through the channel, snom's 7xx series offers business functionality and Gigabit Ethernet capabilities in an advanced phone designed for SMBs.
By Elaine J. Hom

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SMB Mobility and Tablet Use: What's Driving Growth

by Colleen Frye on November 4, 2011 1:47 PM

With smartphones and now tablets in business use, productivity tools and business management apps are front and center in the world of SMB mobility.
By Colleen Frye

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Active Media Says New PATA ZIF SSDs Are 'Truly Fast'

by ChannelPro-SMB on March 8, 2010 9:55 PM

Active Media says its latest line of solid state drives offer "advantages over HDDs."

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Rackspace Introduces Support and Service Model for OpenStack

by ChannelPro-SMB on March 8, 2011 10:01 PM

The new Rackspace Cloud Builders offering provides MSPs and system builders with training and certification as well as deployment and maintenance support.

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NetEnrich Retools Remote Managed Services Offering

by Cecilia G on August 29, 2011 7:00 AM

The company's Small Business Services package, for remotely managing IT infrastructure, targets SMB VARs interested in developing recurring revenues or MSPs looking to scale their businesses.
By Cecilia Galvin

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SMB Data Security: Smell the Lawsuits

by Cecilia G on December 10, 2010 8:42 AM

A recent survey shows that SMBs are not confident in the integrity of their electronic records, and most don't even have an ERM system.
By Cecilia Galvin and Jessica Mattison

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New CompTIA Exam Measures 'Basic IT Terminology and Technology'

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 3, 2009 9:26 PM

Vouchers for the Strata IT Tech exam are being distributed by ITCareerPro.

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5 Tips for Building Your Business in a Tough Economy

by ChannelPro-SMB on May 18, 2009 1:02 PM

It's time to take stock of your business and make a plan for not only addressing your customers' needs, but growing your business at the same time.
By Randall Cochran

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IBM Employs NVIDIA's Tesla M2050 in Its Latest iDataPlex Servers

by ChannelPro-SMB on May 19, 2010 9:54 PM

The GPU computing module integrates into the new iDataPlex dx360 M3 servers. IBM says the technology provides "performance boosts."

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Greg Davis Speaks Out on Dell and the Channel

by jgaskin on February 23, 2011 8:17 AM

"Give us a chance," says Dell's VP and general manager of global channels. His aim? To change Dell's culture and show resellers the company is serious about the channel.
By James E. Gaskin

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HP and Axcient Team Up on Backup and Business Continuity for SMBs

by Michael S on March 2, 2011 10:40 AM

The companies explain the benefits of their joint data protection and backup solution for SMBs, including scalability from 250 GB to 20 TB on a single appliance.
By Michael Siggins

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Is Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) Still Relevant?

by ChannelPro-SMB on December 21, 2010 11:54 AM

Microsoft Small Business Server has been a standard mainstay of many channel pros' businesses for years. Now, though, Microsoft SBS doesn't make as much sense, and cloud offerings add confusion.
By Lauren Gibbons Paul

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Intel Z68DB Motherboard, 311 Series SSD, and Core i5 2500K CPU Product Reviews

by ChannelPro-SMB on August 18, 2011 11:04 AM

Elric Phares, reviewer-in-chief for the ChannelPro Network, spends some quality time with this trio from Intel--and likes what he sees.

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Funniest Old-School Computer Commercials

by ChannelPro-SMB on December 16, 2011 8:22 AM

Funny computer commercials: Check out a few of our favorite old-school commercials from the good old days.

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9 Steps to Developing a Sales Compensation Plan

by ChannelPro-SMB on September 23, 2009 11:35 AM

If you're not sure where to start when devising a new compensation model, check out these handy tips.
By Martin Sinderman

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LSI Introduces 6 Gb/s SAS Switch

by ChannelPro-SMB on October 14, 2010 12:42 AM

The company calls the half-width 1U device the "industry's first 6 Gb/s SAS switch"

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StarTech Product Clones Hard Drives for just $170

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 5, 2009 11:55 PM

SATDOCK22R provides hard drive cloning and also functions as an external hard drive docking station and a hard drive imaging solution. It needs no connection to a host computer and delivers an exact 1-to-1 clone of the target hard drive.

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Virtualization: A Boon to Custom Builders

by ChannelPro-SMB on February 28, 2011 10:36 AM

Custom builders say clients are keen on high-end hardware when they virtualize their servers, opening the door to new storage sales.
By Sharon Florentine

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VIDEO: Intel SSD How-To Series

by ChannelPro TV on June 16, 2010 10:11 AM

Come into Intel's engineering labs to learn more about migrating hard drive data to an Intel solid-state drive, updating the SSD's firmware, and using the chipmaker's SSD Toolbox.

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PROMISE Offers New Thunderbolt-Compatible RAID Solution

by ChannelPro-SMB on February 27, 2011 4:14 PM

The new Pegasus hardware is a small-form product, available in four- and six-bay aluminum enclosures with 12 TB of storage.

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Using Tablet PCs for Business: How They Stack Up

by ChannelPro-SMB on March 9, 2011 3:47 PM

Virtually unknown a year ago, sales of iPad-style tablet PCs have exploded. But while promising, business applications and channel opportunities lag behind the hype.
By Lauren Gibbons Paul

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New LSI WarpDrive Is Sold as an Integrated Option with Select Supermicro Servers

by ChannelPro-SMB on March 14, 2011 8:36 AM

The new SLP-300 acceleration card is designed to maximize transactional I/O performance of data-intensive applications and workloads.

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The Business Case for Sustainable IT

by ChannelPro-SMB on August 11, 2009 6:45 AM

When green IT is viewed as reducing an SMB's carbon footprint--and saving money in the process--the prospect of selling green solutions becomes imminently more promising.
By Megan Santosus

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ChannelPro Playbook: Desktop Virtualization and VDI for SMBs

by E. Hom on December 19, 2011 12:00 PM

Desktop virtualization for SMBs is poised for major success in 2012. Use this ChannelPro Playbook to help navigate virtual desktop infrastructures and implementation.
By Elaine J. Hom

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Social Media Web Sites to Boost Your Business

by Geoff O. on May 29, 2009 10:21 AM

Having trouble understanding the differences between Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter? Here's your social media Web site cheat sheet.
By Geoffrey Oldmixon

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Tigerpaw and Zenith Infotech Integrate for a 'Closed-Loop System'

by ChannelPro-SMB on November 10, 2009 6:45 PM

Managed service providers can now offer remote IT management services based on synchronized features of the companies' respective products.

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Obama: Pro Channel?

by Michael S on October 6, 2009 8:28 AM

Obama: Pro Channel?
I was rushing through the airport in D.C. recently and ran into him...

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