http://community.crn.com/index.jspa?view=blog Latest Blog Posts in Channelweb Connect en Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:29:14 GMT Clearspace 2.5.7 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-24T21:29:14Z en http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/24/free-cloud-based-netbooks-from-google-reality-or-fantasty We all know that Google is very wealthy, but is the company so rich that it could develop free netbooks? And even if it could, why would it want to? Now that Google has an operating system of its and is pushing cloud computing, the prospect of giving google netbook chrome Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:15:03 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/24/free-cloud-based-netbooks-from-google-reality-or-fantasty 2009-11-24T22:15:03Z 46 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/free-cloud-based-netbooks-from-google-reality-or-fantasty http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1890 http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/2009/11/24/yes-we-will-really-give-it-to-you You just opened this blog (Thank You!) and about five seconds have past by the time you get HERE. Please give me 50 more seconds of your time (starting now) and tell me which of the following things we could add – or, are most beneficial to you – at our xerox Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:27:30 GMT paige.coverage@gmail.com http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/2009/11/24/yes-we-will-really-give-it-to-you 2009-11-24T19:27:30Z 2 hours, 48 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/comment/yes-we-will-really-give-it-to-you http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1889 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/24/virginias-new-it-system-failing-thanks-to-lack-of-backups Sometimes in the IT industry, you see stories that are almost too absurd to believe. The Richmond Times-Dispatch has one of those stories. First published this past Saturday, the article explains why Virginia's state government has been swamped with northrop_grumman networking Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:55:35 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/24/virginias-new-it-system-failing-thanks-to-lack-of-backups 2009-11-24T15:55:35Z 8 hours, 6 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/virginias-new-it-system-failing-thanks-to-lack-of-backups http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1888 http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/24/last-minute-2009-tax-advice-for-your-business-customers Community member MarcusIT used the Ask a Blogger a Topic buttons in the SMB Channel Voice group to ask this question: Any last minute tax tips for businesses before 2009 ends? Here you go, and this is advice my own accountant was not aware of (and tax Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:21 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/24/last-minute-2009-tax-advice-for-your-business-customers 2009-11-24T14:56:21Z 7 hours, 19 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/comment/last-minute-2009-tax-advice-for-your-business-customers http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1887 http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/2009/11/24/intel-core-i9-benchmarks-and-release-timeframe As reported earlier this year, the next wave of Core iX processors from Intel will be hitting the streets in the first quarter of 2010. Dual-core, 32nm, LGA1156 Core i3 and i5 processors with clock speeds ranging from 2.93 to 3.46 GHz should offer some cpu intel lga1156 lga1366 core_i9 system_builder Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:23:58 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/2009/11/24/intel-core-i9-benchmarks-and-release-timeframe 2009-11-24T10:23:58Z 11 hours, 59 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/comment/intel-core-i9-benchmarks-and-release-timeframe http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1886 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/23/fiorinas-senate-campaign-carly-made-hp-a-stronger-company It's been nearly five years after Carly Fiorina was ousted as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, and now her controversial tenure and divisive record as the head of HP will become the centerpiece of her campaign for the U.S. Senate in California. Running as a hp compaq ibm dell carly_fiorina Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:11:48 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/23/fiorinas-senate-campaign-carly-made-hp-a-stronger-company 2009-11-23T21:11:48Z 1 day, 2 hours ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/fiorinas-senate-campaign-carly-made-hp-a-stronger-company http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1885 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/23/breaking-dell-s-circular-history Dell had a tough time last week, reporting earnings that had dipped 15 percent from the same quarter one year ago .   Some didn’t waste any time wondering if solution providers would take this as a prime opportunity to kick the vendor while it was equal_logic deal_registration smb partner_program dell solution_provider Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:14:03 GMT bkraemer@everythingchannel.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/23/breaking-dell-s-circular-history 2009-11-23T17:14:03Z 1 day, 5 hours ago 4 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/breaking-dell-s-circular-history http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1884 http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/2009/11/23/systems-builders-leverage-social-media-marketing Face to face marketing works best, but Facebook to Facebook may be the next best thing. Custom systems builders caught in the conundrum of   “I need to spend more money on marketing to grow my business” and “I can afford to spend money on marketing” processor intel advanced_micro_devices Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:05 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/2009/11/23/systems-builders-leverage-social-media-marketing 2009-11-23T16:12:05Z 1 day, 6 hours ago http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/comment/systems-builders-leverage-social-media-marketing http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1883 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/23/microsoft-news-corp-discussing-anti-google-alliance Not long ago, News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch made public his intense distaste for Google News and other content aggregators. Murdoch argued that having content from his various newspapers, from The Wall Street Journal to The New York Post , linked microsoft google bing rupert_murdoch news_corp Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:55 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/23/microsoft-news-corp-discussing-anti-google-alliance 2009-11-23T15:13:55Z 1 day, 7 hours ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/microsoft-news-corp-discussing-anti-google-alliance http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1882 http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/2009/11/20/tech-innovator-awards-2009 This week, at XChange Tech Innovator in Las Vegas, we presented the 2009 Tech Innovator Awards . Awards went to those companies that created the most dynamic new opportunities for solution providers, and winners included companies like Fortinet, Xerox channelweb_awards_and_directories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:52 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/2009/11/20/tech-innovator-awards-2009 2009-11-20T21:35:52Z 4 days, 39 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/comment/tech-innovator-awards-2009 http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/feeds/comments?blogPost=1881