Microsoft: Battery Issues
Not Windows 7's Fault
Microsoft says it's investigation of customer complaints over Windows 7 battery life has turned up nothing that would point to a bug in Windows 7 as the cause.

IBM, HP Chips Spotlight Declining Unix Market
The Unix market is slowly declining, and IBM is gradually gaining market share, but solution providers said the decline masks some strengths of the Unix technology.

Vyatta Execs See Goldmine In Network Virtualization
The open-source networking vendor's channel continues to expand in line with its addressable market, says CEO.

Why This Year's Desktop Refresh Will Be The Most Important Yet
Here is our look at new and noteworthy PCs, and why each provides compelling reasons for VARs to make the case for aggressive upgrades right now.

Cisco Unites Multiple Data Centers With Virtualization
Cisco is preparing several new technologies aimed at helping customers connect multiple data centers into a logical data center to improve disaster recovery, virtualization and performance.

Better Late Than Never, Intel Delivers New Itanium Chips
The long-awaited Tukwila upgrade to Intel's mission-critical Itanium brand finally arrives, but is it in time to challenge IBM's Power7?

Roam Data Bringing M-Commerce
To Small Businesses
Roam Data provides a way for small businesses that don't operate in a PC environment to conduct their sales using the mobile devices they carry around every day.

Review: Ubuntu 9.10 Brings Good Karma To Linux

We like the code name "Karmic Koala" but how does Ubuntu 9.10 measure up to Windows 7?

Review: Seagate FreeAgent Theater+ A Star

Company's latest media player is the first we've seen that plays almost every type of format.

Review: Iomega StorCenter ix4-200d

Iomega recently released a new NAS device that is a pleasure to use -- if you can get past a few caveats.

Good Timing: Belkin Puts Energy Savings Into A Powerstrip

Company's new Conserve Surge with Timer, the first in a line that will focus on ways for IT and facility departments to help manage electric usage.

Microsoft Office Web Apps Vs. Google Docs

Micosoft Office Web Apps inevitably will be compared to Google Docs. The CRN Test Center finds some advantages and disadvantages in choosing Office Web Apps over Google Docs.

Review: Lexmark Prestige All-In-One Printer

Lexmark recently reworked its entire inkjet printer line. The CRN Test Center takes a look at the Prestige, one of the new Professional class models.

Roam Data Bringing M-Commerce To Small Businesses

Roam Data provides a way for small businesses that don't operate in a PC environment to conduct their sales using the mobile devices they carry around every day.

Geolocation, And Finding A Better App

The CRN Test Center has looked at some GPS solutions and geolocation apps over the past year and finds their usefulness keeps building.

Sonian Archives E-Mail, Data In The Cloud

Sonian, which offers a unique cloud-based e-mail archiving solution for compliance and eDiscovery, is hoping to round out its channel in 2010.

Aerohive Buzzing About The New World In WLAN

Aerohive sees a golden opportunity for its wireless gear thanks to a perfect storm: the move of WLANs from luxury to necessity, the arrival of infrastructure-savvy solution providers developing true wireless practices, and the promise of cloud computing to make wireless VARs reap big returns on managed services opportunities.

Digging Inside The PC For The Cloud

Nomadesk, which provides technology that lets users build a virtual drive on their PC that can be accessed across the Internet, is just now building an SMB/SOHO channel, giving solution providers an opportunity to get in at the ground floor.

Confidela Broadens Its Channel For Secure Document Management

Confidela's WatchDox Software-as-a-Service application provides a secure way for businesses to manage and share important electronic documents.

Avenda Has A Knack For NAC

Avenda takes the NAC space by storm with extra identity and policy management features.

The Unix market is slowly declining, and IBM is gradually gaining market share, but solution providers said the decline masks some strengths of the Unix technology.

These 25 visionaries are boldly shaping the future of the IT industry by driving a bevy of new cutting-edge technology developments.

What do the nuts and bolts of a cloud-based solution look like? These 20 cloud infrastructure vendors have the inside scoop.

Here's our look at the 20 companies, people, technologies and trends worth watching in the New Year.

IT managers generally weren't the early adopters of cloud-computing applications but they're starting to come around to the lower costs and improved flexibility offered by cloud-based productivity applications. Here are 20 of the coolest we've seen so far.

Amid a backdrop of the worst economic conditions in a lifetime, selecting 2009's best products was a challenging -- and rewarding -- task.

Cloud computing is poised to make big gains in 2010, Here, we take a look at the 20 coolest cloud platform vendors vying for solution providers' attention.