The Test Center highlights noteworthy PC components that came through the lab so far this year. Manufacturers' ability to build components that support both quad- and dual-core hardware platforms continues to impress us.
Acer's latest Aspire Gemstone laptops come just in time for the holiday shopping blitz, targeting consumers with a range of entertainment-focused models.
It's been a busy quarter for shakeups in some of the industry's top channel companies. Here we look at several channel executives who have come and gone in the last few months.
Inside This Issue: June 25, 2007
(*includes Custom Systems Magazine)
Cover Story
CRN Industry Hall Of Fame
This year's inductees--Check Point's Gil Shwed, Avnet's Roy Vallee and Xerox's Anne MulcahyŃhave their companies poised for a bright future.
SLIDE SHOW:
>> INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME INDUCTION EVENT
News Analysis
Franchisers Building Broad Push Into IT Services
Step up and place your order: MSP franchisors are becoming a hot managed services meal ticket.
>> Franchise Interactive Map
>> Franchise Database
Demand Generator
Leading The Way: One VAR's Twist On Lead Generation 101
After countless (and fruitless) vendor leads, one VAR takes lead generation into his own hands with his very own call center--and a few telemarketers plucked from the ranks of Dell.
Market Focus
A Smarter Serve
Distributors rally around Cisco's Smart Business Communication System VoIP products..
Tech Focus
NBA Reveals The Bigger Picture
As Network Behavior Analysis gains in popularity, VARs are learning the worth of its "big picture" strength.
>> Custom Systems: DriveClone's Got Your Backup
>> Custom Systems: Recording's Digital Awakening
Custom Systems Magazine: June 2007
Leaders
Desktops In Decline
Servers, notebooks and storage drive growth for the custom systems channel as the once-dominate desktop slips to 67 percent of volume.
The List
36 Leading System Builders
Servers, storage and notebooks continue to outpace desktops as the enginesof growth for the channel's top system builders on the annual list, according to the 2007 Leading System Builders Survey.
10 White-Hot Performers
Managed Services, Recycling Revive Declining PC Sales
On The Straight & Narrow
Smart Buying, Government Sales Give Chipco A Boost
Proactive Technologies' Latest Inititaive Is Living Up To Its Name
VAR Finds Its Niche
A Smart Bet In A Growing Market Has Big Payout
Leaping One Step Forward
Taking Business From The Big Box Retailers
Grooming Relationships
AGS Finds Growth In Homeland Security Arena
These articles were mentioned in this issue of CRN.
• 7 Ways To Get Started In E-Discovery
• Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure: Major Amendments
• Slide Show: 13 Tools For Data Storage
• Symantec: Vista Not A Security Panacea
• Cooling Technology Vendor Turns Up Channel Heat
• Symantec Partners: The Waiting Is The Hardest Part
• HP Loses Top Enterprise Sales Executive
• New HP Channel Chief Promises Better Communication
• CommonStore Is Open
• Sun's JES Installations Now Suite And Easy
• Lenovo, Avaya To Let ThinkPads Do The Talking
• Get Used To It: Synnex Enters Refurbished Market
• Ingram's Seismic Move
• Citrix Patches Presentation Server Client
• Tech Data Adds PolyServe Utilities
• How To: Consolidate Servers With Virtualization
COLUMNISTS
Robert Faletra:
On The Record
Hurd, The Channel, And HP's Consistency
Hurd has been consistent in saying he wants solution providers to make HP a bigger part of their business, and it's paying off.
