This week, retailers and vendors will converge on San Diego for Everything Channel's RetailVision show to talk about strategies in the cutthroat retail market. Here we collect 25 (plus a few extra) hot products vendors will be showcasing.
A talent search, a maker fair, and of course Intel's latest cutting-edge chips were featured at last week's Intel Developers Forum.
Everything Channel went deep into the heart of Texas to honor 17 vendors at the 2008 VARBusiness Annual Report Card awards ceremony in Dallas. Here's a look at who lassoed the top prizes.
Inside This Issue: March 5, 2007
Cover Story
Is This Nortel's Year?
Solution providers say they are seeing evidence of a channel revival at Nortel Networks, and they credit CEO Mike Zafirovski for the resurgence.
CRN Interview
Mike Zafirovski, CEO, Nortel Networks
The biggest star on Nortel's horizon these days is undoubtedly President and CEO Mike Zafirovski. Since joining the telecom and networking giant 16 months ago, he has channel partners hopeful of rejuvenated sales. He discussed his enterprise business and channel strategy with CRN.
Tech Focus
RFID: A Bad Rap?
Concerns about the security of RFID technology are putting vendors and solution providers on the hot seat.
Case Closed: MonCaso Has The Look
Designed for the home theater PC market, Moneual Lab's MonCaso 932B enclosure has a look that's far from ordinary.
The Motherboard Of All Overclockers
When it comes to overclocking, Nvidia's nForce 680i SLI motherboard will squeeze the most clock cycles out of Intel's Core 2 Extreme, Core 2, Pentium 4 and Celeron D chips.
Market Focus: Small Business
Digital Signage Offers Small-Biz Service Opportunities
As a solution sale, digital signage gives VARs the opportunity to add on other products and services, channel executives say.
Demand Generation
IT Consultancy: Forget About India
Neoris, a Miami-based IT consulting firm, is telling companies seeking to outsource that Latin American IT resources are better than India's.
Upstarts & Startups
Zimbra Brings New Age Panache To Messaging, Collaboration
Zimbra is bringing some Web 2.0 panache into an arena where legacy champs Microsoft and IBM have been beating themselves silly: messaging and collaboration.
ShadowRAM: Rumors, Truth & Innuendo
KeepYouSafe.com jumps on the Anna Nicole Smith bandwagon, another little "moo" for Avnet's Paget, and Savvion flacks pitch a little too eagerly.
These articles were mentioned in this issue of CRN.
• HP Taps Outsider As Channel Chief
• Apple's Leopard Could Soon Be Ready To Roar
• Business Objects Off To QuickStart With ISV Partners
• Virtual Battle Brewing
• Azaleos Offers Mail Management Services
• Vendor Threatens Black Hat Legal Action
• Tales From Encryption: CipherMax Unveils Devices
• Westcon To Buy NOXS
• Doors Closing For 126 CompUSA Stores
• Lenovo Plans To Cut 1,000 Jobs
• Q&A: Mike Zafirovski, Nortel Networks
• CRN Interview: Hector Ruiz, AMD CEO
• Slide Show: 5 Tools To Ease Vista Installs
• Bake-Off: Convertible Tablet PCs
• Microsoft's Google Desktop Killer
COLUMNISTS
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Real Values
Do You Practice What You Preach?
The sad truth for many smaller solution providers selling cutting-edge technologies is that they may not have the wherewithal to invest in that solution themselves.
On The Record
Without A Channel, Dell Won't Be Lead Dog Again
The reality is the channel doesn't need Dell. But I'm not so sure Dell can make the argument any longer that it doesn't need the channel.
The Final Cut
Goo Goo Google Ga Ga
Google’s decision to take its Microsoft Office killer, Google Apps Premier Edition, to market without any channel component shows that in more ways than one, the company is still a child.
Under The Radar
Now The Fun Begins
After months of research and old-fashioned hard work, the CMP Channel Group is launching the new ChannelWeb.com on March 5.
