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Inside This Issue: October 15, 2007
(*includes CRN Solutions Inc. Magazine)
Cover Story
News Analysis Distribution 2.0 Gates Pitches VoIP To VARs
Demand Generator ShadowRAM: October 15, 2007
CRN Solutions Inc. Magazine: October 2007
Cover Story
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Toughest Notebook Challenge
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.
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>> Questions And Answers: Well, Aren't We Nosy ...
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SLIDE SHOW:
>> CRN Tough Notebook Test
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Channel Pay Day
Good news from this year's CRN Channel salary Survey: Compensation for execs and managers is climbing.
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>> 2007 Salary Survey Calculator
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SLIDE SHOW:
>> Salary Survey
GTDC attendees assess the road ahead in a CRN roundtable.
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SLIDE SHOW:
>> The GTDC Attendees Look To The Future
New business opportunities are expected for channel partners as Microsoft launches its long-awaited unified communications portfolio.
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Three-Tiered Service
Online data backup and storage is hot, and everybody wants a cut..
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Specialist Focus: Home Integration
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All-In-One For Less
VARs answer the call of home consumers who want it all, for less.
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Tech Focus
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The Power Of Peripherals
Multifunction printers get popular; VARs gget to pitch whole solutions.
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>> Raidon Stardom SR2760-2S-S2 Makes RAID Simple![]()
>> Custom Systems: Nero 8 Does It Again
Hold All Your Calls Folks, We Have A Winner; Seen And Heard.
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The Virtual Race
The race is far from over, but Convergent Computing's Rand Morimoto is betting on Microsoft to take the lead in virtualization. Should you?
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Trend Watch
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Signs Of Simplicity
Life's about to get easier for partners as Microsoft simplifies its customer volume licensing contracts.
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Solutions
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Diagnosis: Paper Overload
The medical industry is drwning in a sea of paper. Here's how VARs can save the day with a document management solution.
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Under Development
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Tug-Of-War
Solution providers are finding their voice as Microsoft and Cisco's pledge to interoperate reshapes the unified communications space.
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Systems
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The Two-Factor Factor
PC makers bullish on biometric security.
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Display Of Affection
Vista fuels hunger for wide-screen displays.
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Speaking Out
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The Answer's In Front Of You
Michael Cocanower of itSynergy says the key is to leverage the Microsoft stack.
COLUMNISTS
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Robert C. DeMarzo:
Channel Centric
Tech Innovation Is Alive And Well
Tech Innovators winners have bragging rights for a full year, which draws attention from our lyal readers andd online community.
Robert Faletra: Robert C. DeMarzo:
On The Record
Nobel Prize Committee Should Be Gored
If energy hog Al Gore can win a Nobel Peace Prize, then my lifetime body of work in the channel surely deserves one, too.
Tech Talk
Solutions Inc. Is A Community Effort
In this issue of CRN Solutions Inc. Magazine we tackle several key subjects of importance to the Microsoft developer and solution providers, including our cover story on virtualization.