As if they needed more stress, organizations are facing evolving and increasingly stringent compliance regulations from the Payment Card Industry, as well as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA and others. Here are a few security compliance products that can make the audit process less excruciating.
Here are 10 of the distributor's hottest new offerings winning over solution providers.
New smartphones from Sony, Motorola and the first-ever Twitter-only mobile device -- the TwitterPeek -- headline a busy week for handset makers as the holiday shopping season heats up.
Inside This Issue: September 17, 2007
Cover Story
4 The Hard Way
The chip is here, but what does it mean for the channel? All eyes are on Advanced Micro devices' first quad-core processor.
>> Slide Show: AMD's Barcelona Launch Event
>> Intel: Raining On AMD's Parade?
>> AMD: Let's Talk Performance Per Watt
2007 Sourcing Study
Price Is Still Right
The results of this year's Sourcing Study have a familiar ring--VARs rate price and availability as tops agan when selecting a distributor.
Beyond PCs
Networking solutions quickly replacing traditional computers.
>> Slide Show: The Channel Sourcing Study Results Are In
>> The Pros And Cons Of Using Charge Cards
VAR To The Stars
Affluent Technology tackles a lucrative niche: celebrities.
Upstarts Startups
Cash Cow
Acronis bolsters its bottom line with smart partneships and a focus on virtualization and backup and recovery solutions.
Market Focus: Midmarket
Port In A Storm
Relational uses Avaya's VoIP system to help a hospital get back on its feet.
Specialist Focus
Hasta La Vista
Microsoft's newest operating system falls flat for homes, say integrators.
Tech Focus
The New iSCSI Players
Two of the tier-one vendors take aim at the iSCSI storage bull's-eye.
Tech Focus: Custom Systems
RocketRAID 3320 Blasts Off
The CRN Test Center looks at HighPoint Technologies' new RocketRAID 3320 Card.
DGE-560T PCI Cards Arrive
The CRN Test Center looks at one of D-Link Systems' Gigabit Network Adapter models: the DGE-560T PCI Express card.
ShadowRAM: Rumors, Truth & Innuendo
Apple Technology Just Works? Pffffft; Paul Su, Call Your Office; Seen And Heard.
These articles were mentioned in this issue of CRN.
• The Pros And Cons Of Using Charge Cards
• VMware, Microsoft Square Off
• Cisco Seeks Love Connection Between ISVs And VARs
• BizTalk Server Upgrade Includes RFID, Enhanced EDI Support
• Lenovo's New Desktop
• Slide Show: Channel Sourcing Study Results
• Synnex Eyes Partner Community With Stegner Hire
• Symantec Launches SMB Specialization
• Tech Data's O'Malley Takes The reins At InFocus
• HP's New 'Shorty'
• Dell Unveils New Server, Details Optional
• Investors Try To Block Acer-Gateway Deal
• Slide show: 14 Hot Products From XChange
• Top 5 Tech Segaments SMBs Will Spend Money On
• Partners To Microsoft: Don't Make Us Licensing Police
• HP Refreshes PC, iPaq Lineups
• Margin Makers
• Video: And Answer To Firewall Futility
• Slide Show: VMworld Keeps On Turning
COLUMNISTS
Robert C. DeMarzo:
Channel Centric
AMD's Barcelona Is About Choice--Olé
Barcelona, the code-name for AMD's new quad-core server processor, may prove to be a boost for a company that is competeing against the Intel behemoth, bit it represents something very significant to the channel--choice.
Robert Faletra:
On The Record
Battle Between Intel And AMD Heats Up
The fact is that the resurrected and more interesting AMD of the past few years has forced Intel to behave differently in the market.
Steven Burke:
The Final Cut
Mortgaging The Future
Some of the biggest and most powerful vendors in the technology business are about to be walloped by a subprime channel crisis.
Larry Hooper:
Under The Radar
PCs Are Cool Again
It's been a long time since a lot of our most interesting stories were coming from the PC space.
