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 3, 2007
Cover Story
Margin Makers
Resellers are finding ways to deliver value and find profit margins on hardware. All roads point to peripherals.
>> Slide Show: 6 Margin-Boosting Products
News Analysis
Symantec Partners: Protect Us
Some solution providers want more protection in the vendor's opportunity registration program.
Acer's Play For Gateway Shakes Up PC Market
The Taiwanese vendor's acquistion of Gateway will reshuffle the PC market. What does it mean for the channel?
IT Vendors, Oracle's Rauline Ochs Have That Winning Feeling
Celebrating The VARBusiness Annual Report Card winners and our new Channel Executive of the Year.
SAS Gets Smart
There have been some hiccups, but the business intelligence player's year-old reseller program is on the right track.
The VoIP Risk Factor
Vendors and integrators stress the importance of building layers of security into VoIP deployments.
Monster.com Hit By Trojan Infostealer.Monstres
The experts believe that it's only a matter of time until widespread attcks on VoIP systems begin.
Tech Focus: Custom Systems
Samsung MH80 Drives It Home
The CRN Test Center looks at Samsung's new MH80 160-Gbyte hybrid hard drive..
Ultra X3 Is Prepped For Power
The CRN Test Center looks at the Ultra Products power supply that can bear the load of machines with high-end video graphics cards, high-capacity hard drives and powerful processors.
ShadowRAM: Rumors, Truth & Innuendo
Mark Cuban to show his new moves, Dell should bring in outside to shed its legacy as a direct compeitor to the channel, Rival tech journalist gather for dinner, Adtran's Channel Chopper Queen.
These articles were mentioned in this issue of CRN.
• 10 Must-Have Linux Tools
• Fakes: Can You Tell The Difference?
• Bake-off: 4 Virtualization Suites (In One Review)
• Partner's To Microsoft: Don't Make Us Licensing Police
• Dell SMB Giveways Spook Channel
• Slide Show: 14 Hot Products From XChange '07
• Video: An Acer In The Hole
COLUMNISTS
Robert C. DeMarzo:
Channel Centric
VARs Say They 'Can't Get No Satisfaction
If many vendors don't shore up their approval ratings, their revelance in the channel will soon fade away.
Robert Faletra:
On The Record
Key Characteristics Of Growth-Oriented VARs
VARs that are focused on rapid growth are 118 percent more likely to add vendors that those in the lifestyle category.
Craig Zarley:
On The Frontline
The Subprime Storm
Solution providers active in mergers and acquistions report that deals they have in the works may fall through because some lending institutions have put a lock on loans.
Larry Hooper:
Under The Radar
More Advice For Dell
My last column, I offered up some of the possible challenges for Dell's new channel chief. The channel came back to me with some more, and some specifics.
