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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.

INTERNATIONAL

Softcell has denied any illegality and its partners are supporting the company.

[05:20 PM, October 21, 2008]

An HP India spokesperson confirmed the DRI search.

[04:39 PM, October 21, 2008]

At Acer's annual Global Press Conference event in Budapest, Hungary, company executives discussed the PC maker's plans to increase its share of the mobility market.

[12:44 PM, September 19, 2008]

NEWS FROM CRN INDIA

Monitor brand AOC is aiming for the no. 2 spot in the Indian monitor market. According to Saurabh Grover DGM, Sales and Marketing, AOC India, We are now the no. 3 monitor brand in India, having retained this position for the last two quarters. As per IDC Indias Q1 2009 report, AOC had 19 percent market share which increased to 21 percent in Q2. Our aim is to further consolidate our market position to reach the second spot by the end of 2009.

PC Solutions has received the Silver certification from Cisco, making it among the few Indian solutions providers to have this accreditation. The Cisco Silver Certified Partner designation, which is the second highest, next to the Gold certification is a validation of our teams competencies and dedication towards customer satisfaction. We are confident that our existing and prospective customers shall be tremendously benefited by our enhanced competencies, said Devendra Taneja, CEO, PC Solutions.

Panache has appointed Akash Sutane to head its Small Form Factor (SFF) and Ultra Small Form Factor (USFF) products. As VP, Thin Clients division, he will be responsible for the marketing, branding and sales of the Panache range of thin client products. Sutane has 11 years of IT industry experience. Prior to joining Panache, he was with Ags Infotech. He has also worked with Sundyne Technologies and Ambika.com.

HP India has said that four of its high selling printerLaserJet M1522mf, CP1215n, P2035n and P2055d will come with three-year warranty as against the standard one-year warranty earlier. The extended warranty scheme is available for purchases made between July 25 and September 30, 2009. Customer can avail this by registering the product at HP website within 15 days of purchase.

Next on Ciscos agenda is the consumer market. Its Consumer Business Group (CBG)formerly known as Linksys by Cisco has established a separate team and defined the products it will take to the market. Suresh Balasubramanian, National Sales Director, India, Cisco Consumer Business Group, said, For our consumer business, we want to make communication a live, visual and more personal experience. We believe that the market is going through a transition phase where consumers want a mediumwhether it is for personal or professional communicationthat is more visual. Our primary aim would be to capture this market transition for growth. This home and small office network products arm will now showcase wireless routers, access points and gateways, home monitoring equipment, graphic cards, and IP cameras.

NEWS FROM CRN GERMANY

Eine Fallstudie aus den USA und England zeigt, dass Mitarbeiter, die ihren Arbeitgebern Daten stehlen, besonders gerne Kunden- und Vertragsdaten mitgehen lassen. 64 Prozent der Datendiebe gaben an, aus »reiner Vorsicht« zu handeln, meist benutzen sie dazu einfache USB-Sticks.

[08:54 AM, November 23, 2009]

Allen Befürchtungen zum Trotz hat die Finanzkrise nicht zu einer generellen Kürzung der IT-Budgets geführt. Wie ein aktuelle Studie zeigt, haben sich allerdings die Akzente verlagert: Im Mittelpunkt stehen nun vermehrt Kostenreduzierung und Effizienzsteigerung.

[08:18 AM, November 23, 2009]

Aufbauend auf seine neue Cloud Computing-Plattform Azure startet Microsoft eine Reihe von ERP-Online-Services für Microsoft Dynamics. Die Online-Erweiterungen bieten den Anwendern praktische Tools für Marketing- und E-Commerce-Aufgaben.

[07:42 AM, November 23, 2009]

Handys und Flachbildfernseher zählten im Internet in den vergangenen Wochen zu den beliebtesten Produkten, so der Preisvergleicher Guenstiger.de. MP3-Player sind im Vergleich zu 2008 dagegen in der Gunst der Verbraucher gesunken.

[07:10 AM, November 23, 2009]

Innerhalb der nächsten drei Jahre sollen Anwendungen wie ortsbezogene Dienste oder die Überwachung von Gesundheitsdaten auch auf Handys Alltag sein. Das prognostiziert zumindest eine Studie der Beratungsgesellschaft Gartner zur Zukunft des Mobilfunks.

[06:57 AM, November 23, 2009]