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• Intel, Lenovo Make Windows 8 Training Push (Video)
  11:40 AM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  Intel and Lenovo each used their recent partner events to urge partners to take part in Windows 8 training this year in order to boost PC sales. How will solution providers respond?
• Intel Unveils New Atom Architecture For Mobile Devices, Low-Power Servers
  5:25 PM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  Intel says its new breed of Atom chips will have high performance and lower power consumption for everything from smartphones to servers.
• Dell Credits Channel For Server Market Share Gains Despite LBO
  10:15 AM EST Mon. May. 06, 2013
  Dell Founder and CEO Michael Dell give credit to the company's channel as it picks up server share against rival Hewlett-Packard, according to recent market share data.
• Lenovo Partners Buzzing About Possible IBM x86 Server Buy
  12:30 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  Solution providers at the Lenovo Accelerate conference say the addition of IBM's x86 server business would give Lenovo an answer for the enterprise market.
• Three Culprits Behind The PC's Decline (Video)
  11:00 AM EST Thu. Apr. 25, 2013
  PC life cycles are longer so businesses are holding on to their systems for more than just three or four years. So what are the reasons behind the fall in PC sales?
• 10 Things We Learned From Apple's Q2 Financials
  4:40 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  Apple's iPhone and iPad businesses are still growing, but there's more to the company's second-quarter results than that.
• HP Reshuffles Printer And Systems Channel, SMB Duties
  8:18 PM EST Tue. Apr. 23, 2013
  HP is lining up all its printer and personal systems channel responsibilities under its U.S. channel chief and all of its customer-facing sales teams under another top executive.
• Intel Partners: Reports Of The PC's Death Premature
  5:03 PM EST Tue. Apr. 23, 2013
  Despite gloomy reports from research firms and analysts, Intel partners say the PC market is showing signs of life this year.
• It's No Magic Touch: VARs Say Training Requirements Are Killing Windows 8 Sales
  10:20 AM EST Mon. Apr. 22, 2013
  Solution providers say the biggest roadblock in trying to sell Windows 8 is the perception -- and perhaps reality -- of the amount of training needed to get users educated and comfortable.
• IBM Partners Cheer Potential Sale Of x86 Server Business
  3:48 PM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  IBM partners weigh in on the impact of the potential sale of the x86 server business, pointing out that IBM's channel is more value- versus volume-oriented.
• Dell Shares Sink After Blackstone Withdraws Interest
  2:48 PM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  Blackstone said an "unprecedented market decline in PC volume and Dell's "rapidly eroding financial profile" scared it off.
• Channel Beat: IBM Eyes Sale of x86 Server Business (Video)
  1:45 PM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  This week's Channel Beat recap also looks at Frank Vitagliano's move to Dell and a closer look at Intel's first-quarter results.
• 5 Reasons For The PC Market Decline
  1:15 PM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  Tablets and smartphones have been blamed for much of the decline in PC shipments, but there's more to the picture.
• Blackstone Group Withdraws Bid For Dell: Report
  9:30 AM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  The private equity firm is bowing out after discovering that Dell's PC business is deteriorating faster than Blackstone had anticipated, according to a report.
• Intel Weathers PC Slump In Q1 Earnings, Touts Second-Half Rebound
  6:08 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Intel's PC business dropped again, but the world's largest chip maker says it's primed for a second-half rebound.
• Lenovo Eyes More Server Growth Through VARs
  5:56 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Lenovo offered Varnex members attending the conference the opportunity to purchase one ThinkServer RD630 for $299, more than 90 percent off the suggested retail price.
• Can 3-D Motion Controls Save The PC? HP Thinks So
  4:37 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  HP is teaming up with motion-control technology company Leap Motion to help spice up the PC market. Will it work?
• Icahn Agrees To Cap Dell Shares For Shot At Better Dell Bid
  3:39 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Dell said Carl Icahn and his affiliates have agreed to cap their ownership of Dell, and therefore his influence over the company, in exchange for the opportunity to work with other partners on a better bid to take Dell private.
• Google Glass Specs Released, But Is There A Channel Play?
  2:28 PM EST Tue. Apr. 16, 2013
  Google shed some light on its new wearable computing device, but will Google Glass have any commercial appeal for solution providers and their customers?
• Channel Beat: PC Shipments Down, Mobile Security Risks Up (Video)
  2:30 PM EST Fri. Apr. 12, 2013
  This week's episode of Channel Beat also looks at big acquisition news for CompuCom.
• Five Companies That Dropped The Ball This Week
  10:00 AM EST Fri. Apr. 12, 2013
  For the week ending April 12, CRN looks at five companies that were either asleep at the wheel or just didn't make good decisions.
• Mini Me Too: Microsoft Reportedly Building 7-Inch Surface Tablet
  11:55 AM EST Thu. Apr. 11, 2013
  Microsoft hadn't planned on a mini-Surface model but did an about-face after seeing the success of Apple's iPad Mini, Google's Nexus 7 and Amazon's Kindle Fire, according to a report.
• PC-Related Stocks Fall After Worst-Ever Q1 Shipment Reports
  10:23 AM EST Thu. Apr. 11, 2013
  HP, Intel, AMD and Lenovo all saw stocks drop a day after IDC and Gartner reports of plummeting PC shipments.
• PCs Suffer Steepest Quarterly Decline Ever: IDC
  5:41 PM EST Wed. Apr. 10, 2013
  In the United States, PC shipments dropped 12.7 percent year-over-year, a tad better than the worldwide decline.
• Behind The Scenes Of Dell's Decision To Go Private (Part II)
  10:00 AM EST Wed. Apr. 10, 2013
  The announcement of Dell's leveraged buyout wasn't the end of the story. Here's a look at what's happened since February.