R&D throughout the industry has led to significant steps in innovation this year. VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards recognize the most innovative of these offerings from several different sectors.
Vendors submitted hundreds of entries for the 2008 VARBusiness Tech Innovator Awards, but only a handful emerged as purveyors of unique, groundbreaking products. Here's a look at the winners.
HP's first touch-screen notebook for consumers has plenty of options for work and play.
Inside This Issue: August 25, 2008
(*includes CRN Custom Systems. Magazine)
Cover Story
Fast Growth Retailers
Micro Center is clobbering its competition in the forgiving technology retail game, having spiked revenue nearly 150 percent between 2005 and 2007. What's retailer's big secret? Just plain, old-fashioned customer service.
>> Retail Vendor Of The Year: Nokia
News Analysis
The 2008 ARC Awards
Ten-gallon hats and a comical appearance from "the President" were just a few of the sights from Everything Channel's Annual Report Card Awards Dinner in Dallas..
AMD's Meyer Looks Ahead
AMD's new CEO Dirk Meyer takes a positive stance on the chipmaker's future.
Margin Makers
Margin Makers: Peripherals
The economy might be down, but peripherals have never looked better., CRN takes a look at everything from add-on storage to printers to projectors and uncovers a healthy margin structure for peripherals.
>> Slide Show: 6 Peripheral Products
Market Focus: Business Apps
Keep An Open Mind
Open source applications are taking and increasingly larger part in the rapidly expanding SMB apps market, and more than a few midsized companies are starting to notice their benefits.
Tech Focus: Wireless
The Latest In Wi-Fi
Vendors in the WLAN space are releasing new products as wireless networking continues to gain momentum. From eco-friendly to high-security, CRN takes a look at five of the newest Wi-Fi wares to hit the market this month.
CRN Custom Systems Magazine: August 2008
Cover Story
MoBos Got Mojo
New technology developments meet system builders' needs, while helping to shape product strategies.
>> Tiny Motherboard, Huge Implications
Hot Products
Slide Show: Five New Summer Products You Should Get To Know
As the summer winds down, here's a look at some cool products you might want to check out. From digital photo displays that have moved off grandma's mantle and into the office, to chassis that are built with a nod to a cleaner environment, vendors are offering a plethora of products to satisfy most any VAR customer.
Review
Antec Builds A Cool Case
Despite its high performance, this system is easy on the ears.
Graphics Wars
Processors Go Head To Head
Competition heats up with AMD, Nvidia launches.
Processors
AMD: To Sell Or Not To Sell?
Local paper puts out news that the chip maker says is misleading.
Business Trends
Price Cuts Aimed At Rival
Intel chips away at processor tags in response to AMD offerings.
Corespondence
Manufacturing: Lessons Learned From CS Arena
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• 25 Hot Retail-Ready Products To See At RetailVision San Diego
• Intel, Yahoo To Build Web TV 2.0
• Palm Treo Pro: Is The Price Not Right?
• 2008 VARBusiness Annual Report Card Awards
• More Custom Systems Reviews
• More Custom Systems
• 25 Execs To Watch From The 2008 VARBusiness 500
• RetailVision: Homepage
• Slide Show: 13 Slightly Strange Scenes From XChange '08
COLUMNISTS
Robert C. DeMarzo:
Channel Centric
When The Customer Speaks...
Any VAR that isn't willing to do his homework and pick up the phone to a midmarket customer is clearly missing an opportunity.
Robert Faletra:
On The Record
Money, Honey, To Get Along With Me
It pays to really understand which vendors are most productive for you. It also wouldn't hurt to understand if vendors are more productive for your competitors than they are for you.
