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: May 26, 2008
(*includes CRN Custom Systems. Magazine)
Cover Story
Service Charge?
HP's pending acquistion of EDS has meant a few frayed nerves in the channel. How will HP calm those concerns?.
>> New Deal Ups Competition.
>> The IBM Channel Sounds Off
News Analysis
Silver Lining
Everything Channel's spending forecast for small businesses reveal that in a tough economy, things might still be looking up.
>> Slide Show: Everything Channel 2008 IT Spending Survey
A Channel Bouquet
Microsoft rolls out a brand new SharePoint incentive for channel partners, while EMC's Joe Tucci shrugs off any notion that HP's acquistion of EDS will affect the EMC/EDS relationship.
EMC's Tucci: HP's EDS Buy Won't Impact EMC-EDS Relations
>> Changes At Avnet
>> Easing The Leasing
>> More Mozilla Mojo
>> Google Rx
>> Fun With Mischievous Mr. Oh
Fast Growth
ePlus Earns Top Marks
Solution provider ePlus has enjoyed consistently healthy growth thanks to its ability to motivate its troops.
Market Focus: Midmarket Virtualization
Desktops On A Diet
The continuing desktop virtualzaition hotstreak means vendors hustle to trim the fat from their clients' infrastructures.
>> Three Side Of Citrix XenDesktop
Tech Focus
Uninterrupted
Where uninterrupted power supplies are concerned, APC dominates, and its partners look to its healthy, evolving channel.
>> Palm-Sized Device Recovers Data FAst
ShadowRAM: May 26, 2008
He's No. 1 In Our Hearts; When Irish Data Centers Are Smilin' ...; Seen And Heard.
CRN Custom Systems Magazine: May 2008
Cover Story
Slide Show: 7 Sizzling Products For Custom Builders
The Test Center took a long list of componnets and whittled it down to the hottest ones on the market.
Storage
Storage Resellers Profit From Customization Options
A Day In The LIfe
Seneca: One Step At A Time
Processors
Phenom Triple-Core Desktop Processors Get To Builders
AMD eyes new market for enthusiasts and mainstream users.
AMD Shakes Things Up
Chip maker shuffles its road map and executives as it unveils quad-core processors.
Business Trends
The Power Of Green
Demand for energy-effiecient PCs is up, and power supplies are part of an environmentally-friendly solution.
System Challenges
Bloatware Not In Custom System Builders Lexicon
Help customers keep their hard drives clean.
>> Open-E Attracts The High End
PREVIOUS CRN ISSUES
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• EMC's Tucci: HP's EDS Buy Won't Impact EMC-EDS Relations
• Hurd Sees No Services Fall Our For HP Partners With EDS Deal
• The Many Faces Of Linux
• My Afternoon With Michael Dell
• Microsoft Cuts Backup From Home Server Update
• HP Warns AMD Desktop Owners To Wait On SP3
• 25 Execs To Watch From The 2008 VARBusiness 500
• Video: Growth Shields Sophos In Recession
• Slide Show: 25 Cool Products For Mobile Workers
COLUMNISTS
Robert C. DeMarzo:
Channel Centric
Don't Hold HP To A Double Standard
I don't hear VARs screaming about IBM Global Services. People applaud IBM for its success, so why wouldn't the same hold true for HP?
Robert Faletra:
On The Record
Differentiating Product In The Retail Space
The ability to quickly compare pricing online and then shoot out to the local retail outlet to buy is driving everyone's margins lower.
Steven Burke:
The Final Cut
Mac Migration Mania
The virtualization solution phenomenon is not only driving the biggest profits for all stripes of solution providers, it also is helping to fuel a Mac renaissance in businesses.
Larry Hooper:
Under The Radar
Singing Up A Storm
Son of the channel David Archuleta came close but missed the top spot on the "American Idol" singing competition.
