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Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partner

Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partnerMy biggest problem with these green ratings..is that while they may be more greenless energy use, often times it depends soley on load. Not only that but even if they have it optimized under load, the money saved is the extra money...

Tags: Tech Data Corp., Epeat

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Tech distributor Tech Data now an EPEAT partner

Information from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool more informally known as EPEAT is being married up with tech specs and other product information that resellers can research through the Tech Data catalog. What that means for IT buyers is more complete environmental and green IT ratings information for the...

Tags: Tech Data Corp., Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Microsoft and Tech Data - New Opportunities for You Selling Hosted Services!

Microsoft Online Services provide software delivered as a hosted service directly from Microsoft data centers, managed by Microsoft staff and with a guaranteed 99.9 percent Service Level Agreement. These standardized solutions are designed so that partners can rapidly deploy services to their customers at a low, up-front investment with predictable,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tech Data Corp., Data Centers, Service Level Management, Storage, Investment, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, It service Management, Finance

Webcasts 2008-11-14

CellTimeTracker 2.05 2.05 (Mobile)

TimeTracker V2.05 is FREE. Activate yours at www.techdatasolutions.com/tt. The most complete release ever - will work for most plans all over the world!New features: All the great features of TimeTracker 1.0 and 2.0 Call billing - incoming, outgoing or both Call increment - minutes, seconds, seconds after first minute Free...

Tags: Mobile, Tech Data Corp., Wireless, TimeTracker V2.05, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility

Software downloads 2003-08-20

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Microsoft tries toppling Google with a bribe

Big CatchMySpace, Fox News, couple dozen newspapers, couple dozen magazines, other Fox channels, Sky.The major News Corp viewers will see that if they want to search, they'll Bing it.Even if people link News Corp content in Twitter or Blogs, Google can't go to those links and crawl the content on...

Tags: Blogging, SEARCH, Bing, Google Inc., News Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

AT&T loses lawsuit over Verizon's map commercial

Ha! Take THAT Such a silly waste of the court's time. If they finally lose, I hope they are made to pay treble court costs just as a lesson in frivolous lawsuits clogging the courts. That would send a much needed messageThat if a corporation is going to...

Tags: Cellular phones, AT&T Corp., GSM, CDMA, Apple iPhone, Verizon Communications Inc., W-CDMA

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

In the aftermath of the T-Mobile Chernobyl

Lazy people.Thats all I can think. Who, in their right mind, would entrust valuable data to >> someone elses system

Tags: Backups, backup, cloud computing, T-Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-10-12

Two new tomes offer tips to guide your Green IT strategy

Believe it or not, I have a stack of 10 business books on my desk right now, begging to be read and reviewed. Two are pertinent for the loyal Green IT folks in the GreenTech Pastures, so I felt it appropriate to mention them as a scan some of the...

Tags: Strategy, Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York City

Developers, developers, developers, developers... [nt][nt]Here's to that rounding error getting smaller:DRE: Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in New York CitySweet! Wish I could be there to see it. Who knows, maybe something will come up in NYC and I'll be there.RE: Ballmer to headline Windows 7 launch in...

Tags: Chipsets, Branding, developer, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Gigabyte Technology, motherboard, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemma

A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemmaGood ArticleYou're right. It's a slippery slope with personal computer repair. Even if you tell people that you don't have liability, it is assumed that you do. Many people also treat the job of repairing strangers' computers as if...

Tags: Desktops, PC, home PC, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

News to know: RSA, AMD; Yahoo; Windows 8; $200 'Mac'

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. RSA Conference: Tom Foremski: A conversation with Check Point's Gil Schwed Symantec CEO: The future of security [video] RSA chief calls for...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, RSA Security Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?

Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?HealthcareBut, be careful about not acquiring excessive debt while getting the education. The more I think I about it, as long as there's money, accountancy.So, competitive advantage, driven by innovation and not price or service or proximity, has never been more...

Tags: Strategy, Benefits, Personal finance, BLS, information technology, smart major, IS COMPUTER, IT Staff, recession, IT People, offshoring

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Peanut recall and supply chain worries

As the Peanut Corp. of America scandal rolls on, a new bit of information has thickened the plot: Chinese organic peanuts may have been the source of another Salmonella outbreak at PCA back in 2006.  Now that China is part of the story we have a full blown worst practice...

Tags: China, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management, Kevin O'Marah

Blog posts 2009-02-19

Netbook security risks?

I'm typing this post on the Acer Aspire One that I've been using nonstop since Acer sent me a review unit and just read an interesting article in PC World Canada about the potential security risks associated with netbooks. The author calls netbooks a "potential security nightmare," citing a...

Tags: Ultraportables, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-01-02

What's Chrome for? Ain't it obvious?

What's Chrome for? Ain't it obvious?Really?"I think we all know what the answer is, but we're afraid to say it — Google is taking an entry directly from the Microsoft playbook: Embrace and Extend."Really? By basing it on open source projects? ;-)Google is going after the platform, the same way...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, Web browsers, Desktops, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-02

Campaign 08: H1-B questions for candidates

Robert Meltzer, CEO of VisaNow offers this guest blog post on the questions we should be asking the candidates on the ever-contentious H1-B issue. Consistently throughout U.S. history, immigration has been a divisive topic. Cultural biases, misconceptions, racism and fear continue to influence both opponents and...

Tags: U.S., H-1B Visa, Immigration System, H-1B, Government, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid

Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoidDell HellHey, Dennis. I really like the folks who are behind the social media effort at Dell, but I can't agree with you more here. I blogged about this precise issue last fall. http://tinyurl.com/DellHellRE: Social media and 'green': two...

Tags: social media, Dennis

Discussion threads 2008-08-04

Security is everyone's domain

Guest editorial by George Stathakopoulos In the first half of 2008, Microsoft Corp. released its latest Security Intelligence Report. One of the most interesting statistics involved the results from Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT. Each second Tuesday of every month, the tool...

Tags: Domain, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Ryan Naraine, Security

Blog posts 2008-08-04

From steam punk to the future, and how to plan for it...

I've been doing a lot of reading, most recently 'The Big Switch' by Nicholas Carr. There are plenty of reviews of this fascinating work available - in essence this is actually two books. The first focuses on the history of American public utilities and makes a very plausible case for...

Tags: Collaboration, Information Technology, Nicholas Carr, Nicholas, Collaboration Initiative, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-05-28