Monthly Archives: March 2011
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Unified Communications for Dummies is now available
The Unified Communications (UC) for Dummies boooklet is a really good introduction to UC and is suitable for both end users and staff who are new to Unified Communications (UC). From the “for dummies” range, the booklet, which is sponsored by Avaya, explains in simple terms all about Unified Communications (UC).
Click on the image below to download yourself a copy.
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The Easter Retail Guide is here!
Its going to be a bumper Holiday period this Easter with Easter and the Royal Wedding all happening at the end of April. Therefore, it is likely to be a massive opportunity for resellers and retailers with people buying more products than ever during this ‘egg-citing’ period.
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Get a little extra help from your vendor partner – selling print and supplies into the Public Sector
In the third and concluding part of our series on selling print and peripherals to the Public Sector, we find out about the additional help you can get from vendors in meeting the needs of customers that have ever-tightening purse strings.
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Cloud is the future says head of Microsoft Ireland
Ireland could become a global leader in cloud computing if it can take first mover advantage over its competitors, according to Microsoft Ireland’s Managing Director, Paul Rellis. Speaking at a meeting at the Dublin Chamber of Commerce last month, Rellis urged the next government to boost the rapidly developing cloud computing sector by creating a dedicated state agency to attract talent to the country and to promote Ireland as a pioneer of the cloud. He also believes the government should set an example and start to use the cloud itself to cut IT costs and as a showcase to the world. There are already a number of large data centres in Ireland, including Microsoft’s own US$500m (€368m) site in the capital.
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Public Sector Focus – Toshiba Tablet PCs benchmark a new era for school starters’ education
Here is a great example of how effective IT can be in the classroom. Pupils at Henleaze Infant School in Bristol have been using Toshiba’s state-of-the arttablet notebook PCs to help children aged between four and six, to learn to write.
The teachers at the school knew the children loved learning through technology as they all showed a great deal of enthusiasm when using the school’s IT suite. However the suite also threw in a number of restrictions, such as time-table clashes and immobility. Toshiba’s new tablet PCs provided the mobility and flexibility needed by the school, but more importantly; it brought on a whole new dimension to learning.
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HP shows the way for resellers with powerful entry into audiovisual market
HP has formed a partnership with Scala, the leading player in the digital signage market, to bring complete, affordable, easy-to-install and manage solutions to the market – and open up opportunities for every reseller addressing the professional, business and Public Sector markets.
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Public Sector Opportunities
Are you involved in the public sector? ate McIntrye speaks to Joe Breen, Sales Director for Azlan about the opportunities available in the Public Sector, even when the media would have us believe that it’s all doom and gloom. The good news is that if you can demonstrate to your customers that you can save them money, then they’ll have no problem spending some with you. Joe talks about the increasingly important areas of virtualisation and collaboration. Basic network infrastructure is changing too, and Joe tells Kate how Computer 2000 can help with both technical and sales support.
Finally , Joe announces the launch of a Public Sector Portal within the Computer 2000 website. It’s a One-Stop-Shop, giving you an instant overview on all the latest Public Sector promotions.
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‘Don’t panic Mr Mainwairing!’
The media went all Corporal Jones over the Sandy Bridge technical issues last month. The Question is was there real need to make a fuss? The technical issue was on the new Intel P67& H67 Motherboard Chips, these chips are now being fixed, and rereleased at the close of the month. The Boards that were produced are perfectly usable, as long as only the 0/1 SATA Ports are used. The additional SATA ports ‘might’ suffer a degradation of 15% performance over 3 years. For those who have stock, Computer 2000 will help any of our customers to get the boards back for credit if required, or support product which is already out in the field.
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Extending your signage solutions
When a customer spends what can be a small fortune on a digital signage solution for their office or shop one thing which sometimes slips the mind is the cabling and how far the image has to travel to reach the display is sometimes an afterthought.
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