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MicroAge Becomes a Zebra Advanced Partner

MicroAge has recently completed a series of certifications to become a Zebra Advanced Partner. “Becoming an Advanced Zebra Partner has been a priority for MicroAge as we expand our Point of Sale offering. Our clients are requesting these products and we want to deliver the solution” stated Tracey Hayes, Vice President of Sales. “Our partnership with Zebra increases these capabilities.” MicroAge

IT Salaries to Rise Twice as Fast as Inflation

The strong increases are still in the application development space, especially for individuals that have those Web 2.0 skill sets. Those who can architect and develop Web spaces had the highest increases that we saw, even 7.5 percent in some titles. CIO Insight

10 Tech Essentials for Emergency Evacuations

When the firestorm erupted in San Diego in October, there was a sickening feeling of déjà vu that descended on local residents. This time, we knew what was coming, and most of us had time to pack up a few items before receiving our evacuation call from the county's "reverse 911" system. I concentrated on items that would keep my family safe, informed and connected to the outside world. eWeek

14 Delivery Models Transforming IT

Gartner identified 14 nontraditional ways to acquire, package and deliver IT they believe will contribute to a shift in IT responsibilities, which are listed with definitions from the analysts. Margevicius draws parallels between these future simplifications of IT with the evolution of other important infrastructure services once maintained by businesses at large. Baseline

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Green. Not Just Good for the Environment, It's Good for Business

Going green involves a lot more than just energy consumption these days. It's the overall efficiency of the system that really counts. Which is especially important since Gartner predicts that within the next 2-3 years, half of the world's data centers will become obsolete because of power and space restrictions. Now there's a way to use less power and less space, yet still get all the performance and capacity you need with Pillar Axiom. That's why Pillar Axiom has the highest Efficiency Quotient (EQ) on the market. Pillar Data Systems

A New Business Model for Color Printing

A color cost per page that rivals a black and cost per page lifes the final barrier to color adopion and usage: IDC praises Xerox’s new business model for color printing with the Phaser 8860 (Color for the price of black and white). IDC states this new model will bring color users the high-value benefits of color while eliminating any incremental costs associated with producing these high-impact black business-oriented documents with added color. Read the entire article

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Green Issues Hitting IT Business Decisions

The green IT survey revealed that the great majority of executives, 80 percent of them, think that green IT is growing in importance for their organization. Nearly half of them, 43 percent, say they consider a vendor's "greenness" when selecting their suppliers. TechWorld

Ready For the Next Computing Platform? It's Ringing Now

If you think the iPhone is all about listening to music and taking calls, think again. The device's ability to allow rich web-based business applications to run on your phone has raised the bar and is ushering in the cell phone as the next major computing device. Fast Company

Five Ways to Roll Out SOA

in the last couple of years, the business side has a better sense of the strategic value of IT, while IT has learned more about the competitive pressures business must endure. As a result, SOA now offers the possibility of greater alignment between IT and business than ever before. InfoWorld