http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/ en-us Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:53 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/new-rule-video-piracy-threaten.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/new-rule-video-piracy-threaten.html entertainment industry file sharing idiotic publc law P2P peer-to-peer video piracy Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:53 -0500 http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/dells-delicate-channel-balanci.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/dells-delicate-channel-balanci.html channel conflict Dell managed services Wed, 07 May 2008 15:52:28 -0500 http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/are-we-hallucinating-about-the.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/are-we-hallucinating-about-the.html closed systems Internet appliances mobile devices monitoring tools Net access smartphones Mon, 05 May 2008 16:52:42 -0500 Personal computers have for the first time gone on sale in Cuba, but the U.S. reseller channel is going to suffer because of the antiquated, ineffective and ridicuous trade embargo that the Bush Administration stubbornly clings to for that island... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/cuban-trade-embargo-will-hurt.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/05/cuban-trade-embargo-will-hurt.html computer sales Cuban technology infrastructure Cuban trade embargo free trade Fri, 02 May 2008 14:32:39 -0500 May 1 represents the 15th anniversary of the day the Web's code was placed into the public domain. So this public birthday of the Internet raises the question of whether it's been a force for good or evil.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/fifteen-years-later-are-we-bet.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/fifteen-years-later-are-we-bet.html birthday of Internet global collaborative tool inventor of the Internet pre-Internet era Tim Berners-Lee Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:07:29 -0500 The latest quarterly financial reports from top channel distributors have been somewhat disappointing, unlike reports from channel vendors that show overseas sales are compensating for the economic slowdown in the U.S.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/distributors-catching-economic.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/distributors-catching-economic.html economic stimulus enterprise general economiy IT spending SMB Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:50:12 -0500 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a smart political (if not business) move when he told a press conference in Europe that the company might rethink its plans to completely phase-out its XP operating system.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/microsofts-ballmer-hints-at-xp.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/microsofts-ballmer-hints-at-xp.html Microsoft Steve Ballmer VARs XP operating system Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:40:50 -0500 Tech companies with a strong channel presence seem to be doing well as the earnings season starts to unfold. Despite fears of a general economic slowdown, the tech sector seems to be hanging in well.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/channel-tech-earnings-stay-str.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/channel-tech-earnings-stay-str.html Acer Cisco quarterly financials sales forecast Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:35:56 -0500 http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/fcc-chairman-to-congress-stay.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/fcc-chairman-to-congress-stay.html FCC file sharing Kevin Martin Net neutrality regulation Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:14:10 -0500 The U.S. Senate this week considers an issue of critical importance to ISPs, developers and other channel partners: The future of the Internet.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/internets-future-up-for-debate.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/internets-future-up-for-debate.html AT&T FCC Internet traffic Net neutrality Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:23:56 -0500 Kevin Gilroy, who headed Arrow Electronics' Enterprise Computer Solutions Group for the past 15 months, is leaving for personal reasons. He's the fourth person to hold the top position in the last two years.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/musical-chairs-continues-at-ar.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/musical-chairs-continues-at-ar.html Arrow. HP Avnet midmarket solutions Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:53:46 -0500 http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/can-isps-and-p2ps-coexist.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/can-isps-and-p2ps-coexist.html Comcast FCC file sharing P2P rights Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:20:58 -0500 http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/time-to-boycott-overseas-outso.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/time-to-boycott-overseas-outso.html boycott flat world Global 2000 Infosys offshore outsourcing services Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:41:16 -0500 Microsoft plans to stop selling the Windows XP operating system to retailers and manufacturers on June 30, but that hasn't stopped legions of supporters from using the Web to try to halt the inevitable move to Vista. More than 110,000... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/heed-the-demand-to-save-xp.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/heed-the-demand-to-save-xp.html channel Microsoft Vista white box systems XP Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:11:11 -0500 So you like to "share" music, video and other possibly copyrighted information over the Web. Do you have a right to Web access. Yes, if you are a European Union citizen. No, if you live in the U.S.... http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/do-filesharers-have-any-web-ri.html http://blog.itchannelplanet.com/2008/04/do-filesharers-have-any-web-ri.html File-sharing sites politicians power and profits Web piracy Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:18:54 -0500