The IGEL OS will now support LG monitors and All-in-Ones broadly, but the major element in this new partnership will be a new LG-designed replacement for the IGEL UD 9 All-in-One.
IGEL believes that their new software licensing, on top of their strong momentum in the space, will soon make them the leader in the total number of thin client systems shipped –although only the hardware ones count in the analyst numbers.
Lenovo announces the GA of the Smart Office videoconferencing device, developed in partnership with Microsoft, that was announced last fall at Microsoft’s Ignite event. What they deem more important however, is their message to the market that this product is only the start of an initiative designed to make Lenovo a major player in the Smart Office space.
HP responds to a change in both use cases and user expectations with the redesign of their All-in-One Zero Client.
The Z1 G3 also has additional features and storage. What may be a negative for some – and a plus for others – is the reduction of the display size, from 27 inches to 24. HP also announced new receiver software, which will give Apple Mac OS X users access to HP Z workstations.
SAP Anywhere is going to market in China through a strategic partner, China Telecom. The go-to-market strategy when it goes into general release in the U.S. and Canada in 2016 will be very different however, and the company filled in the details for ChannelBuzz.
At last year’s SAP SME Summit, SAP emphasized how much it valued its SME customers, including small businesses. This year they added a wrinkle to that, emphasizing that SMEs want and need simplicity, and that those taking their time to decide need to make the move – with SAP solutions.
Several new desktops, all-in-ones and notebooks were announced, with HP emphasizing new design, security and collaboration features, some of which are unique to them.
The Logitech Collaboration program is aimed at improving integration and planning with vendor partners, but the collaboration also has direct impact on Logitech’s reseller channel.
Acer Chromebase DC221HQ series, which is coming to market in Canada through Acer’s commercial channel, has both touch and non-touch display options.
The big and beefy get bigger and beefier as HP updates its workstations to include the latest Haswell processors, greater RAM and storage density.
The new modular ThinkCentre Tiny-in-One 23 was designed to deal with the issue that repairs for AIOs have traditionally been more expensive.
PC sales through the channel are growing in spite of much faster growth for tablets and other devices, GTDC chairman says.
HP Canada’s Maria Del Rio-Arbuckle weighs in on the benefits of the all-in-one PC design for business users.
