Topic: Hardware - Page 66

Remember Groucho Marx’s joke about not joining a club that would have him as a member? This isn’t that kind of club. This is the club founded by Matt, Rich, and guest host Juan Fernandez, of ImageNet Consulting, that we think you’ll love to join. If nothing else, you’ll get to hear their thoughts on HP’s new hardware and services bundles for SMBs and their new work-from-home PCs and monitors, plus top strategies smaller MSPs can use to compete with much bigger ones.

Erick and Rich ponder the implications of HP’s new subscription hardware and software service for SMBs, why cloud solutions require a different approach to sales and marketing, and the perhaps coronavirus-related rise of the “technosexual.”

Called HP Business Boost, the new offering combines PCs, monitors, printers, and accessories with remote management and optional security assistance. Pickup and return services and onsite support for both home and office users are included as well.

Announced at the vendor’s virtual Reinvent conference today, the new laptops, desktops, monitors, and printers reflect a changed IT landscape in which remote business users prize compact form factors, portability, and fewer cabled connections.

The three new systems, Epson says, are designed to help schools, digital press operators, and other “light production” environments accommodate up to a 100,000-page recommended monthly print volume with less downtime and fewer service visits.

News from Nutanix, Trend Micro, ViewSonic, and Kentucky Man (your new rival, Florida Man) are just a few of the stories we meant to tell you about but didn’t until now.

Postponed from March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the three-day virtual event featured educational sessions, networking, and lively discussions on the future of the channel.

Mmm, there’s nothing like the taste of farm fresh CloudBerry. Just ask Matt, Rich, and guest host Randolph Carnegie, managing director of Chicago-based IT provider Ken-Kor Consulting.

The networking and communications vendor has LoRaWAN gateways coming in connection with a longer-term bid to deliver complete smart building, smart city, and other IoT solutions in partnership with device makers and software developers.

Zippy new laptop chips from Intel, Teams integration from TeamViewer, and a reminder from Oklahoma that wearing clothes when ordering at Taco Bell is a wise idea are just as few of the stories we just barely snuck in before the holiday weekend.