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Filemaker
Don’t let your customers
miss out on the FileMaker VLA Workgroup
Bundle -- which includes a free
license of FileMaker Server!
This new bundle includes:
- 10 FileMaker Pro 8.5 licenses
-- $400 off what customers would
pay if purchased individually.
- One FileMaker Server 8 license
-- free -- a savings of up to
$999.
- 50% off one year of maintenance
on FileMaker Pro and FileMaker
Server -- a savings of $340.
(SKUs K65831,
K65832, K65833, K65834)
For more information and pricing
please contact the FileMaker Licensing
Desk at 800-456-6783, ext. 76073
or e-mail filemaker-licensing@ingrammicro.com
Hurry, because this offer expires
3/30/07. |
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Kingston
If your customers truly love their
Apple® computers, give them Kingston®
memory.
Every chip on each Kingston module
is fully tested, exceeding JEDEC and
other industry standards to improve
Apple systems. Each module features
premium components and legendary Kingston
reliability backed with a lifetime
warranty, guaranteed compatibility,
and free tech support. Kingston enjoys
a long-term strategic alliance with
Apple. To order or for additional
information, contact your Ingram Micro
sales representative at (800) 456-8000
(SKUs J46927,
K99755, J46037, J46873, J46874, L48713). |
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QuarkXPress
QuarkXPress 7.0 -- Exclusive Offer
Special offer from Quark to Ingram
Micro Mac- specialist resellers: For
a limited time, QuarkXPress 7.0 page
layout and design software, the choice
of professionals worldwide, is now
available for 5% off the suggested
retail price. QuarkXPress is also
the first page layout and design software
product to run natively, at peak performance,
on your Intel-based Mac. Offer ends
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Share Your
Mac Success Story
Have you increased your profits from Mac-related sales
by helping a customer or by partnering with a member of
the Mac community? We'd love to hear how you did it, since
that's exactly the focus of what being a VTN member is about.
Please contact venturetechnetwork@ingrammicro.com
for more information, or with your story.
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Is DRM Chasing Customers Towards
Mac?
There has been speculation that onerous performance hits
from the new Digital Rights Management (DRM) in Windows
Vista may be enough to send some customers to another platform.
In a recent issue of his monthly newsletter Crypto-Gram,
security and privacy authority Bruce Schneier wrote that
Vista continuously spends CPU time attempting to determine
if a user is violating intellectual property rights, and
slows to a crawl every time the user takes action with content
that Vista is programmed to monitor or deter.
The proposed theory is that exasperated Vista users will
switch to Mac.
Is there any truth to that speculation? Or, is it wishful
thinking on the part of those who are already using non-Windows
platforms? And if it is true, does it represent opportunity
for Mac resellers to capture new, first-time Mac customers?
"Because of the industries we're in, we're not seeing
our customers flip between platforms," said Andrew
Reback, principal of GraphTech Systems. "Our Mac clients
are already on Mac and will never go the other way. Our
PC customers who are doing AutoCAD aren't going to switch
either. So we're not seeing that as much as others you might
talk to."
Nevertheless, the folks at GraphTech choose to work only
with commercial and education customers; they purposely
avoid supporting individual home consumers. "We stay
away from the home user, single station, and individual
markets, unless they are already one of our business customers,"
Andrew said. "I have one mother to deal with; I don't
want 20."
What do you think? We’d like your opinion. Please
let us know at venturetechnetwork@ingrammicro.com.
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Parallels Changes
the Status of Universal Applications
When Apple switched to Intel processors, many Mac users
were alarmed. They were especially concerned about the status
of universal professional applications (Adobe, Quark) for
which businesses buy Macs. Few wanted an Intel Mac until
the applications became native, universal, and would run
smoothly on both Motorola and Intel.
Enter Parallels (parallels.com)
and virtualization on the desktop. Parallels is an application
that allows PC software to run virtually on a Mac. It's
basically a Mac session running PC software.
Steve Feldman is president of Graphtech Systems, an Apple
vendor champ. Steve sits on the VTN council, where he works
with the Ingram Micro Apple team; they coordinate what Apple
provides the VTN membership, and what the membership should
be looking for from Apple.
"Apple is still a niche solution in a relatively small
market share, with a very, very loyal customer base,"
said Steve. "That community embraces anything that
supports continuing with the Apple platform. When Apple
moved to Intel the community become concerned, but virtualization
allows PC software to run on a Mac desktop."
With Parallels, users are really running a virtual PC
on the Mac. Because it's virtual, it's more stable, and
far less likely to crash than if the same application were
running on a PC. It works with CRM and Call Manager for
VoIP. One product reviewer quoted on the Parallels web site
said that virtualization technology like Parallels could
sell more Macs.
"I used to see switching from Mac to PC back when
people thought the decision had to be made," said Steve.
"But they're no longer thinking that, due to a combination
of loyalty and the way applications are going virtual. You
can't run Mac on Windows, but you can run Windows on Mac."
Tell us about your experiences with virtualization software
by contacting venturetechnetwork@ingrammicro.com.
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