| WTO REGIME |
With the WTO's duty-free regime all set to roll in to action in a few months, manufacturers are banking on the Government to protect their interests.
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| LCD Vs DLP Projectors |
The proponents of LCD projector technology point out that DLP suffers from issues like rainbow effect and unnatural brightness
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| Delay In Reimbursement Of Schemes |
Jithender Tatia of Vivek Traders notes that delayed settlements of schemes sours partner-vendor relations. However, Bharat Bhushan of RR Systems feels that delayed settlements are a part of the game and dealers have learned to live with it.
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| HDD Warranty War |
Seagate's Sharad Srivastava says that the company may increase its warranty period beyond five years to prove its product's reliability to buyers.
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| Outsourcing Printing Services |
PG Kamath of Lexmark states that outsourced printing is expensive and involves the security risk of confidential data being read by unauthorized personnel
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| Distributors As Concept-Sellers |
Solutions providers are appreciating some distributors' move to provide 'value' by creating value divisions in their companies. But some are sceptical of its success, especially if distys attempt selling to end-customers directly.
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| FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT LCD MONITORS |
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| FUTURE OF STANDALONE INKJET PRINTERS |
With the growing popularity of MFDs, RS Anandkumar of Brother International feels that standalone inkjet printers will soon perish. But Suresh Govindachari of Epson India is confident that standalone inkjets will be around for many more years.
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| Falling Margins In Storage Business |
Vendors maintain that service will primarily enable partners to earn more revenue. But the latter argue that there is a dearth of technical talent in the storage industry and want vendors to invest more in training the channel.
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| Backup storage: Disks Or Tapes |
While disk and tape vendors' debate over which is better, one thing is clear. Tapes have an advantage for archiving and the disk is preferable for fast and critical applications.
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| FALLING MARGINS IN ENTRY-LEVEL NOTEBOOKS |
Partners feel that margins in the low-end laptop market have come down drastically. But vendors argue that the scenario is not so bad and entry-level branded machines still offer substantial margins.
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| TCO OF A LINUX SYSTEM |
Proponents of Linux claim that it lowers the overall TCO by supporting many other cost-effective hardware and software solutions. Those in the Microsoft camp assert that Linux vs Windows is hardly an apple-to-apple comparison.
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