Recent Articles
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Storage Channel Fights Reluctant Customers
Hiring someone outside the company to store, manage and protect all a company’s data is a gutsy thing to do, for any storage executive or administrator. And this decision usually is not made in a vacuum. Virtually all companies that outsource their storage apparatus must have either the CEO, president or a senior vice president…
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Symantec Buys Asset Management Specialist Altiris
Symantec has added to the slew of technologies it will offer as part of its unified security architecture, announcing a deal on Jan. 29 to acquire endpoint management specialist Altiris for approximately $830 million in cash. Altiris, of Lindon, Utah, specializes in software used by enterprises to manage and service endpoint devices, including PCs, laptops…
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Intel Takes Wraps Off 45-nm Penryn
Intel unveiled details of its next-generation Core 2 processors, code-named Penryn, to the technology press on Jan. 25. Just as AMD catches up with Intel by moving to a 65-nm process technology, Intel is poised to push ahead to 45 nm. According to Intel Vice President Steve Smith, Intel’s new 45-nm CPUs are slated to…
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VARs Disappointed by Microsoft’s Vista Launch Support
Consumers may be chattering about Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista with all the excitement of small children on Christmas Eve, but for VARs the launch seems like it may be more akin to Groundhog Day and at least six more weeks of winter still lie ahead. That’s because in spite of all the marketing…
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Putting Windows Vista PCs to the Test
Windows Vista is here. The long-awaited operating system is set to grace current and future builds of desktop and laptop manufacturers as of the end of January. PC Magazine managed to get our hands on some of the first systems releasing with the Vista OS, and what we found may surprise you. For starters, Vista…
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Microsoft Answers ‘Vista OEM’ Questions
A Microsoft representative confirmed that users may buy an OEM copy of Windows Vista at a substantial discount, provided they adhere to the terms of the license—which, incidentally, may mean providing support for family members. In addition, users should still be subject to the same familiar re-activation restrictions as users of a retail Vista license…
