Recent Articles
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CompTIA’s Breakaway Brings Opportunity to Partner
By the time the VARs and integrators who are attending the CompTIA Breakaway event from Aug. 3 to 5 leave Las Vegas, many of them will go home with plans for partnerships with other attendees. Networking between CompTIA members is one of the primary goals of the annual event, organizers say. This year, 850 members…
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Microsoft Gives Avalon, Indigo Official Names
Microsoft Corp. Wednesday announced the release of the first beta release of its Windows Vista client operating system, and with it the company also announced official names for the operating system’s presentation and communication subsystems, formerly known by the code names “Avalon” and “Indigo,” respectively. According to sources, Microsoft will officially name Avalon the Windows…
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Microsoft Divorces the S from MB in SMB Products
Microsoft Corp.’s recently disclosed plan to tailor products and programs for small businesses separately from those it designs for midsize companies vindicates the belief many in the channel have had a long time: A universe of differences separates small businesses from those that are midsize. IT vendors tend to target the SMB (small and midsize…
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Channel Roundup: SANRAD, Route1, Riverbed Technology and Entrust
Route1 and Riverbed Technology launch new channel programs, while SANRAD enhances its partner program and Entrust signs a distribution agreement with GE’s Access Distribution. Riverbed Launches Partner Network Riverbed Technology Inc., a San Francisco-based vendor specializing in wide-area data services solutions, has launched a partner program for its Steelhead appliances. VARs and integrators can participate…
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Microsoft Shakes Up Managed Security
The plan Microsoft announced last week, to acquire FrontBridge Technologies, certainly stirs things up for rivals and resellers in the managed e-mail security market. Companies such as MessageLabs Ltd. and Postini Inc. are among the established players that Microsoft Corp. will now challenge through FrontBridge Technologies Inc. All three companies have beefed up their channel…
