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NEC to Sell Only Through Channel
NEC Solutions America this week is putting an end to direct sales of its Itanium 2-based servers, software and storage solutions, opting instead for a channel-only strategy the vendor says is integral to its growth plan. The vendor is launching the Express Partner Program, through which VARs and integrators will source NEC products from distributors…
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Longhorn to Be Christened ‘Windows Vista’
Microsoft has decided on an official name for Longhorn: Windows Vista. That’s according to sources close to the company who requested anonymity. They said Microsoft unveiled the name Thursday in Atlanta at the company’s internal sales event, known as the Microsoft Global Sales Briefing, or MGB. Word of Longhorn’s new name began leaking to the…
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Businesses Need to Take Control of Security, Compliance
Panelists from some of the industry’s leading consulting and integration companies warned that one-size-fits-all solutions don’t work when it comes to systems security and compliance with federal regulations. Two panels, part of Ziff Davis eSeminars’ Consulting Leadership Virtual Symposium, on Thursday addressed systems security and compliance with federal regulations, hot topics among both clients and…
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CardSystems to Congress: We Face ‘Imminent Extinction’
Despite a steady stream of reported data thefts this year—most recently by CardSystems Solutions Inc.—members of Congress are unable to agree on how to combat the growing threat to consumer privacy. The roster of divergent potential solutions grew again Thursday. “We need to do everything possible to ensure that our personal information remains privileged and…
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Contradictory Charges Rattle Data-Loss Case
During congressional testimony Thursday, executives from bank and credit card companies involved in the largest credit card data loss ever pointed fingers at a new culprit for gaps in security: the auditors who had certified the credit card processing systems as being up to snuff. But in an interview with Ziff Davis Internet News, those…
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Debian Core Consortium Continues to Come Together
Insiders say that the efforts to form a Debian Core Consortium are continuing to go well. There will be two types of participants in the DCC (Debian Core Consortium): the distribution members, which will actually distribute the DCC Linux, and associate members, which are companies and organizations with a vested interest in DCC’s goal of…
