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Marimba to Update Security Patch Managment Software
Marimba Inc. is stepping up its efforts to move into the patch-management space with the launch of Version 2 of Marimba Security Patch Management. The update is built on the company’s Marimba Six architecture and rolls in new features requested by user experience with Version 1.0, company officials said. The new user-driven features include an…
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The Top Ten Issues Facing Today’s Channel Providers
By now you have realized that your vendors are not able to make your business successful. They are worried about the average performance of their entire channel and the sales of their product. You, on the other hand, are worried about your business and its performance. And that is the way it should be. Do…
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MySQL AB to Tweak Open-Source License
MySQL AB’s open-source database license has long confused ISVs and others who want to support MySQL but aren’t sure whether they need to purchase a license. To remedy these licensing gray areas, MySQL is beta testing a new VAR program that will be rolled out at its user conference in April, officials said. The program…
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Cisco Exercises Power over Ethernet with New 802.3af Modules
Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday announced it is bringing its Catalyst LAN switches up to speed with IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet, thanks to a series of modules that support the new standard. After building up an installed base of some 18 million pre-standard Power over Ethernet ports, Cisco chose to upgrade its Catalyst chassis…
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Cisco Adds Video to the ‘V’ in VOIP
Cisco Systems Inc. yesterday added video to the “V” in VOIP when it launched Call Manager 4.0 along with a new desktop video conferencing application integrated with Cisco IP phones. The next major release of Cisco’s mainstay voice-over-IP communications software includes an optional new application and USB (universal serial bus) video camera, together dubbed the…
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IBM Forms Information Integration Leadership Board
IBM has assembled a dozen of its top customers from a variety of vertical industry arenas to form the IBM Information Integration Leadership Board, a group that will work closely in tandem with IBM to define and solve emerging data integration issues plaguing customer IT environments. The new board will meet regularly throughout the year…
