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Where Websphere Meets Eclipse: A conversation with IBM’s Joe Damassa
i>IBM spawned the open source Eclipse Foundation—in large part to foster applications development on Websphere, its middleware platform at the center of IBM’s on-demand e-business strategy. Today, Websphere is supported by more than 9,000 independent software vendors (ISVs). Recently, Joe Damassa, Websphere vice president of marketing, talked with Ziff Davis Channel Zone Editor Carol Ellison…
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New HP Security Services Automate Threat Prevention
Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to unveil two new security services next week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, both of which are designed to help customers resist potential and ongoing attacks. The announcements will be a part of Hewlett-Packard’s big showing at the conference, which also includes a speech by Chief Privacy Officer Barbara Lawler,…
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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…
