Recent Articles
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Lessons from Miss California’s PR Nightmare
As the old saying goes, “There is no such thing as bad PR.” While that may be the case for embattled Miss California Carrie Prejean, it’s not the case for solution providers and small businesses. In the case of Miss California, Prejean first started catching flak for stating her belief in the traditional definition of…
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University of California Data Breached, Serious Security Incidents on the Rise
The University of California at Berkeley is the latest organization to suffer a damaging data security breach. The increasing number of security breaches and incidents has some calling for greater effort and controls of systems containing sensitive data. University officials revealed last week that hackers successfully breached the student and alumni records system, gaining access…
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Study: Meetings Are a Waste of Time
Professionals should think twice before scheduling that next meeting, a survey suggests. Managers interviewed said 28 percent of these gatherings are a waste of time. Moreover, almost half of respondents (45 percent) felt employees would be more productive if their company banned meetings one day a week. The survey was developed by OfficeTeam, a leading…
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SAP Business Suite 7 on SOA Principles
SAP has released Business Suite 7 and will be ramping up the launch over the next couple of months. Enabled by service-oriented architecture (SOA), Business Suite 7 is the latest bundle of SAP’s main enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, SAP Customer Relationship Management, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, SAP Supply Chain Management and SAP Product Lifecycle…
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Zyrion Intros New Business Services Management Solution
Business service management software vendor Zyrion has introduced its Traverse solution to the reseller channel, giving solution providers a new way to offer customers real-time visibility into and analysis of the performance of their IT services. Though network management itself isn’t new, disruptive technologies such as distributed computing, unified communications and virtualization and the growing…
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EU Expected to Fine Processor Maker Intel in AMD Antitrust Complaint
Back-end rebates and incentive programs are as much a part of doing business in the reseller and system builders channel as coupons are to the grocery store business. Breaking news: Intel vows to appeal $1.5B fine, EC antitrust ruling But this week industry giant Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is expected to be found to have violated European…