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Linksys Resellers Now Under Cisco Systems Program
As expected, Cisco Systems has digested the Linksys reseller partner program, making it part of Cisco Systems’ existing reseller partner program focused on small and midsize businesses. The move creates a single point of contact for all of Cisco’s second-tier partners, now numbering about 60,000. "Partners who wanted to focus on the whole portfolio had…
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Larry’s Lucky Seven Laws of Managed Services
Managed services are now commonplace in the channel. After years of experimentation and debate, we’ve achieved near universal acceptance for what constitutes a managed service. Yet, solution-providers-turned-managed-service providers continue to struggle with the transformation of service delivery and adjusting their businesses. I started writing these seven laws of managed services nearly two years ago after…
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CompTIA and OnForce Team to Raise Skill Levels of IT Service Professionals
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), and OnForce, a marketplace for IT service professionals, announced today that they are working together to bring training and certification opportunities to more than 12,000 IT technicians. The pair will collaborate on a number of programs aimed at raising the certified technical skills of IT professionals and helping them…
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VMware Woos System Builders
Even as small and midsize business favorite Microsoft gets set to launch Hyper-V, its free virtualization offering, virtualization market leader VMware is preparing for the new competitor by creating a program to attract system builders. And the program’s ability to attract those board designers could have a big effect on who wins the next battle.…
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A 12-Step Program To Dispose of Old IT Gear
By Pedro Pereira A 12-Step Program To Dispose of Old IT Gear Figuring out what to do with old hardware has been one of IT’s biggest challenges. Equipment contains hazardous materials that must be disposed of properly, and data must be erased in accordance with privacy and financial regulations. Solution providers have started turning their…
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Digital TV on PCs: It’s Not as Easy as You Think
Digital TV is on the way. And in case you’ve missed the persistent FCC ads, the switch to DTV means analog televisions will no longer work come February 2009. While plenty has been written about what the DTV switch means for TVs with rabbit ears, little has been said about the DTV transition on PCs.…
