Year: 2009

  • Former Microsoft Open Source Maven Talks Up Cloud

    Todd R. Weiss

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    For three years, Sam Ramji was Microsoft’s point man on open source and Linux as its senior director of open source strategy, which didn’t make him the most popular guy in town in the world of community-built software. Ramji, however, is less likely to be such a lightning rod in his new job leading product… Read more

  • CA Adds Virtualization Dashboard, Capabilities

    Jessica Davis

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    Virtualization has remained at the top of IT spending lists this year even as spending on almost every other category has slipped dramatically. And to help IT organizations get the most out of their virtualization investments, solution providers have an array of new technologies to choose from—including a set of offerings introduced by CA this… Read more

  • PC Mall Gets Social

    Jessica Davis

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    During economic recessions, while there’s certainly attention to how to cut costs, many businesses also look at how they can better serve their customers. And in an age of social networking, plenty of solution providers have launched blogs, become active on LinkedIn or Facebook or Twitter, or continued to rely on the tried-and-true e-mail newsletter… Read more

  • Virtualization: Growing Fast But Still Not Widespread

    Jessica Davis

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    Virtualization may be a big buzzword in IT circles this year, but it’s not as widespread as many presume. However, its momentum is growing fast, according to the most recent information from Gartner, presented at its Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando this week. The market research firm says that while only 16 percent of workloads are… Read more

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers: Security Budgets Remain Intact

    Ericka Chickowski

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    A new set of survey results released this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found that as organizations have held steady or increased IT security budgets in the face of other IT cuts, they’ve been under more pressure than ever to offer greater value through security spend. Unveiled by PwC on Wednesday, the 2009 Global State of… Read more

  • Wal-Mart to Offer Tech Support Services

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Wal-Mart offers tech support for shoppers (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is offering a new support service to help shoppers set up consumer electronics in their homes, posing a new challenge to rival Best Buy Co In (BBY.N). Wal-Mart said it began rolling out the service this month with privately held N.E.W. Customer Service… Read more