Year: 2011

  • LSI Buys Flash Storage Processor Specialist SandForce

    Channel Insider Staff

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    LSI, which specializes in networking and storage software and semiconductors, is planning to buy SandForce, which makes flash storage processors for enterprise and client flash solutions and solid-state drives (SSDs). Under the agreement announced Oct. 26, LSI will pay about $322 million, and will assume about $48 million of unvested stock options and restricted shares held by… Read more

  • Trend Micro Updates OfficeScan, Data Security Platforms

    Nathan Eddy

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    Security specialist Trend Micro announced enhancements to its OfficeScan, Mobile Security and Data Protection solutions, which includes the ability to integrate management of security, data protection, and mobile management. Trend Micro OfficeScan 10.6 now includes an optional data loss prevention (DLP) plug-in that enables customers to deploy endpoint DLP in minutes, while Mobile Security 7.1… Read more

  • Symantec Hones SMB Specialization for Security, Backup

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Symantec announced today that it’ll beef up its SMB Specialization for partners with new security and backup tracks to give them even more firepower to go after the critical small business segment of the security market. Symantec’s new changes give SMB-focused partners the opportunity to earn exclusive financial benefits by focusing on either the security… Read more

  • Incoming IBM CEO Virginia Rometty 10 Career Facts

    Incoming IBM CEO Virginia Rometty 10 Career Facts

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Incoming IBM CEO Virginia Rometty 10 Career Facts Rometty currently works as senior vice president and group executive of IBM Sales, Marketing and Strategy, a role that has had her directly accountable to Palmisano for IBM’s $99 billion in revenue. No Title Rometty has hardly flown under the radar prior to the announcement–she’s made Fortune… Read more

  • IT Pros In Demand, Though Worker Confidence Low: Technisource

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The IT Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. technology workers, showed a decline from 56.2 to 47.3 in the third quarter of 2011, according to a recent survey commissioned by Technisource. Surprisingly, the survey of 3,813 U.S. adults among which 257 are employed in IT, marks the lowest confidence level among… Read more

  • Microsoft Dynamics CRM Updates Aim Squarely at Salesforce

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    Microsoft is offering a service update for Microsoft Dynamics CRM with some new social-networking and cloud features, in a bid to keep the customer relationship management platform muscular in the face of significant competition from Salesforce and other companies. By bringing together new social-collaboration capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics CRM with familiar collaboration technologies such as… Read more