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IT Association CompTIA Acquires MSP Partners
Looking to expand its reach and capabilities in serving the managed services market, IT trade association CompTIA announced plans Wednesday to acquire a counterpart association, MSP Partners. CompTIA officials characterized the deal, for which financial terms were not disclosed, as just the latest piece of a broader effort to engage with other organizations serving the…
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i3, Datatrend Team for Packaged IBM Solution
i3 Software and Datatrend today announced they will provide joint network management and monitoring solutions. Together, the two companies, both IBM reseller partners, will provide a packaged IBM BladeCenter and Tivoli solution to the telecommunications, banking and retail industries. The relationship plays on the strengths and experiences of each company. i3 will provide Tivoli integration…
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New Accounting Rules Make Tech Services Appear Bigger
Solution and managed service providers are dissecting how changes to accounting rules will affect their businesses now that they can immediately recognize hardware and services sales. The Financial Accounting Standards Board Sept. 22 approved changes to the way technology companies report revenue from the sale of products that bundle hardware and services. Under the old…
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Panda Targets Symantec, McAfee with Revamped Channel Program
Spain-based Panda Security has nibbled in the North America antivirus and endpoint security market for nearly a decade, but never gained traction against giants such as Symantec and McAfee. Now with the market leaders increasingly diversifying their portfolios, Panda says it believes it has an opportunity to more than crack the market, and the wedge…
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Xerox Fires Back on Managed Print Services
Xerox says just because HP has created a big hoopla around managed print services with its host of product, alliance and MPS announcements this week doesn’t mean they are the best choice for all customers or maybe even any customers. It’s not surprising to hear Xerox take such a stance. After all, Xerox is a…