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Cisco Rival Aruba Networks Acquires Outdoor Mesh Network Supplier Azalea
Distributed enterprise networking technology vendor Aruba Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN) will acquire Azalea Networks, a supplier of outdoor mesh networks. The stock deal is worth about $27 million, plus up to an additional $13.5 million in cash over two years. Azalea offers mesh products for outdoor industrial applications in the oil and gas, logistics, manufacturing, mining, petrochemical,…
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IBM Rolls Out Cloud IT Certification Program, WebSphere Enhancements
LAS VEGAS—IBM used its Impact event for SOA (solutions-oriented architecture) and BPM (business process management) to roll out more than 30 new products and services to the 6,000 partners that attended the conference here. As more customers and partners look to cloud computing as a potential answer to their IT headaches, IBM has valued the…
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Microsoft SharePoint Vulnerable
Microsoft has confirmed reports of a cross-site scripting vulnerability in SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0. According to Microsoft, the vulnerability could allow escalation of privilege (EoP) within the SharePoint site. If an attacker successfully exploits the vulnerability, the person could run commands against the SharePoint server with the privileges of the compromised user.…
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Finding Opportunity in Apple iPad Connectivity Problems
As anecdotal evidence of Apple iPad WiFi connectivity issues continues to mount, experts within the reseller channel believe that partners who make the effort to learn about workarounds stand to gain. The homework they do now will add to their iPad expertise which will lead to greater opportunities down the line when the iPad gains…
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Channel Insider’s Guide to Cisco’s and HP’s Dueling Channel Partner Events
HP Signals Call to Arms against Cisco, Dell HP’s channel leadership promised profitability, less complexity, better products and sales support in the increasingly tense battle for dominance against rivals in networking, data centers, PCs and services. Cisco Fires Back at HP, Talks Business Transformation Cisco Systems told channel partners at its partner summit in San…
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Oracle Shows Partners Some Love as HP and IBM Try to Woo Them Away
With so many others like IBM and HP reaching out helping hands to Oracle partners in the wake of its ongoing acquisition spree—five already this year, including Sun Microsystems—it seems only fair that Oracle respond with something more channel-friendly than the decision to take Sun’s top 4,000 customers direct. The Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) has announced…