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HP, Citrix Team Up on Desktop Virtualization
Hewlett-Packard will bundle Citrix XenDesktop 3 with two new blade PC offerings to help solution providers reduce customers’ costs, increase manageability and security and gain traction in a rapidly accelerating market. Desktop virtualization solutions have seen early adoption in vertical markets such as health care, finance and manufacturing whose users regularly interact with confidential and…
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Netgear Tackles SMB Security with ProSecure Appliances
Netgear’s purchase of security vendor CP Secure is starting to bear fruit, with the introduction of the STM series of ProSecure appliances designed specifically for the SMB marketplace. The STM product line blocks spam, removes e-mail-borne malware and provides protection against Web-based malware. The STM series comes in three models: the low-end STM 150 (designed…
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Nokia Opens Its Own Mobile App Store
First Apple did it, and Microsoft is expected to announce its own this week. But Nokia beat the operating system vendor to it, announcing its own mobile application store for the upcoming N97 and other Nokia mobile devices. The Nokia Ovi Store, announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009, will officially open for business…
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Microsoft Plans to Open Retail Stores
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp announced plans Thursday to open its own chain of branded stores as it looks to catch up with rival Apple Inc’s successful move into retailing. The world’s largest software company, which also makes the Xbox video game console and the Zune digital music player, did not say how many stores…
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Study: Economy Fueling MSP Interest Among Vendors
As business spending on equipment and software slows, some of the biggest IT vendors are setting their sights on subscription-based revenue sources to help buoy them through the economic slump. A new study by Amazon Consulting and Channel Insider reveals that managed services, for which clients pay MSPs (managed services providers) utility-like fixed fees, are…
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Viral Marketing: Cheap, Not Easy
Viral marketing is all the rage … again. Affordable, easy to access and able to catch the mindshare of millions of customers, viral marketing is quickly taking the place of traditional media. With limited dollars to spend on advertising and marketing, many companies have taken to developing and placing their own advertising. This is reflected…