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More IT Services Contracts to Come under Review
Now that Hewlett-Packard is moving to cut over 24,000 jobs in the wake of its merger with Electronic Data Systems, there is a lot of speculation about what all this ultimately means for the IT services industry. The more negative-minded folks typically see this as a move to reduce HP’s cost structure around EDS by…
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McAfee Claims No. 1 Pure-Play Security Spot with Secure Computing Acquisition
With the acquisition of Secure Computing, McAfee is solidifying its spot as the world’s largest pure-play security technology vendor, positioning itself better against key competitors and opening a mother lode of new technologies to its channel resellers. McAfee will pay $465 million for Secure Computing, one of the oldest security companies in the marketplace. With…
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McAfee to Pay $465 Million for Secure Computing
BOSTON (Reuters) – McAfee Inc (MFE.N), the world’s No. 2 security software maker, said on Monday it plans to buy Internet security company Secure Computing Corp (SCUR.O) for $465 million in cash. The move gives McAfee a suite of software, services and hardware products to protect hackers from getting past the perimeters of computer networks.…
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Dell`s Mixed Channel Signals
Arnie Bellini makes no bones about Dell: He simply doesn’t like it. Worse, he considers it a threat to his customers, the managed service providers that use ConnectWise management and reporting tools. At his fourth annual partner conference in Orlando last week, the chief executive of ConnectWise made his beliefs crystal clear by plastering on…