Recent Articles
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Beta Versions of SBS and EBS Get VARs Excited
VARs that have been specially selected to take part in the Beta testing of the Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 have given a resounding thumbs up to the new launches. “I am really excited about all the things that SBS 08 has to offer,” said John Endter, President of…
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Dell: 80% of Deal Registrations Approved
Since Dell formally launched its channel partner program in December, about 7,200 U.S. VARs and 700 Canadian VARs have logged onto the OEM’s partner portal and filled out the application to become one of the company’s channel partners. That’s according to Dell Channel Chief Greg Davis, who recently shared a channel program progress report with…
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Marketing Chutzpah
One of the most valuable pieces of wisdom solution providers pitching managed services to IT managers should adhere to is to avoid promoting the services as a replacement for IT staff. For obvious reasons. Equally obvious should be the realization that pitching a news release to reporters with the following headline doesn’t make a hell…
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Google Postini Offers Web Security at $36 a Year; AMD Boxes Can’t Handle Windows XP SP3, more…
Google’s Postini group strikes again. Many VARs felt blindsided by the group’s radical price cuts earlier this year. And now the Postini Group has added web security to protect networks, priced at $36 per user per year, according to eWEEK. Google Web Security for Enterprise also enforces IT policies at the user, workgroup or company…
