Recent Articles
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Five ACS Board Members Resign After Feud with Chairman
Affiliated Computer Services, caught in a bitter battle between members of the company’s board and its chairman, said in a statement Nov. 1 that five board members had resigned after initially refusing to do so. Darwin Deason, chairman and founder of outsourcing provider ACS, asked for the five board members’ resignations verbally the evening of…
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Oracle Gets Competent
Oracle is bringing its Competency Center training strategy to the United States, following roll out across Europe earlier this year. The vendor, which has admitted recently that shipments through the channel are down, said VARs were finding it challenging to locate all the Oracle training available, and the Competency Center brings its educational and training…
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HP Releases Multi-level Security Services for RHEL5
There is security, and then there is Security. HP, with its new multi-level security services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now offering Common Criteria certified level security for this Linux on its server and desktops. Common Criteria is an ISO security framework standard. It is frequently required in government computing contracts. It is…
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Hosted Backup: Friend or Foe of the Channel?
The online/hosted backup market is about to heat up, especially with the news that EMC has jumped into the market with its acquisition of Berkley Data Systems and its Mozy backup service. What this means for EMC and Mozy’s partners is yet to be seen, but one thing is certain—online backup services are here to…
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Fast-Growing SP Offers Peek at Acquisition Formula
CDW may have been the poster child for reseller mergers and acquisitions in 2007, but plenty of other small and midsize VARs and solution providers have been eyeing mergers and acquisitions, too. And while interest in these transactions is on the rise, not many solution providers are well-versed on how to find the right partners…
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Small Solution Providers Buoyant About 2008
Solution providers are shrugging off the economic woes caused by the subprime mortgage crisis and rising energy costs, saying that they’re optimistic about the coming year and looking to expand their investments, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association. According to a survey of more than 700 resellers with fewer than 1,000 employees conducted by…
