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VARs: IT Ready for Fall Back
While March’s “spring forward” may have caught some by surprise, with many VARs and IT staff losing more than just one hour of sleep, when it’s time to change the clocks on Nov. 4, everyone will be ready. Just last year the U.S. Congress decided to extend daylight-saving time, moving the spring and fall switch-over…
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InDirections: Portrait of the Partner as an Evolving Entrepreneur
The data in the What do VARs Want? An eWEEK/Channel Insider Survey slide deck definitely hides several possible channel story lines. On reflection, I have come to see a single thread that trails through the data like a run in a sheer nylon stocking. OK, maybe the implications of the data aren’t quite so film…
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Back at the Big Box
Bob Sayewitz started working in computer sales the year before the IBM PC was introduced. After spending 13 years with CompUSA where he eventually ran the company’s sales operation, he set off on his own, founding a Dallas-area solution provider, Command Solutions. Now Sayewitz is back with CompUSA. He spoke with The Channel Insider’s Jessica…
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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…
