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Microsoft Looking to Partners for SOA, ‘Oslo’
REDMOND, Wash.—As part of its ongoing strategy to deliver more service-oriented architecture enabling technology and guidance to its customers, Microsoft and some of its partners have announced new SOA offerings. For its part, Microsoft released the first public CTP (Community Technology Preview) of its MSE (Microsoft Managed Services Engine) to its CodePlex community development site.…
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Cisco Teams with Indian Outsourcer
Cisco Systems and Wipro on Oct. 31 will launch a strategic initiative to combine Cisco’s networking technology with Wipro’s IT outsourcing and managed services. Together the two companies will develop integrated services based on Cisco technology aimed initially at customers in Africa and the Middle East, although that will expand later to include Europe, according…
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Symantec Bolsters Managed Security Portfolio
Symantec is making another play in the managed security space with a new service offering businesses in-depth, customized analysis of security risks affecting their enterprise. Called MTA (Managed Threat Analysis), the service will be sold through Symantec’s Managed Security Services business. MTA customers get access to Symantec Global Services’ Security Response analysts, who will review…
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Data Center is VAR Opportunity
Channel players selling into data centers could see a bumper year, after more than 90 percent of data center managers revealed they are looking into deploying server virtualization or consolidation. According to a Symantec survey released yesterday, the data center has become more demanding than ever, leaving data center managers with a laundry list of…
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Dell Restates $92M in Earnings
Dell is planning to restate more than $92 million that it reported in net income during a nearly four-year period and plans on filing several late quarterly and annual financial reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the PC vendor announced Oct. 30. The announcement by Dell comes nearly two months after an internal company…
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BigFix Adds Mitsubishi as Master Partner in Japan
Expanding its global reach, IT security and management vendor BigFix has signed a contract with Mitsubishi to resell the company’s technology in Japan. Mitsubishi will serve as a BigFix master sales partner in that country through its Information Security Business Unit and will rely on its wholly owned subsidiary, information security company, Infosec, for production…
