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Linspire Preps Impending Software Updates
It’s a bit later than Linspire had planned, but the company’s CEO Kevin Carmony told DesktopLinux that the new commercial version of its Linux distribution, Linspire 6.0, along with the free version, Freespire 2.0, and its revised click-and-run software update system, should be out before August. “The plan [is] to have all three out by…
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Dell’s SilverBack Purchase a Cause for Channel Concern
It was only a matter of time. Sooner or later one of the managed services platform vendors that have gotten so much attention in the last couple of years was going to be acquired. Now it’s happening. SilverBack Technologies, based in Billerica, Mass., is the winner of this particular race. The surprise in this development…
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Dell to Acquire MSP Platform Provider SilverBack
Dell plans to acquire SilverBack Technologies, one of a handful of leading managed service platform companies offering IT monitoring and management services through resellers, the company announced today. The move comes two months after the Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker, which built its business on direct sales of PCs to customers, announced that it would…
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Bixler: AMD Widens the Channel
Vizard:One of the things that dominates everybody’s mindset at the channel, for better or worse, especially around systems, is pricing. You know, almost everyday you read about the price war that goes on between AMD and Intel, but I don’t think anybody ever steps back to say, “What does this mean exactly from a market…
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Arsenal Upgrades Online Server Backup/Recovery Service
Data protection provider Arsenal Digital on July 16 introduced enhanced capabilities for its ViaRemote virtual server subscription service that include native support for virtualization packages from Sun Microsystems, Microsoft and EMC VMware. ViaRemote enables enterprises with existing virtualized storage systems to deploy additional capabilities, such as consolidated backup operations, faster restores and file- and block-level…
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Google Launches Hosted Website Search for SMBs
Google fired a direct volley at its chief adversaries in the enterprise search market, Microsoft and IBM, with the July 17 launch of its Google Custom Search Business Edition service. The Custom Search Business Edition is a hosted, fee-based site search service aimed at small and medium-size businesses—but available for any Web site—that adds Google-type…
