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LogMeIn Preps Remote Control for Smart Phones
As the use of smart phones skyrockets, the need to centrally manage those devices is becoming apparent. Remote PC control provider LogMeIn on June 28 jumped in to satisfy that demand with a new Web-based remote control program for centrally managing smart phones. The new LogMeIn Rescue Mobile software allows help desk technicians or other…
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Competitors Dismiss Oracle’s SMB Moves
Oracle’s tweaks to its channel program in an attempt to gain more share of the small business market may have made headlines, but the incumbents in the space aren’t worried at all. Microsoft and Sage Software, two leaders in the segment, said many giants have tried to come down market before, but their attempts to…
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Kaseya Supports Plug-Ins for Third-Party Vendors
MSP platform provider Kaseya has launched a technology alliance program to create better integration between its own technology and that of other vendors its partners may use. To further that end, Kaseya has released APIs, set to begin a 90-day beta period in July, for partners to write to. Kaseya said the new technology alliance…
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H-1B Increase Dealt Death Blow
The U.S. Senate voted June 28 against advancing a controversial immigration reform bill, effectively killing the closely watched legislation and dashing the hopes of IT employers who’d hoped for an increase in the number of H-1B work visas this year. The bill, which President Bush called his top domestic priority for 2007, was effectively blocked…
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Ingram Micro to Carry Google
One of the most recognized names in the IT industry has joined with one of the biggest names in the IT channel to bring search capabilities to companies large and small. A deal between Ingram Micro, of Santa Ana, Calif., and Google, of Mountain View, Calif., to distribute the latter’s enterprise and SMB (small and…
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Oracle Tries to Woo SMBs
In an effort to make itself more competitive with Microsoft on the small business side of the database market, Oracle has announced improvements to its VAR ordering process and will allow resellers to order through distributors without having to join Oracle’s partner program. The new program lets VARs sell Oracle products through any Oracle value-added…
