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  • Linksys Makes Channel Changes Aimed at Closer Cisco Ties

    Linksys announced significant changes to its channel program June 6 and it expects to drive closer ties between its channel and that of parent company Cisco, which now wants the small and midsize business market it once relegated to the Linksys line. Linksys added new tiers and discounts that reward partners for increasing product specialization…

  • Tech Data Beefs Up Physical Security

    IT products distributor Tech Data Corp. said it plans to expand its Physical Security Specialized Business Unit product portfolio to include Milestone Systems technology. The Clearwater, Fla.-based distributor said it will now offer Milestone’s IP video management software, part of the XPprotect line of video capture, management and storage software solutions for small-to-midsized businesses (SMBs)…

  • MSPs Will Need White-Box Services if They Are to Sleep at Night

    Among the things that keep managed services providers up at night is this concept of hardware as a service. But the sleepless nights have little to do with understanding the model, which is, after all, just a slight variant on the leasing model. The real concern is how to keep hardware service from eating away…

  • The Cantwell-Cornyn Answer to Tech Employers’ Prayers

    Technology employers and their advocates, who have minced no words about the immigration reform bill pending in Congress, are finding a glimmer of hope in the Cantwell-Cornyn amendment. Scheduled to be voted upon in the Senate on June 5, the high-skilled immigration amendment (S.1249) to the immigration reform bill (S.1348) was sponsored Mar. 24 by…

  • Ingram Micro Goes High-End with New Division

    Distributor Ingram Micro Tuesday is launching a division to sell complex solutions involving such technologies as blade servers and networked storage to organizations with fewer than 1,000 seats. The Infrastructure Technology Solutions Division will help Ingram Micro’s solution provider partners zero in on a market space that has remained underserved by the IT channel, said…

  • Kaseya Adds Endpoint Security, Platform Upgrades

    Kaseya unveiled an upgrade to its managed services platform that includes advances in back-up, disaster recovery and remote control and the addition of an endpoint security module. The new end point security module comes to the Kaseya platform through an OEM agreement with security company Grisoft AVG 7.5 for its anti-malware product line. The Kaseya…

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