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Gamma Launches Partner Program
Gamma Enterprise Technologies has launched a new partner program with an eye to enabling partners to create solutions for end-customers that those customers would not be able to get from any single vendor alone. The Woodland Hills, Calif.-based maker of data management software for companies running SAP applications is offering partners a 35 to 40…
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Big Vendors Eye Managed Services Acquisitions
Vendors of large, complex network management systems are watching the managed services market with a hungry eye, and it’s only a matter of time before one of them makes an acquisition, according to Kaseya International CEO Gerald Blackie. CA, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, whose managements systems—Unicenter, OpenView and Tivoli, respectively—realize they can’t touch the SMB (small…
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Middle Class Workers Feeling the Valley’s Squeeze
Not only did the middle class of Silicon Valley weather the toughest times during the dot-com bust, they’ve also had the hardest time recovering, finds a report issued Mar. 29 by Working Partnerships USA, an economic research and public policy group. “The report is a reality check—analyzing the real and urgent problems facing Santa Clara…
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Cisco Goes After SMBs with VOIP Plug and Play
LAS VEGAS—Cisco Systems, with the help of channel partners, on April 3 sought to extend its voice over IP reach to the smallest businesses with a new integrated IP telephony and networking offering. At its Cisco Partner Summit, the San Jose, Calif., company launched the new Cisco Smart Business Communication System. To help its partners…
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IBM Fixes Flaw in Tivoli Provisioning Manager
IBM has patched multiple flaws in its Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment that allowed attackers to crash the service or execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM priviledges. Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is a network boot server that facilitates central management of networked workstations, implements PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) as well as a Web-based…
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New Apps Bolster Cisco VOIP System for SMBs
LAS VEGAS—IPcelerate will bolster Cisco Systems’ new UC 500 small-business IP telephony system when it launches four VOIP application packages aimed at specific small vertical businesses. The new IPsmartSuite packages are designed to streamline business processes for small retail shops, physician offices, law firms and small manufacturing offices with between five and 50 users. The…
