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Microsoft to Invest in Channel, Verticals through OEM, Code Acquisition Deals
SAN DIEGO—During this second day of Convergence, Microsoft’s annual Dynamics user conference, the company announced its intent to invest in five industries—manufacturing, distribution, retail, services and public sector—through OEM deals, code acquisitions and spending on the partner network. Taking its first step in this plan, Microsoft also announced code acquisition from eBECS. A Chesterfield, England-based…
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Red Hat Makes Major Channel Changes
Red Hat has announced a major expansion of its global partner programs, including new channel programs to help increase collaboration between Red Hat and its partners around the world. Red Hat’s JBoss middleware products will feature largely in these greater partnerships. For the past six months, Red Hat has been bulking up its global staff…
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HP Readies New Desktops for Enterprises
HP is launching these updated desktop models at a time when desktop sales have slowed. In the company’s latest quarterly results, which were released on Feb. 20, HP’s PC business grew 17 percent but its desktop revenue fell 1 percent, while its notebook sales increased by 40 percent. Dell, HP’s main rival in the PC…
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Time Change Brings ‘Nightmare’ Issues with Outlook, Calendars
While Microsoft officials say the worst of the problems regarding the daylight-saving time change that took place March 11 have passed, some customers are still complaining of “nightmare” issues with Outlook and their calendars. This year, DST (daylight-saving time) started three weeks earlier than customary, and will end a week later than usual on Nov.…
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Survey: Project Managers in High Demand, Short Supply
Do you have the IT skills managers covet? According to a study released March 8 by Forrester Research, recruiters are setting their sights on tech pros with project management, security and architecture skills in 2007, as the more routine aspects of network management and application maintenance continue to be outsourced. Forrester surveyed 186 IT decision…
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Mandriva Moves in on Business Linux Desktop
Mandriva on March 8 announced the launch of the beta version of Corporate Desktop 4.0, its enterprise-dedicated Linux desktop. While best known for its home user Linux desktops, Mandriva (formerly Mandrakesoft) has long been angling for the business market with both its server and desktop offerings. This new desktop is meant to offer corporate users…
