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How Not to Introduce Your Channel Chief
Adrian who? That pretty much summarizes how channel partners have reacted to Hewlett-Packard’s appointment of Adrian Jones as its new channel chief. And who can blame them? Few partners have ever heard of the man, who comes to HP from storage vendor McData, and HP seemed to go out of its way to keep the…
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Sample RFP: Tablet PCs
While tablet PCs have yet to really take off, Microsoft’s decision to incorporate tablet PC features and functionality into its Windows Vista operating system changes everything. Now, instead of having to manage a separate operating system just for tablet PCs, IT managers will be able to manage just one. Of course, this means nothing if…
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IBM Readies New Services for the Mainframe
When it comes to mainframe systems, IBM is taking a global view. The Armonk, N.Y., company is planning to unveil a new set of services for its System z mainframe systems March 8. The backdrop for this announcement is set to take place in Mumbai, India, where IBM executives believe there is a large potential…
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Falling Behind the Time Change
Less than 72 hours before the daylight-saving time change threatens to wreak havoc on the enterprise IT backbone, vendors are still releasing patches, VARs and IT pros are scrambling to figure what systems are endangered and everyone is holding their breath. IT pros and solution providers report that patches are more cumbersome than expected, and…
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Google Summer of Code 2007 Heats Up
Have an open-source project that you need some help with? Well, Google is kicking off its third Summer of Code, an innovative program that pays college students to write open-source software over their summer vacation, and the folks at the searh giant want to talk to you. For the next few months, the company will…
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Top 10 Projects On the CIO Agenda in ’07
If there is any question that technology initiatives must respond to business needs, it is put to rest by what readers of this magazine say they’re focusing on in 2007. More than a third of those who took our top-projects survey say they are looking to do business process improvement. The next hottest areas, customer…
