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Cyber-Security Czar Calls on IT Industry for Help
SAN FRANCISCO—The United States government is better suited than ever to defend the nation’s computing and communications networks, but federal watchdogs will need private industry to lend a hand to keep attackers at bay, according to the first-ever federal cyber-security czar. Addressing a crowded room of attendees at the ongoing RSA Security Conference here on…
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Portuguese Vendor Eyes U.S. Managed Services Market
Managed services are the new IT gold rush. Despite skepticism about the services delivery model in some quarters, an increasing number of vendors and channel companies are swarming to the model because they see it as a viable business. One company hoping to grab its share of the market is Critical Links, a 200-employee vendor…
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SurfControl Adds Vendor Alliances to Partner Portal
IT threat detection technology vendor SurfControl has launched a global alliance program with other vendors designed to enhance its own channel partner program. The new program gives channel partners better integration between SurfControl’s products and products from global alliance vendors including Microsoft, Citrix Systems, Juniper Networks, Celestix Networks, Check Point Software Technologies and Network Engines.…
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A Lot of Hot Air over ‘Global Warming and the Channel’
Wouldn’t you know it, we had to leave the channel to really get readers’ steam up. It’s rare that channel issues get your blood boiling and rarer that the issues we cover on the pages of eWEEK’s Channel Insider drive readers to impassioned responses. And that remains the case. Channel Insider columnist Pedro Pereira’s commentary…
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Linspire, Canonical, Freespire, Ubuntu Join Forces
Canonical, the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Linspire, the developer of Linspire and Freespire, on Feb. 8 announced a technology partnership to integrate with each other’s Linux distributions. Linspire/Freespire will be based on Ubuntu, rather than Debian, and Ubuntu will integrate with Linspire’s CNR package installer/updater. For Linspire, that will mean moving from Debian to Ubuntu…
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CDW’s January Sales Expected to Rise
CDW’s January sales are expected to range from $600 million to $610 million, representing a year-over-year increase in consolidated sales per day of 11 percent to 13 percent, according to a preview report by financial analyst firm Raymond James and Associates. The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based firm issued its report a day ahead of CDW’s expected…
