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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…
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Lenovo Plans Portal Partner Play, Extends Best Buy Agreement
As part of Lenovo’s plan to complete its separation from IBM, over the next few weeks the company is migrating channel partners from the IBM Partner World portal to a new Lenovo portal. The change comes nearly two years after the Chinese PC giant acquired IBM’s PC division. The company also plans to move its…
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Microsoft Gives SAASy Advice
Microsoft has issued new architectural guidance for organizations looking to implement software as a service systems. On Feb. 8, Microsoft announced its new architectural guidance in the form of a sample application, said Tim O’Brien, director of platform strategy at Microsoft. The Microsoft sample SAAS application is known as LitwareHR, a fictitious human resources application…
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Can ID Theft Be Solved with More Regulation?
SAN FRANCISCO—Early one morning several years ago, the police knocked on Robert Maynard’s door and told him he was under arrest for fraud. There was just one problem: The Robert Maynard the police were looking for did not actually exist. Maynard was the victim of identity theft. Today, he is co-founder and chief operating officer…
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IDS Scheer, E2E Announce New Integration Technology
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla.—At its annual ProcessWorld conference, held Feb. 6-7, IDS Scheer gave a nod to the technology side of its software business with a new integration tool, dubbed ARIS Bridge. Developed with a little-known systems integrator, E2E Technologies, which is based in Basil, Switzerland, ARIS Bridge could have a profound impact on the actual…
