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Profiles in Channel Courage
One of the most difficult missions any company can assign itself is to move from a direct to an indirect sales force. It basically entails re-engineering every process in the company to the point where personnel turnover rates can easily reach 100 percent. So after doing precisely that, it might be instructive to take a…
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Novell Offers Data Center Management Blueprint
Novell on Feb. 7 put a blueprint forward on its vision for helping IT implement automated management spanning the desktop to the data center. Novell’s Desktop-to-Data Center Management Blueprint, based on ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library) methodologies, is intended to describe for Novell customers and partners how to manage complex IT infrastructures to maximize use of…
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Companies Should Secure Mobile Workforce, Analysts Say
It could be as simple as a smart phone dropping out of a CEO’s pocket. From there, countless pieces of data fall from a pants pocket into the wrong hands. With that in mind, companies need to secure network access and have the proper procedures in place to secure their mobile workforce, industry insiders said…
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Microsoft’s Fathi: So Far, So Good for Vista Security
SAN FRANCISCO— Roughly two months after the initial launch of Windows Vista, Microsoft software development leader Ben Fathi said his company is pleased with the security, performance and feedback it has received regarding its newest operating system. Seated in a quiet briefing room removed from the pressing mass of humanity coursing through ongoing RSA Conference…
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TriGeo Launches Channel Program
Security information and event management vendor TriGeo is launching a channel program aimed at bringing its technology to small and medium-size business customers. The technology serves as a security information management tool, collecting the information from multiple security systems into a single tool that allows users to monitor overall activity on an entire network. “Many…
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Virtualization Enters ‘2.0’ Era
NEW YORK CITY—In the coming 18 months, virtualization, already a mainstream tool for IT administrators looking to consolidate applications within a data center, will continue to be adopted within enterprises as companies expand the technology to plan for business continuity and create high-availability servers. In addition, virtualization will become more available in desktops and within…
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