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Cisco Picks ScanSource to Advance Distribution Strategy
Cisco Systems penned a deal with ScanSource, a Point of Sale and data capture specialty distributor, opening it to thousands of manufacturing and retail VARs, an underserved market for the network vendor. The pick-up, the second distribution deal in as many years for Cisco, opens a second front in a planned three-front distribution strategy to…
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Survey: Tech Sector Brightens Its Outlook
IT workers reported confidence in the job market, job availability and the economy at the end of 2006, according to a report released Jan. 22 by staffing and recruitment firm, Spherion. The survey’s results suggest that a lot of technology professionals will be jumping ship this quarter. Nearly half of IT workers (46 percent) reported…
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The Month of Selfish Publicity Hogging
Security research, like any business, is competitive, and everyone’s looking for some new angle. One of the hottest angles out is the “Month of XXX Bugs” phenomenon, where XXX is whatever product you’re picking on. Normal people are usually perplexed at the idea of so-called "good guys" publicizing bugs in other people’s products, especially security…
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OpenPages Debuts New Compliance Products
Compliance automation software maker OpenPages launched three new products on Jan. 22, touting its ability to help companies manage operational risks and IT governance to meet both external regulations and internal security mandates. The three products launched by OpenPages, based in Waltham, Mass., include a general compliance management package, a set of IT governance tools…
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Monthly Microsoft Patch Hides Tricky IE 7 Download
For some people who ran Microsoft’s January 2007 security and products updates, including me, clicking on the familiar gold shield icon was not much different from getting suckered into opening an e-mail message infected with a virus or a worm Trojan. That’s because unless you checked before you clicked, you were unwittingly giving permission for…
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Nokia Channel Partner Ranks Swell
Cell phone manufacturer Nokia said Jan. 22 that it has added 750 companies to its channel partner program since the program was revamped three months ago. The company first announced the improved Nokia for Business Channel Program in October in an effort to better serve customers through IT channels in addition to its more traditional…
