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Websense Moves into Leakage Prevention with PortAuthority Buy
Security software maker Websense announced Dec. 20 that it has signed an agreement to acquire data leakage prevention specialist PortAuthority Technologies for approximately $90 million in cash. Through the deal, Websense is attempting to expand its footprint beyond the malicious content identification sector and offer security tools that provide enterprises with both external protection for…
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Cisco to Buy Digital Signage Startup
Adding digital signage to its portfolio of digital media products, Cisco Systems has announced plans to acquire Tivella. The acquisition will enable Cisco to extend its digital media system, launched in September, to work with plasma and LCD televisions and other displays not attached to PCs. Cisco’s initial digital media system product enables video on…
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Managed Services: The Franchise Approach
Some VARs looking for a quick entry into the fast-growing managed services space may be considering the purchase of a franchise. That’s the idea behind TeamLogic IT, a franchisor launched two years ago after founding company Franchise Services concluded, based on commissioned market research, that virtually all SMBs (small to midsize businesses) are struggling with…
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Four Companies Join Archivas Partner Program
Four VARs announced a channel partnership Dec. 18 with Archivas, a leading provider of digital archiving solutions. Paragon Systems, Kinney Group, Regan Technologies and TriAxis Storage Solutions have joined the Archivas Partner Program, enabling all four companies to include ArC (Archivas Cluster) archiving software in their solution portfolios. ArC software is a comprehensive preservation, compliance…
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Cradle of Opportunity
As part of a program to put a PC in every home in Egypt, a powerful team of integrators, developers and the government are banding together. And it appears success is imminent. “We have taken long and steady steps toward achieving our goal of becoming an information society, but we feel that this is only…
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Microsoft Increases SSA Partner Incentives to 30%
Microsoft has increased channel partner incentives and broadened the eligible deals for its four-month-old Security Software Advisor program. The Redmond, Wash., software company said it will pay advisory fees of up to 30 percent of the retail price to eligible security channel partners, up from 20 percent plus bonuses, and expand the program to cover…
