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Vista Could Mean $70B in Partner Business: Redmond Research
A Microsoft-commissioned study that looks at the economic impact of Windows Vista in the United States in its first year of shipment estimates that for every dollar of Microsoft revenue from the new operating system, the ecosystem around it will reap $18 in revenues. That would result in about $70 billion in hardware, software packages…
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Webroot Offers Security Product Through Partners
Webroot Software, a company specializing in anti-spyware software for both businesses and consumers, announced the availability of a new security solution for small and medium-sized businesses through its global distributor, Ingram Micro, and its Channel Edge partners. Webroot SME Security is an Internet-based threat solution designed to protect SMEs (small and medium-size enterprises) from spyware…
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Analysts: 2006 a Game Changing Year for IT Distributors
Prices and market conditions changed little in 2006 for the major enterprise IT distributors, but significant acquisitions, a trend to convergence and a dipping Dell set up 2007 to be a positive year for the industry, said analysts at Raymond James and Associates. IT spending through distributors grew about 7 percent in North America, 4…
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CA Releases Backup and Recovery Bundle
CA the week of Dec. 4 is introducing a technology bundle that aims to make backup and recovery an easy sell for channel partners. The bundle integrates continuous application-availability technology from XOsoft, which CA acquired in July, with the vendor’s own products. According to CA, it enables a full range of recovery management best practices,…
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CIOs to Vendors: Get with the Program
Value scores: down. reliability scores: down. Customer loyalty: no surprise—these numbers are down, too. Increasingly, CIOs are disappointed and disgruntled with the performance of their most important vendors. In fact, the number of companies with lower scores in 2006 than in 2005 outpaces those with higher scores by a margin of two to one. How…
