Recent Articles
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Juniper Expands Easy 8 to Prime the Channel for Smaller Deals
Juniper Networks eased restrictions and cut steps from its Easy 8 incentive program for partners this month to encourage sales at the lower end of the market. Juniper, of Sunnyvale, Calif., opened Easy 8 incentive rewards to deals between $30,000 and $75,000, enticing new partners previously prohibited by deal size and encouraging sales of solutions…
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Cisco, Cognio Partner to Fight RF Interference
Cisco Systems is partnering with Cognio to bring new RF monitoring capabilities to Cisco’s Wireless Control System. Cognio will integrate its Spectrum Expert with WCS so that administrators can see information about their RF environment as a part of their management screens. The result will be an enhanced capability that will allow administrators to spot…
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HP Says No Battery Recall Necessary
Hewlett-Packard has no plans for a battery recall, despite efforts by several of its competitors to replace millions of notebook PC battery packs. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant said that, following a review, it did not see reason to replace notebook battery packs containing lithium-ion cells manufactured by Sony that were shipped with some…
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Reva Announces Funding from SAP, Cisco
A relative startup company with a first round of funding in 2004, Reva Systems is capturing the attention of major partners. The result: better RFID data manageability and understanding at both the network and applications level. The company announced Oct. 3 that it has received investments from both Cisco Systems, and SAP Ventures, a division…
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100K+ Jobs Cut in September
Due to auto supplier and telecom cutbacks, U.S. job cuts surged in September, with the economy losing more than 100,000 jobs for the first time since January, according to a monthly job cut report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a New York-based global outplacement consultancy. Job cuts jumped 54 percent in September, according to the…
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Nokia Plans Bluetooth Alternative
Nokia is introducing a new short-range wireless data service designed to move beyond Bluetooth and enable wireless communications with devices that are smaller and use less power than today’s Bluetooth devices. The new technology, announced Oct. 3, is called Wibree, which the company says will support communications at a fraction of the power consumption of…
