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  • CA’s Quinn Steps Down from Channel Post

    Gary Quinn, CA’s channel chief since July, announced his departure from the company on Sept. 7, just a few weeks after officially taking the helm. George Kafkarkou, senior vice president of partner recruitment and worldwide commercial product sales, will take Quinn’s responsibilities until a replacement can be found, CA said. Kafkarkou previously headed CA’s European…

  • The Long Tail of the Channel

    Back in October 2004, Chris Anderson wrote an article in Wired magazine that explained how a concept known as “The Long Tail” in the age of the Internet is fundamentally changing the impact that channels have on product adoption and distribution. At the risk of oversimplifying the concept, Anderson made the observation that centralization of…

  • Tech Data Extends Finance Options with IBM Deal

    Tech Data is putting more money into its small and midsize business channel with a new leasing program backed by IBM Global Financing. The IBM partnership allows VARs to open customers to more liquid cash through Tech Data’s Credit Services division without affecting their Tech Data credit lines. The offering, initially open only on IBM…

  • Microsoft Adds Anti-phishing Tools to IE 7

    Microsoft inked an agreement with whitelist specialist Digital Resolve on Sept. 5 to help its next-generation Internet Explorer 7 Web browsing software and Windows Live Toolbar application protect users against fraudulent Web sites. Under the terms of the deal, Digital Resolve, a unit of Digital Envoy, will provide its Trusted Server data feed directly into…

  • IT Success Knows No Boundaries

    This is the tale of two IT executives. One runs an outsourced data center for organizations such as hospitals that want to outsource their data center processing rather than worry about uptime, network transport speeds and never-ending data storage upgrades. The other exec is now in Hong Kong after spending a few years in the…

  • Sandia’s Red Teams: On the Hunt for Security Holes

    Is it possible for a cyber-terrorist to hack into a city’s water distribution system and poison thousands? Or disrupt air traffic communications to cause two airplanes to collide? Or create a surge in the power grid that would leave millions of people in the dark? These are the types of questions pondered by the so-called…

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