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IBM Offers New Incentives for Public Sector Channel Partners
A little more than a year after IBM started its Public Sector Edge program, the company is offering a new set of initiatives, networking opportunities and marketing resources for its partners, in an effort to reach vertical, public sector markets. The new benefits are a way for ISVs, VARs, consultants and system integrators to take…
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PHP Puts Mainframe Developers in Prime Time
BALTIMORE—As mainframe developers migrate from legacy systems to new languages and environments, PHP should be on the short list, said a longtime mainframe programmer who now helps others to adapt to new technologies. Speaking at the Share conference here on Aug. 16, Wayne Duquaine, director of software development at Grandview Systems, of Sebastopol, Calif., said…
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Azaleos Offers New Partner Program
Azaleos, an e-mail managed services provider, is announcing a new certification program for VARs as the company releases an update of its QuickStart E-Mail Assessments service. The new certification, ACE (Azaleos Certified Experts), trains solutions providers in the updated QuickStart service. Once trained, VARs can offer IT departments an assessment of their current e-mail environments…
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Survey: ‘Working 8 to 6’ the New Way to Make a Living
Nearly one-third of American workers say they are putting in longer hours and suffering more stress while at work, according to the findings of a survey released Aug. 21 by Melville, N.Y.-based Adecco, a workforce solutions company. In their Labor Day Snapshot of the American Worker report, Adecco finds that U.S. employees are no longer…
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Microsoft Dismisses PowerPoint Zero-Day Warning
Microsoft is pouring cold water on a warning from anti-virus vendor Trend Micro that a new PowerPoint zero-day attack is under way. The Trend Micro warning, first issued Aug. 19, said that a specially crafted “.ppt” file was being used to exploit an undocumented PowerPoint vulnerability. The Japanese anti-virus company said it received a sample…
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Widescreen Notebooks to Spread
Notebook PCs are rapidly moving toward a future filled with more pixels and more screen real estate, thanks to the unexpectedly rapid proliferation of widescreen displays. Once fairly rare beasts, widescreen notebooks—notebooks with screens that have an aspect ratio of 16:9 or 16:10, as opposed to the 4:3 of standard screens, and are thus wider…
