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AMD Drops Q2 Sales Forecast
Microprocessor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices waited until after business hours July 6 to announce that it has cut its sales forecast for Q2, saying it expects income from its chips to fall 9 percent from its first-quarter results. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company had previously forecast that sales would be flat to slightly down from the…
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Barracuda Keeps Programs to a Minimum—and Keeps Partners Active
Barracuda Networks has made a practice of simplicity. Its primary product line—firewall appliances for spam, spyware and instant messaging—is plug and play; the pricing scheme fits on six bold-typed lines of a sales slick; and the products ship with no manual for users to toss on delivery. So it is no surprise that the network…
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Seven MS Office, Windows Patches to Cover Critical Flaws
Microsoft plans to release seven security bulletins on July 11 to cover a range of critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows and Office users. Four of the seven bulletins will include patches for flaws in the Windows operating system, while three will deal with bugs in the Microsoft Office productivity suite. eBay ends the bidding on a…
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N-able Bids for Wider Adoption
N-able Technologies has changed the pricing of its Velocity System to a per-seat structure with an eye to enticing more VARs and integrators to its managed services platform. The Velocity System, introduced in December, offers channel companies making the transition to MSPs (managed services providers) a menu of services designed to speed adoption of the…
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Microsoft’s Burgum: ‘Thank You, Orlando’
Microsoft announced a reorganization the week of June 26 that moved its SMS&P (Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partners) group from Midsize Business Solutions to report directly to Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner and sent Orlando Ayala, vice president of SMS&P, out of the organization altogether to become senior vice president of the Emerging Segments…
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Microsoft Office 2007 Falls Behind Schedule
Office 2007 is running late. Microsoft officials acknowledged on June 29 that the company will not meet the October 2006 business-availability target to which it committed in March of this year. At that time, Microsoft officials said to expect retail availability of Office 2007 to be some time in January 2007, so as to coincide…
