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Partners Say Oracle Linux OS Would Boost Footing
Oracle’s reported quest for a Linux operating system is likely to be good for Oracle and open-source partners, but Microsoft partners remain confident in their lineup, resellers said. Oracle is considering launching a version of the Linux operating system and has looked at buying Novell, the number two Linux distributor, Oracle told publications on April…
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Repetition Is Key for MSPs, Even if It Means Saying No
News Analysis: The sales team at Ntirety Technologies, a managed service provider based in Boston, turns away business nearly every day. So do the folks at Everon Technology Services, another Boston-based MSP. It’s the key to their success, principals at both companies said. “If you want high margins, you can’t do it if everyone is…
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Study: IT Pay Flat for All but Middle Management
Although mean compensation for all IT professionals has remained flat in the last year, CIO salaries have fallen slightly, while the salaries of those who report to the CIO have increased, finds an IT compensation study released by Janco Associates. “We’re starting to see a shift in the hiring infrastructure in IT organization,” Victor Janulaitis,…
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Managed Services Shakeup No Surprise
It was inevitable. Sooner or later a shakeup would take place at one of the managed services vendors, and now it has happened. Mark Scott, co-founder and CEO of N-able Technologies, stepped down from his post in what the company called a strategic decision by its board of directors. N-able Chairman Gavin Garbutt, also a…
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Mac Boot Camp: Follow the Money
With Apple making it possible to boot Windows XP on its new Intel-based computers, many are talking about running Windows programs, sharing data between Macs and Windows and better enterprise acceptance of the Macintosh. Forget about it. The release on April 5 of Apple’s Boot Camp Assistant isn’t about doing anything useful. Instead, it’s all…
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IBM Touts Chip-Level Security
IBM is touting a new technology that it claims will greatly increase chip makers’ ability to build embedded security features into processors used in mobile handsets, PDAs and other devices. Tabbed with the code-name “Secure Blue,” IBM said that the technology, which it labels as a security architecture, can be built into a microprocessor chip…
