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  • Poll: IT Security Training Not a Priority

    Nothing short of a fundamental change in thinking can effectively address the persistent issue of IT security, according to the chief operating officer of IT trade association CompTIA. Decision-makers must approach the protection of their companies’ data and networks in strategic terms, which is not the case currently, COO Brian McCarthy told The Channel Insider…

  • How Disruptive Will Office 2007 Adoption Be?

    While Microsoft faces a host of challenges in maintaining its market share numbers and persuading customers to upgrade to its 2007 Office System suite of products when released in the second half of this year, its competitors face an equally daunting task of winning users away from Office 2007 and growing their numbers. Heading the…

  • IT Workers Are Not Expendable

    IT workers are not a happy a lot. Sixty percent want new jobs and, of those, 80 percent would rather work for a different employer. Workers feel underappreciated and overworked, and they bemoan the lack of adequate training to do their jobs effectively and prepare for the future. Meanwhile, employers worry that a significant amount…

  • Google Partners Gear for a Year of Innovation

    Since launching its enterprise partner program in September, Google has added more than 40 new collaborators. The program, built on symbiotic solutions, now stands at nearly 50 partners (Google was reluctant to reveal the actual number as new partners are added weekly, according to a spokesman) and the company is preparing for a blitz of…

  • Origami: It’s All About the Lifestyle

    From Microsoft Watch: Microsoft’s positioning around the “Origami” ultra-mobile devices – the first of which are due to debut in prototype form next week – is as interesting to us as the hardware details for these new devices. It turns out Microsoft is making Origami devices the cornerstone of what it’s calling “Lifestyle PCs.” It…

  • Access Presents Full McAfee Portfolio

    GE Access Distribution the week of Feb. 27 added several McAfee security products that had been missing from its portfolio, as well as training programs and McAfee Evaluation, to fill out its McAfee solution for VARs. GE Access, based in Westminster, Colo., added McAfee’s Anti-Spam, Anti-Spyware, E-Mail and Web Security Anti-Virus, allowing VARs to source…

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