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MSP Automation Saves, While Customization Costs
When Bill Clinton ran successfully for President in 1992, he won largely on the strength of the campaign mantra, “It’s the economy, stupid.” As legend has it, this statement was posted in the war room of his campaign headquarters. All service providers should have a similar mantra if they want to be successful and sell…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
