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Dog Days Are for Catch-Up, Not Cat Naps
With Labor Day about a week and half away, we are effectively entering what we fondly like to call the “mean season.” Summer is all but gone. It’s time to put the cover back on the pool, break out your NFL team garb and get back to business. Business always ratchets up in the third…
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HP’s ProCurve Sale Rumors Leave VARs Wary
Since rumors hit the channel that Hewlett-Packard was seeking buyers for ProCurve, its Ethernet switching unit, resellers of the solution have been taking a wait-and-see approach. Hewlett-Packard Co. declined to comment on the reported sale, word of which first surfaced in the Aug. 16 issue of BusinessWeek magazine, but channel partners of the Palo Alto,…
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IM Popularity Creates Security Risk
For some, instant messaging offers a convenient alternative to running between cubicles or floors; for others, it can provide a vital connection with customers; and for others it can be a nifty office socializing method. Regardless of the reason, IM (instant messaging) has become a common method of communications in businesses nationwide. With its proliferation,…
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D-Link Faces Branding Battle as It Moves Upstream in Business Market
D-Link, primarily known for its network switches and routers in the consumer market, may be coming to an office near you. Actually, it may already be there and you don’t even know it. As many as 12 percent of businesses with 1,000 or more employees say they use D-Link equipment in their WLAN (wireless LAN),…
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Software Giants Help Channel Serve Lucrative SMB Market
Small and midsize businesses spend little on security initiatives, but resellers willing to educate their customers can make that percentage grow, according to a recent survey by Forrester Research. The bad news is that the high spenders—about 28 percent of the total number of North American SMBs surveyed—spend between 2 percent and 4 percent of…
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Industry Survey Shows SMBs Lack Minimal Security
Sean Stenovich often sees his small and midsize business clients pick and choose their security solutions based on what they think they need and can afford. The result is a security plan that covers some areas but leaves many others exposed, said Stenovich, a principal at Dallas security solutions provider M&S Technologies. “They’re thinking [anti-virus]…
