Recent Articles
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Vignette Brings Collaboration, Portals to SMBs
The largest companies have used Web collaboration and portals for years to support business and workflow, but price and availability have made the technology all but unattainable to most of the SMB market. The top tier of that market, however, will get its turn this fall, as Vignette Corp., the largest vendor in the field,…
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Unions Step Up Organizing of IT Workers, Outsourcing Fight
Is the IT workforce ripe for union membership? Recent splits in several large labor organizations, growing IT pessimism and the increasing strength of offshore outsourcing are fueling new efforts to attract information workers, insiders say. There may be growing support among the workforce for such union representation. A union-backed survey released in late August revealed…
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Emergency Preparedness a Responsibility for the Channel
I watched the World Trade Center towers crumble from a 24th floor window in midtown Manhattan. After the initial shock and the ensuing near paralysis, management in my office dedicated a fair amount of energy into preparing a disaster-recovery plan that would allow us to keep operating should our building ever become unusable. Watching the…
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Gateway Sets Sights on Small Business
Computer maker Gateway Inc. wants to expand its commercial business by focusing on smaller businesses. Gateway, of Irvine, Calif., kicked off the initiative Thursday with the release of a low-end server and a new line of desktop and notebook PCs armed with features that officials say are needed by small businesses with little or no…
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VARS Play Vital Role in Preparing for the Next Katrina
It is unfortunate that a tragic event such as Hurricane Katrina is sometimes what it takes for organizations, large and small, to take a serious look at their disaster planning and recovery strategy. While a catastrophe of this proportion will deeply change and impact thousands of lives forever, it will also destroy companies and put…
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McAfee Launches Managed Security for E-mail
McAfee this week launched a subscription-based e-mail protection service that gives channel partners an opportunity for recurring revenue. The McAfee Secure Messaging Service, based on Postini Inc.’s Perimeter Manager spam-filtering technology, offers protection against spam, phishing, viruses, inappropriate content, denial-of-service attacks and directory-harvest attacks. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor is offering two iterations of the…
