Recent Articles
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Intel’s Architecture Shift Could Be a Shaky Platform
It’s hard to argue with success. Take a look at Toyota, for example, which builds roughly a zillion different car models (or so it seems) based on the Camry platform. There’s the Camry itself, the Avalon, the Highlander SUV, the Lexus ES300 and the Solara. Each drives just a little differently, but each also builds…
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Sun Will Revise Channel Incentives
After three years with relatively few changes to its partner programs, Sun Microsystems Inc. is set to overhaul its approach to the channel after spending months hashing out details with its National VAR Advisory Council. Although executives insist that the changes don’t constitute a complete overhaul of its partner programs, Sun is making some significant…
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EDS Takes Over IT for Auto-Parts Maker, NaviSite Expands in India
EDS Helps Affinia Go Global Electronic Data Systems Corp. has been pulled into the midst of a restructuring program at Affinia Group Inc., which makes and distributes auto parts for the aftermarket. On Monday, EDS said it will manage much of the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based company’s information technology infrastructure. The 7-year deal spans Affinia Group’s…
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Perimeter Recruits VARs for Managed Services
Perimeter Internetworking has come up with a plan to turn any VAR or integrator into an instant managed-services provider. The Milford, Conn., company, itself a managed-services provider, has packaged 60 of its managed services and is now offering them to VARS, integrators and service providers through its Instant Managed Services Solutions Provider program. Perimeter launched…
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The Double-edged Sword of Technology and Security
Technology and crime are uneasy partners. As hackers, crackers and sundry cyber attackers prove almost daily, turning technology into a tool of crime is a simple proposition. “Technology breeds crime. It always has, it always will,” said Frank Abagnale, the con-artist-turned-FBI-associate whose exploits were depicted in the Hollywood blockbuster “Catch Me If You Can.” Abagnale…
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IBM Knows the Meaning of “Partner”
When I go out to eat I try to treat the serving staff with the respect they deserve. They work hard for little pay and are not our personal servants. And just because they happen to be taking my dinner order on any particular night, that doesn’t give me the right to boss them around…
