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Cisco Jump-Starts Wi-Fi
After a yearlong hiatus, Cisco Systems Inc. is moving ahead with plans to add Wi-Fi capabilities to its router and switch products. This summer the San Jose, Calif., networking company will introduce a WLAN (wireless LAN) radio module for its family of branch-office routers, said sources close to the company. Cisco officials declined to comment…
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Microsoft Overhauls Partner Collaboration System
Microsoft Corp. made good this week on earlier promises to overhaul its online collaboration system for partners, a move some analysts and channel members say has been sorely needed for some time now. The new Microsoft Partner Channel Builder online tool, which was released to Gold Certified partners during the first half of January, entered…
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Fujitsu, CA Square Off in BPM
Computer Associates International Inc., better known for its security and network management software, is entering the business process management sector with a new process management suite, CleverPath Aion 10—announced last week—but the software maker is not alone. Infrastructure software provider Fujitsu Software Corp. will announce this week the availability of its Interstage Business Process Manager…
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IBM Pledges $100 Million to Aid Partners
LAS VEGAS—At its PartnerWorld event here in Las Vegas this week, IBM is drilling home the message that partners are crucial to its success—primarily as it works to build channels into the small and midsized business sector—and Big Blue is putting its money where its mouth is. IBM pledged on Monday to spend an additional…
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Veritas Tweaks Channel Program Before Merger
Veritas Software Corp.’s pending merger with Symantec Corp. hasn’t kept the company from refining its channel program. The $13.5 billion merger, announced in December, combines Symantec’s anti-virus wares with Veritas’ strength in backup and presence in clustering and storage management. Steven Vaughan-Nichols, Channel Insider editor, believes the merged companies will take on Computer Associates International…
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Mozilla Battens the Hatches Against IE 7.0
If evidence were needed that the new browser war will be won or lost on the security message, along comes the Mozilla Foundation with public confirmation. Unfazed by Microsoft Corp.’s plan to roll out a security-centric Internet Explorer refresh later this year, the open-source Foundation says it will hire more staff to work full time…
