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Microsoft Offers Customers $20,000 in Partner Services
In rough conjunction with public statements about a future of better integration for its Office suite, Microsoft Corp. is quietly promoting a sweet-sounding deal around the current Office product. Although many partners say they haven’t even heard about the program yet, Microsoft is offering as much as $20,000 in partner service subsidies to “qualified” users…
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Microsoft Overloads the Patch Process
I’m done patching my own systems. I threw caution somewhat to the winds this time. I did do some testing; I have a test desktop and a test server I install these things on and run a few tests involving common tasks of mine, but this time was different from most others. This time Microsoft…
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IBM Makes Push into Low-End Unix Space
IBM is making another push into the low-end Unix space with the release of a two-way server running on its 64-bit Power5 processor. The Armonk, N.Y., company already offers two 4U (7-inch) servers in the series, the two-way p5 520 and four-way 550, each of which also comes with Express versions aimed at the SMB…
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Financing Programs Give Resellers an SMB Edge
The conventional thinking among many IT vendors is that small and midsized businesses offer room to grow. That’s why companies in sectors from software to storage are retooling their SMB programs and turning to the channel. Sales and marketing programs geared toward smaller businesses—and their reseller partners—can help move products. But there’s nothing like money…
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Microsoft Points Out ‘High-Priority’ Patches
Microsoft on Tuesday released 12 advisories to cover 17 security flaws in a range of products, including high-priority patches for Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger. The February batch of patches includes eight “critical” fixes, and Microsoft officials say IT administrators should prioritize and deploy patches for four potentially dangerous code-execution…
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Kaspersky Lab’s Anti-Virus Engine Comes to U.S.
Respected Russian anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab announced Friday that it is opening a U.S. operation. Kaspersky has significance to the industry that goes beyond just being another security vendor. The Russian company has gained respect in Europe for the quality of its software, the high level of its support and its ability to respond to…
