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Partner with IM Companies for Custom Solutions
Before trying to sell an IM package to someone, you need to know what your clients want and require from an IM solution. For example, financial service companies, according to SEC regulations, now must archive their IM records. But you can’t simply ask your customer exactly what they require and want from IM, though. They…
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Thinking Small: New SMB Security Appliance
Ken Fitzpatrick believes he has a security solution for small businesses that are truly small. Fitzpatrick, chief marketing officer at ClearPath Networks Inc., is enlisting the channel to help market the company’s SNAP VPN (virtual private network) security appliance. The appliance, which the El Segundo, Calif., company started shipping in June, provides such features as…
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A Linux Desktop for Die-Hard Windows Users
Want an honest-to-God great Linux desktop for your SMB but you don’t want to give up Windows? Boy, do I have a deal for you! It’s Xandros Inc.‘s Xandros Desktop OS Business Edition 2.5. Built on top of the Linux 2.4.24 kernel, specifically the Debian 4.0 (Sarge) variation, it’s one solid operating system, and it’s…
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AMD Targets Sempron Chips at SMBs
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is rolling out its Sempron line of PC processors, a year after deciding to phase out the low-end Duron desktop chip line. Although the Duron chips are still sold into emerging markets, the Sempron family eventually will replace that line, according to Bahr Mahony, marketing manager for the Sunnyvale,…
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Red Hat Execs Talk on Profiting from ‘Free Software’
ASHEVILLE, N.C.—Red Hat’s stock may have been troubled recently, but businesses still believe in the Linux distributor. At a recent Blue Ridge Entrepreneurial Council meeting here of about 100 businesspeople, a trio of Red Hat Inc. executives didn’t find questions about law firms seeking to file class-action suits against the Linux company because of its…
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Microsoft Readies Next Round of IE Patches
Microsoft officials say the company is prepping a patch for its Internet Explorer browser to plug the vulnerability exploited by the Download.Ject attacks in June. The patch is expected sometime next week, several weeks before the next scheduled batch release of security fixes. In late June, security concerns over IE were raised following several serious…
