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Channel News Briefs–Week of April 19
Friday,April 23 Nelnet Invests in infiNET LINCOLN, NE — Nelnet made a strategic investment in infiNET Integrated Solutions, an e-commerce services provider for higher education and healthcare organizations. Headquartered near Chicago, infiNET collaborates with colleges, universities, and healthcare organizations in the development of customer-centric electronic transactions, information sharing, and account and bill presentment. Nelnet is…
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Cisco Woos SMBs with Intelligent Networking Bundles
Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday reiterated its commitment to serving small and midsized businesses (SMBs) by bundling products, services, blueprints, special pricing and financing options specific to security, mobility, IP telephony and foundation networks. Cisco’s run rate for investing in the SMB space is $2 billion, and it defines the SMB market as serving between…
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CA’s Kumar Steps Down as Chairman, CEO
Computer Associates International Inc. announced that Chairman and CEO Sanjay Kumar has stepped down and resigned his position from the board. In a curious move, the company has created a new position for Kumar as chief software architect. Lewis Ranieri, lead independent director of the board, was elected chairman of the board for the Islandia,…
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Cisco Warns of Security Flaw in Routers
Just hours after security experts revealed a new attack capable of taking down any device receiving TCP requests, Cisco Systems Inc. said that a large portion of its routers and switches contain a serious software flaw that also could be used by attackers to knock those devices offline. Click here for an analysis of the…
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Arrow Electronics assists Sun Resellers in Government Market
Sun Microsystems Inc.’s partners gathered in San Diego this week, but the road to success may lead through Washington, D.C. Indeed, Arrow Electronics Inc.’s MOCA Division has introduced new tools that may help Sun partners to secure more business with Uncle Sam. One MOCA database, for instance, helps Sun solutions providers to identify government agencies…
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Oracle Leads New Grid Consortium
A new vendor consortium hopes to move grid computing beyond the world of science and into the world of business. The Enterprise Grid Alliance, which was formally launched on Tuesday, will provide reference models, security recommendations and specifications targeted to enable enterprises to run computing grids that run within an enterprise. “We are primarily concerned…
