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  • Channel Headlines from Around the Web

    Image via Wikipedia There’s been plenty of consternation among a healthy number of channel partners about Microsoft’s Office 365 plans. The successor to BPOS is Microsoft’s cloud plan in terms of Office applications. But the company’s plans to offer resellers a commission and not let them handle the billing has many a channel partner telling…

  • McAfee Launches Database Security Platform

    Security specialist McAfee announced a comprehensive database security solution that protects business-critical databases, based on the Security Connected initiative launched in October 2010. It involves protecting a company’s data assets from network to server to the database itself. This approach is designed to protect data in every state (data in motion, data at rest and…

  • HP’s Options after Oracle’s Itanium Gambit

    Hewlett-Packard and its HP-UX customers stand to take the biggest hit if Oracle sticks with its decision to end support for Intel’s Itanium platform, though the server maker does have options for easing the situation, according to an analyst. In particular, HP relatively easily could port HP-UX to its x86 server platform and already has…

  • Microsoft’s InTune: Price Too High for SMB?

    Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows InTune gives IT administrators for midsize businesses an enterprise-style level of control over a network, via a combination of cloud services, on-site PC-management tools and added malware protection. Whether it involves checking that software licenses are up-to-date, or diagnosing unbootable PCs, the platform is supposed to be streamlined for those IT pros’…

  • Acer Iconia Tab A501 Android Tablet to Debut

    AT&T, making good on its promise to support more Android-running devices, will offer Acer’s first 4G tablet, the Iconia Tab A501. Pricing and an exact release date were left off a March 22 news release, but the 4G tablet will launch in the second quarter, according to AT&T—which could mean just weeks. The Iconia Tab…

  • Risk management and mitigation

    Risk management and mitigation Organizations will increasingly look to third-party consultants and services firms for advice on avoiding disaster projects and products with costly hidden TCO. Increasing focus on organizational change management. Managing risks means making meaningful changes to the organization. Executives are learning that org change is not just an option anymore – it’s…

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