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April Fools’ 2010
Are you getting a lot of help desk support calls today? Blue screen of death? Disappearing icons? Weird keyboard problems? Chances are someone has played an April Fools’ prank on your unsuspecting user. Yes, it’s April 1 again. Check out Channel Insider’s list of the top eight computer pranks that could be sprung on your…
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Apple iPad Scores High Marks for Battery Life
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s iPad scored very well in terms of ease of use and battery life in its first reviews, but it won’t obliterate the laptop computer market just yet, according to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Reviewers at both papers said that while the tablet computer, which goes on sale…
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HP Exec Talks Thin Client Computing ROI and How To Get It
Cultural issues may be the biggest stumbling blocks to recovering ROI (return on investment) in desktop virtualization implementations. That’s because while the overall solution – thin clients and back end infrastructure – can cost the same or more than just updating an enterprise’s PCs. The real cost savings that companies hope to realize comes from…
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SAP’s Streamwork Collaboration Platform to Challenge Google Wave
SAP March 30 renamed its real-time collaboration platform StreamWork and is offering it free with limited storage and for $9 per user, per month with more storage and security features. StreamWork, profiled by eWEEK in February when it was launched to public beta as 12Sprints, is a Web-based platform that includes instant messaging and document…
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Answering the Cloud Skeptics
With companies juicing up their collaboration capabilities at the same time they replace and upgrade traditional applications such as e-mail, it’s not just small and midsize businesses looking to the cloud anymore. Now, more and more enterprises are moving collaboration to the cloud to reduce CAPEX and ease maintenance. Channel Insider recently sat down with…
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BigFix Launches Partner Program, Offers Symantec Alternative
Has your systems management or security vendor recently taken more business direct? Looking for an alternative to Symantec or another security giant? BigFix is introducing its formal channel partner program called PlatformONE and has added a Symantec and CA channel veteran as its channel chief. BigFix’s solution uses an agent-based technology to deliver intelligence (patch…
