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SAIC Buys CloudShield Technologies
Science Applications and International Corporation (SAIC) last week bolstered its IT security play with the acquisition of the cybersecurity services-oriented CloudShield Technologies. Like SAIC, CloudShield specializes in public sector work, as well as in serving the security service provider market with tools to manage their own clients’ environments. CloudShield provides infrastructure security solutions and services…
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LSI Fuels 6Gb/s SAS Channel
With more people needing faster access to more data at lower prices, the pressure to evolve the 6Gb/s SAS ecosystem is growing and LSI is helping to lead the way with its latest controller cards and host bus adapters. And its chosen route to market is the channel, says LSI’s Suresh Panikar, senior manager, worldwide…
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Former Silverback Master MSP Leaves Dell Behind for Level Platforms
For Do IT Smarter, a master managed service provider that had standardized on Silverback as the MSP platform it offered to its partners, the last two years have been a long road. That’s because Dell, the computer maker that just a few years ago subscribed to the so-called direct-only "religion" and eschewed the channel, decided…
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N-Able Partners with Intronis, Sees Strong Growth Ahead
Intronis and N-Able Technologies joined forces this week to integrate Intronis’ Online Backup + Recovery with N-able’s N-central 7.0 with Endpoint Security Manager, allowing MSPs to track backup and recovery statuses, notifications, and other events via the same centralized interface that they use to perform remote monitoring and management functions. Boston-based Intronis is a developer…
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Microsoft, HP Do Right by Partners
In the closing months of 2009, as the world tried to close the books on a terrible year, Cisco Systems tapped Avnet and WestCon to distributed its blade servers and enable resellers to go to market with the foundational building blocks of its Unified Computing Systems. The announcement was the culmination of nearly nine-months of…
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Websense Restructures, David Roberts Departing
David Roberts is leaving Websense as part of a corporate restructuring of sales. No effective date has been given for his departure, but the company says he will continue with the company through a transition period. Websense has appointed Matt Hynes as vice president of worldwide global channels, a new position for the company. Hynes will…