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IBM Mines VC Community for Diamonds
Claudia Fan Munce joined IBM 24 years ago as a researcher. Today, still at IBM, Fan Munce is in a decidedly different role. She’s a matchmaker of sorts, bringing select VC-backed ISVs into the IBM fold and connecting them to other IBM business partners to get their solutions to market. “We like to call ourselves…
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The No. 1 App Coming to the Cloud? Your PC
What’s the killer app for the cloud these days? If you ask one of the biggest data sourcing companies, TPI, which acts as matchmaker between outsourcers and outsourcing service providers, companies looking to cloud computing want to move something very basic out there – their PCs. “Companies are buying access to terminals for a lot…
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RSA Leverages TrendMicro Technology in New Deal
RSA announced this week that it will tap TrendMicro technology to add a higher level of real-time threat intelligence to the RSA FraudAction Service, which is operated by RSA’s ’round-the-clock Anti-Fraud Command Center. The new partnership links FraudAction with TrendMicro Smart Protection Network to leverage threat intelligence gathered by TrendMicro and bolster RSA’s ability to…
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Vista Got Good Reviews Too
(Reuters) – As Microsoft Corp’s Windows 7 release approaches, early reviews are generally positive. But so were reviews for Windows Vista just before its launch. In the months leading up to Windows 7’s release this Thursday, publications from ComputerWorld to the New York Times have written favorable assessments, praising, in particular, its increased speed and…
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Microsoft Enlists ‘Family Guy’ for Windows 7 Launch
At some point every pop icon — particularly the animated kind — are enlisted to shill a product. Homer Simpson did it. Fred Flintstone did it. Bugs Bunny did it. And you can add Peter Griffin and the characters of Family Guy to the roster. Already circulating on YouTube is a Family Guy clip featuring…
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IBM Trots Out Raft of Midmarket Offerings
In its continued quest to gain relevance among midmarket customers, IBM this week took the wraps off a handful of new solutions aimed at companies with between 100 and 1,000 employees. The offerings, which span across Big Blue’s software portfolio, have been tested to ensure they are simple for midsize companies to install and manage,…