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Intuit Focuses Channel Efforts Around Value
Finance and accounting software maven Intuit wrapped up its annual partner conference in Chicago this week with a renewed focus on fostering a channel with a finite number of high-value partners. The company, which entered the channel three years ago, recently benchmarked itself against competitors such as Microsoft and Sage, both of which have massive…
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Will Windows 7 Spur PC Refresh Cycle? Resellers Say No
What if the big PC refresh cycle that vendors are expecting in 2010 turns out to be a myth? Technology vendors are eagerly awaiting the launch of Microsoft Windows 7 in two weeks on Oct. 22 the way small children wait for Christmas. PC vendors, distributors and Intel have said that they expect the OS…
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McAfee Commits to Services Through Partners
Over the last five years, McAfee has amassed a huge cache of security technologies that span the gamut of consumer endpoint protection to enterprise risk management systems. Its one weak spot: professional services. But the world’s largest pure-play security company isn’t going to develop its professional services. Rather, it plans to push more of its…
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Kaspersky Lab Releases New Administration Kit
Kaspersky Lab yesterday released an update to its security administration kit that it hopes will aid partners in selling Kaspersky into the enterprise. The company unwrapped Kaspersky Open Space Security (KOSS) Release 2, a suite of three applications that includes antivirus for workstations and for servers, plus the eighth iteration of its administration kit. The…
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Citrix Touts Virtual Desktops
Citrix Systems, Inc. has made a series of announcements that it says will make virtual desktops a mainstream reality for the first time for hundreds of millions of corporate employees. It has announced Citrix XenDesktop 4, the first product in the industry to support every major desktop virtualization model in a single, integrated solution. It…
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Google, Microsoft, Palm Jockey in Smartphone Race
(Reuters) – Google Inc, Microsoft Corp and Palm Inc stepped up efforts to bolster their smartphone line-ups, as the tech industry’s key players increasingly move to challenge Apple Inc’s popular iPhone. In a flurry of announcements on Tuesday ahead of the holiday shopping season, the companies introduced new phones, wireless carrier partnerships and efforts to…