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Seven Vendors Run Paces of SAML 2.0 Test
System integrators and VARs who help enterprises with their identity and access management (IAM) initiatives received just a little bit more market clarity about the interoperability of seven major vendors’ products yesterday. The Kantara Initiative and Liberty Alliance announced IAM products from Entrust, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Ping Identity, SAP and Siemens all passed the Liberty…
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Cisco to Buy Video Firm Tandberg for $3 Billion
(Reuters) – Cisco has agreed to buy Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg for $3 billion, the latest in a series of bets taken on using video to drive demand for its core data transmission gear. The world’s dominant maker of Web routers and switches said buying Tandberg would strengthen its position in a $34 billion market…
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Cisco Partners See Big Upside in Tandberg Acquisition
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) channel partners may be excited about the networking vendor’s acquisition of video conferencing stalwart Tandberg (OSLO: TAA.OL) and the addition of that company’s technologies to their portfolio of products to sell, but Tandberg reseller partners may not get as sweet a deal. Cisco announced plans this week to acquire Oslo, Norway-based Tandberg…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Efficiency Key to Recovery
In an memo to customers and partners posted on Microsoft’s Website this week, company CEO Steve Ballmer says that the economic recession has resulted in fundamental change in how the economy and business will operate, the so-called “new normal.” The new normal reflects changes in behavior that are going to value cost-cutting, less debt and…
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IT Association CompTIA Acquires MSP Partners
Looking to expand its reach and capabilities in serving the managed services market, IT trade association CompTIA announced plans Wednesday to acquire a counterpart association, MSP Partners. CompTIA officials characterized the deal, for which financial terms were not disclosed, as just the latest piece of a broader effort to engage with other organizations serving the…