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AMD: Computer Sales Slump Not Over
Computer hardware resellers looking for chipmakers to signal an end to their slumping sales will have to just keep looking. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) CEO Dirk Meyer dashed the hopes that Intel had raised last week saying that there’s no way that the computer hardware business had hit bottom yet. AMD, like its larger rival…
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Sophos Fights Margin Erosion
Celebrating the second anniversary of its 100 per cent North American channel strategy, IT security and control firm Sophos says it continues to experience tremendous partner program momentum and growth. For fiscal year 2008, revenue growth for Sophos channel partners increased 43 per cent. Sophos officials said the company has modeled its Global Partner Program…
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VMware vSphere 4 Brings Virtualization to Small Business
VMWare’s vSphere 4 cloud operating system will allow solution providers to bring virtualization to their small and midsize business customers for as little as $166 per processor. While large enterprises have been the traditional target for solution providers bringing instant ROI with virtualization deployments, SMBs have focused on using the technology for business continuity and…
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OnStor Pantera Storage LS2100 Built for Small Business
Storage vendor OnStor has introduced enhancements to its Pantera line of storage, giving solution providers a unified IP storage system aimed squarely at the SMB market. The new products fall under the Pantera LS2100 series, and are available exclusively through OnStor’s solution provider partners. The new products, the LS2130 and LS2150, offer SMB customers a…
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Microsoft Intros Quick-Ramp for Services Partners, Consultants on Virtualization, UC
Microsoft is rolling out a series of "Services Ready" offerings to its top services reseller channel partners to help them get up to speed quickly on technologies such as virtualization, unified communications and desktop deployment. The new services, unveiled yesterday, will cost, however. Partners will spend $20,000 per technology services offering. But Microsoft contends the…
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More Virulent Smartphone Malware on the Horizon
More virulent, stealthy and voluminous malware for smartphones such as the Apple iPhone, BlackBerrys, Google Android and devices running the Microsoft Mobile is coming as these platforms become more open to application developers, says Eugene Kaspersky, the chief executive and founder of anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Lab. In a meeting at the RSA Conference, Kaspersky says…