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  • Siemens Looks to Woo UC Resellers with Synnex Deal

    Synnex resellers now have another unified communications solution available to them. IT distributor Synnex will now offer the complete product line of Siemens Enterprise Communications, including end-to-end solutions for voice, data, video and security, the companies announced today. The announcement comes a few weeks after Siemens signed on with Synnex in an effort to jump-start…

  • PC Card Converts Old Desktop Computer into Thin Client for $99

    As IT organizations look to extend the lifetimes of their current fleets of PCs, some may soon be considering a new option—converting the actual desktop computer into a Linux thin client. That’s what Daimler Chrysler, the former owner of troubled U.S. automaker Chrysler Holdings, was looking to do when it recently converted 1,000 of its…

  • Microsoft Expands Online Services Globally

    Microsoft is making a major push in online services, expanding the availability of cloud-based versions of popular business applications such as Exchange, SharePoint and Live Meeting globally and increasing its data center capacity through a partnership with Hewlett-Packard’s EDS services division. More than 4,000 solution providers are registered to sell Microsoft Online applications, and until…

  • HP Unveils ProCurve Firewall, Security Ambitions

    The pantheon of major security players includes the likes of Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, IBM, Symantec, McAfee and even Microsoft. Missing among the noted is Hewlett-Packard, which has fielded security products over the years, but not a concerted effort to stake out a piece of the security market. That’s changing, rapidly. Today, HP unveils its…

  • ZyXel Increases Discounts, Expands Incentives

    Existing partners will automatically receive additional discounts, with Silver Partners receiving a 50 per cent increase in current discounts at distribution, and Gold and Diamond Partners earning more than 100 per cent co-op funds during the time the program runs. New partners will also receive benefits as Silver Partners after they complete a training Webinar…

  • StorMagic Targets Virtualization Resellers with New Program

    The new partner program replaces a more generic, Microsoft-centric program that StorMagic has revamped and turned into the new program that it announced just prior to the VMware Partner Exchange event, said Mike Stolz, vice president of sales and marketing at StorMagic. The company is currently looking to expand the number of channel partners it…

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