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Extreme Networks Engages Outer Edge Connectivity
Networking hardware vendor Extreme Networks is enabling solution providers to offer wired connectivity to conference rooms, waiting areas and any other area with few wired ports but where wireless connectivity is just not enough. The ReachNXT 100-8t is an eight-port enterprise “port extender” that plugs into a network and sits at the location where connectivity…
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Avaya Solution Providers Capitalize on Nortel’s Fall
Avaya’s North American channel chief belies the bankruptcy and predicted demise of Nortel could be a goldmine for Avaya solution providers willing to go after Nortel customers. “They need to practice competitive outreach,” said Carol Giles Neslund, vice president of North America Channel Sales at Avaya. “For Avaya business partners, this is a real opportunity…
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Treo Smart Phone Maker Palm’s Revenues Plummet
Treo smartphone maker Palm attributed its 70 percent third quarter revenue drop to a bad economy as sales of its mobile devices fell. Palm competes against Apple’s iPhone and RIM’s Blackberry in the smartphone market. Revenue dropped sharply to $90.6 million from $312.1 million, and the company said unit sales of smartphones fell 42 percent…
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Microsoft Passes Buck on Internet Explorer Error
Many users (myself included) are complaining of an error that seems to be cropping up more and more with all versions of Internet Explorer: “Internet Explorer Can Not Open the Internet Site – Operation Aborted” This error is a growing nuisance, but I figured it would disappear with an upgrade to IE8 or by installing…
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CA Intros ARCserve Incentives, New Channel Focus
Computer Associates is beefing up solution provider incentives around its ARCServe Backup software, hoping to boost partner sales of the product and gain ground against its main competitor, Symantec’s Backup Exec. The new program offers up-front discounts and back-end rebates for solution providers selling the ARCserve Backup product, says Adam Famularo, senior vice president and…
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Cisco to Flip for Pure Digital Acquisition
Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is on the acquisition path again, but for the moment the target is not Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA). Instead the networking giant today announced plans to pay $590 million in a stock deal for Pure Digital Technologies, the maker of the Flip Video video camera devices including the Flip MinoHD. And while Flip is…
