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HP Integrates 3Com Technology, Channel Program, in War Against Cisco
HP offered further details on its product and reseller channel partner program integration with 3Com at a news conference April 19 that came days after the company completed its acquisition of the networking and security company. Quick Facts: The HP, 3Com Deal Executives said they see an enormous opportunity from the partner ecosystem of the…
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Security Shifts to Services
It was hard to ignore the din coming out of last week’s Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas, where the vendor reasserted its claim to the top of the security world and emphasized hosted services as its next billion-dollar business. And no sooner did the faithful depart Sin City did Big Yellow get its first…
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Want 20% More Money? Get an IT Security Certification
Image via Wikipedia Recession or not, recovery or not, one of the IT job skill areas that is always in demand is security. And if it’s in demand, that generally means it pays better, too. IT job site Dice’s senior vice president Tom Silver says in a recent Dice Report that “professionals with ‘cyber’ on…
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The Trouble with Spam
The Trouble with Spam The Trouble with SpamSpam clogs your users’ email inboxes, makes them less productive, and drags down the performance of your networking and email server. And worse still, your users are the target scam artists and phishing attacks that threaten their financial information and more. Here’s a look at the state of…
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IBM Doubles the Money for Partners Displacing Oracle
No doubt this will be a small comfort to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and friends, but IBM’s doubling of money paid to partners for displacing Oracle products is not about just swapping competitive products, says Sandy Carter, vice president, IBM Software Group Business Partners. "This is more about delivering more value to the client,” she…
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Tech Spending to Grow in Enterprise, Consumer Market
Worldwide IT spending in 2010 will jump to $3.4 trillion, and could reach more than $3.5 trillion in 2011, according to Gartner. Helping to drive the upward trend are consumer mobile PCs, virtualization and security software, Gartner said. IT spending worldwide should grow 5.3 percent in 2010 over last year, reaching $3.4 trillion, according to…
