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CA Spiffs Up Security Perks for the Channel
To bolster support of the channel and increase the value of its security products, CA announced Sept. 3 a couple of big perks for its security channel partners and end users. Starting yesterday, CA’s Internet Security Business Unit will give away remote installation of all its security products bought through the channel. In addition, the…
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McAfee New Channel Chief Eyes Cisco Model
If McAfee partners are looking for clues to the future of the security vendor’s channel program, they only need to look to the organization from which the new global channel chief came: Cisco. Just nine days on the job, Alex Thurber is still feeling his way around the McAfee headquarters and collecting bits of information…
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Industry Group Releases Health Care Security Product Cert
The channel may soon get a little more guidance in helping to evaluate and select IT security products for its healthcare clients via a new program announced by the Health Information Trust Alliance, or HITRUST. The burgeoning industry organization on Aug. 31 rolled out a products and services certification program that is meant to help…
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Snow Leopard Takes Security Shine Off Apple
I’ll be the first to admit that I enjoy “Mac vs. PC” television commercials; they are pure entertainment genius. When I saw them pull in the strapping Patrick Warburton – aka Joe from Family Guy and Puddy from Seinfeld – I started roaring with laughter. Where John Hodgman is emblematic of the PC geek, the…
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VMworld Marked by Partnership Announcements
There’s been some controversy about the legitimacy of the desktop virtualization market, and even VMware CEO and president Paul Maritz said it’s more a journey than a destination. The company has more than a million desktops virtualized across 7,000 customers, but with more than 500 million desktops globally, that’s just a drop in the bucket.…
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SenSage Hires New Business Dev Exec from McAfee
The event data warehousing gurus at San Francisco-based SenSage are hoping to up their channel play with the recruitment of a new vice president of marketing a business development plucked straight from McAfee. Just a few weeks ago Joe Gottlieb took the newly created position at SenSage after serving as vice president of corporate strategy…