Tag: Office

  • Microsoft Urges U.K. Partners to Sign Up for Office Live

    Sharon Linsenbach

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      Microsoft is urging partners in the United Kingdom to sign up for its Office Live Designer and Developer Community, hoping that the promise of nearly 1 million potential small business customers will add to its Office Live Small Business partner base. Microsoft’s Tim Kimber, director of product marketing, Office Live, says about 250 Office… Read more

  • The Utility Company Launches Referral Program Powered by Utility Offering

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    The Utility Company is taking a viral approach to its business and leveraging social networking to help its SMB franchisees generate new customer acquisition leads and boost revenue. TUC’s Connected Office managed services portfolio lets franchise partners deliver business services to customers across five areas: IT, including networking, desktops, security and storage; business applications; telecommunications,… Read more

  • IBM Suspended from Seeking New Federal Contracts

    Channel Insider Staff

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    By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO, March 31 (Reuters) – IBM is under investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over an $80 million bid it made in 2006 to modernize EPA financial systems and has been suspended from seeking new contracts with all U.S. agencies, the company said on Monday. In addition, IBM said the… Read more

  • Juniper at Last Integrates NetScreenOS into JUNOS

    Paula Musich

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    More than three years after Juniper Networks acquired NetScreen, the company has finally integrated NetScreenOS security functions into its JUNOS network operating system. Juniper on March 17 will launch the first router products to integrate NetScreenOS security functions with the release of JUNOS 9.0 on its J-series branch office routers. Users can deploy the J-series… Read more

  • An Alarming Solution to Office Security

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Boasting a simple and fast setup, LaserShield combines a motion sensor with a monitoring unit to build an instant zone of protection, which in turn is tied back to a central station. A concept in physical protection that is so simple that VARs can add an alarm system most anywhere in a few minutes for… Read more

  • Corporate Express Rejects Staples` Acquisition Bid

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     By Alexandra Hudson and Jessica Hall AMSTERDAM/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Office supply retailer Staples Inc made an unsolicited 2.5 billion euro ($3.7 billion) bid for Corporate Express on Tuesday after unsuccessful attempts to hold friendly merger talks with the Dutch office supply company. Corporate Express rejected the offer, saying it undervalued the company. A deal, which… Read more