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  • Microsoft to Tighten the Genuine Advantage Screws

    Microsoft to Tighten the Genuine Advantage Screws

    Channel Insider Staff

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    To date, with its Genuine Advantage anti-piracy programs, Microsoft has targeted consumers. Windows and Office users have been required to validate their products as “genuine” before being able to obtain many downloads and add-ons. Come this fall, however, the Redmond, Wash., software maker is planning to turn up the Genuine Advantage heat in two ways:… Read more

  • LinuxWorld to Focus on Virtualization, Strong Enterprise Adoption

    LinuxWorld to Focus on Virtualization, Strong Enterprise Adoption

    Peter Galli

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    Open-source software has clearly entered the mainstream and is being strongly adopted within the enterprise, which is underscored by the fact that many CIOs are now implementing it as policy within their organizations, Raymond Zachary, a senior analyst and open-source practice head at The 451 Group, said Aug. 8. In a media conference call ahead… Read more

  • IBM Tries to Lure SMBs with ‘Express’ Storage

    IBM Tries to Lure SMBs with ‘Express’ Storage

    Chris Preimesberger

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    It’s hard to think of normally heavy-duty data storage servers as something like “storage lite,” but IBM is giving it a serious go. Big Blue introduced a new entry-level storage product Aug. 8—System Storage DS4200 Express—designed to compete for SMB customers against similar offerings from EMC, NetApp, and Hewlett-Packard. System Storage DS4200 Express is aimed… Read more

  • McAfee Wants to Make Its Partners Rich on Services

    John Hazard

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    McAfee is adding a glut of service offerings to its portfolio and turning much of it over to its partners, in part to make them more profitable. Partners in the Authorized Partner Solutions Services program will be selling and/or delivering an expanded menu of service SKUs by January 2007, McAfee executives told The Channel Insider.… Read more

  • Microsoft to Pay Reparations for Vista, Office Delays

    Peter Galli

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  • Expert Voices: Working Together to Improve the Health Care IT Prognosis at Montefiore

    Expert Voices: Working Together to Improve the Health Care IT Prognosis at Montefiore

    Edward H. Baker

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    The history of health care IT has not, in general, been a happy one. The industry has consistently underinvested in IT, and thanks to the ongoing misalignment of interests among the patients, providers and payors, it doesn’t look as if increased pooling of efforts and more IT investment will happen any time soon. Still, there… Read more