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VMware Zimbra Offers Business a Microsoft Exchange Alternative
Zimbra is taking its e-mail, messaging and collaboration suite embedded appliance to VMware’s channel organization – effectively growing from just 1,000 channel partners to 25,000 overnight. The move follows VMware’s acquisition of the corporate cloud e-mail and collaboration vendor from Yahoo earlier this year, and poses an even more serious threat to entrenched players such…
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Toshiba Offers Wipe Technology for Self-Encrypting Disk Drives
Technology giant Toshiba announced Wipe for its Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models, a technology that allows special security capabilities, such as the ability for sensitive user data to be securely erased when a system is powered down or when an SED HDD is removed from the system. The feature can also be used to erase user…
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Oracle’s Ellison Condemns HP Board Action on Hurd
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) Chief Executive Larry Ellison blasted Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) on Monday for forcing CEO Mark Hurd to resign. In an email sent to the New York Times and later provided to Reuters by Oracle, Ellison slammed HP’s board for ousting Hurd — a close friend — even after the…
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HP CEO Search: Tech Giant at Crossroads as Hurd Replacement Sought
Help Wanted: CEO of largest technology company out there. Immediate opening. Following Friday’s surprise resignation of HP CEO Mark Hurd after a sexual harassment investigation, HP has launched a search for a permanent replacement to lead the company. And it won’t be an easy task to fill the position with someone as respected in the…
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SugarCRM Adds 50 Partners Through Open+ Partner Program
Open-source customer relationship management software developer SugarCRM touted the success of its Open+ partner program, noting the company added 50 partners from around the globe in the first half of 2010. In addition, the company noted channel partners continue to account for approximately 70 percent of new SugarCRM billings. Open+ program membership provides access to…
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HP CEO Candidates: Five Possible Replacements for Hurd from Inside HP
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co said it was looking inside and outside the company to find a replacement for Mark Hurd, who resigned on Friday following a sexual harassment investigation that found Hurd violated HP’s policy for standard business practices. Analysts said HP had a deep bench of executive talent to draw from, even…