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Symantec Quarter Sales Flat
SEATTLE, July 28 (Reuters) – Symantec Corp (NASDAQ:SYMC) warned that second-quarter sales and profit would likely miss Wall Street estimates as spending on data storage systems remains weak, sending its shares down 8.3 percent. The world’s No. 1 security software maker on Wednesday reported higher quarterly net profit, but saw flat sales and signaled a…
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Cisco Names Sherriff North American Channel Chief
Cisco has named Jim Sherriff as the head of the U.S. and Canada Partner Organization, which the networking and technology giant says is its largest theater of operation. The position was previously held by Wendy Bahr, who was moved to head up Cisco’s global and transformational partnerships earlier in July. Sherriff brings 30 years of…
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Cisco’s Channel Sheriff Rides into Texas
It’s tempting to say Jim Sherriff is the new sheriff in town for Cisco’s North American channel theaters. He was named senior vice president of Cisco’s U.S. and Canada partner organization this week. But really, Sherriff, a San Jose, Calif. native, will be working with partners rather than laying down the law in his new…
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SAAS Momentum Outpacing Packaged Software, Study Says
While cloud technologies are often greeted with caution by traditional value-added resellers who wonder how the business model could ever work for them, a new report from IDC finds that software as a service (SAAS) continues to gain momentum against packaged software sales. The IDC report says that SAAS revenue will grow five times faster…
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Microsoft Revenues Suggest Cloud Still Just a Dream
Microsoft’s quarterly revenues of $16.04 billion exceeded many industry analysts’ expectations, and suggested that the economy –at least the portion of it that purchases software—is indeed slowly reviving from the deepest global recession in a generation. However, a deeper analysis of those results also reveals a peculiar dichotomy: despite Microsoft’s “all in” approach to cloud…
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Dell Replaces Server Parts Infected with Virus
BOSTON, July 22 (Reuters) – Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) is giving customers replacement parts for servers that were infected with a computer virus designed to steal private data. The company said it was not aware of any attacks as a result of the rare incident, and that it was replacing the tainted parts as quickly as…