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DiFranco Officially In as HP Channel Chief
HP this week officially confirmed that channel veteran and former Lenovo executive Stephen DiFranco has been hired to run the company’s channel operations in the Americas. DiFranco will replace Adrian Jones as vice president and general manager of HP Solutions Partners Organization, Americas, after nearly a five-month search process. HP will be making a public…
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Cisco Facing Stronger Competitive Alliances
Yesterday morning’s news about a new alliance between Juniper Networks and Websense couldn’t have been welcomed to the folks over at Cisco Systems. It’s just the latest in a series of alliances designed to tighten the competitive noose against an increasingly isolationistic Cisco. First, the news. Websense, a leader in Web and content security, announced…
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Intel Exec in Line for CEO Job Suffers Stroke
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The co-head of Intel’s Corp microchip architecture group, regarded as a potential successor to CEO Paul Otellini, suffered a stroke at home and will take several months’ medical leave. Intel said on Monday Sean Maloney is expected to resume his regular duties after a period of recuperation thought to last several…
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Microsoft Blog Calls Google Anti-Competitive
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp made its most vehement and public attack on Google Inc on Friday, calling its Internet rival’s actions potentially anti-competitive, and urging victims to file complaints to regulators. The broadside comes days after a Microsoft-owned business, along with two other small online companies, complained to European Union regulators about Google’s operations…
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Upstart Google Apps Looks to Unseat Microsoft Exchange in Enterprise
Think Google Apps are just for consumers and the smallest of businesses? Think Google’s channel program couldn’t possibly offer a business model that works for an IT solution provider? Tell that to Cloud Sherpas. The Atlanta-based IT solution provider was part of Google Apps’ formal channel partner program when Google launched it a year ago…
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PULSEpartum: Last Words From IBM’s Service Management Event
LAS VEGAS: In the city that excels at hosting large groups of people — and relatively painlessly lightening their wallets along the way — this week’s IBM Pulse 2010 services management event is already a dimming memory as 5,000 attendees, including 1,000 partners, have gone their separate ways. But for at least some, like Thales’…