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Judge Bans Microsoft from Selling Word
(Reuters) – A U.S. court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp for infringing a patent held by a small Canadian software firm, and affirmed an injunction that prevents Microsoft from selling versions of its Word program which contain the offending software. The ruling, by the United States Court…
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Cisco Promotes Learning Channel for Training
One of the little-publicized aspects of Cisco’s channel is a separate program for partners devoted to providing training and education services on Cisco products and solutions. The program’s not new. It’s been in place for 15 years, but of late, the networking giant has been trying to drum up greater notice. The Cisco Learning Channel…
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HP Polishes NonStop Computing Products
HP has announced a number of enhancements to the HP Integrity NonStop portfolio that are intended to deliver increased capacity, improved performance and better enterprise integration. While analysts offer mixed opinions on the platform, Randy Meyer, director of NonStop product management, strategy and technology at HP, says there is a strong market that is appealing…
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Avnet Climbs Aboard the Cisco Unified Computing Train
Avnet has joined the growing army of distributors lining up to make it easier for channel partner solution providers to resell and install Cisco’s Unified Computing System. This week the IT and electronics distributor announced that it would create a dedicated business unit focused on Cisco Systems’ data center product suite, and it would sell…
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Microsoft Customer Satisfaction Mandate Looms
When Microsoft informed its partners that conducting customer satisfaction surveys would be mandatory to maintain or achieve Gold Certified level status in the revamped Microsoft Partner Network, it was viewed by some as yet-another administrative hurdle. Outward grumbling was kept to a minimum, however, though some partners privately wondered whether they reaped any benefit from…