Recent Articles
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Symantec Calls a Quorum with Reputation-Based Tech
Symantec says it wants to take advantage of the wisdom of crowds with a new reputation-based malware technology that it made available to the channel this week. The company took the wraps off of the technology, dubbed Quorum, as it released its latest 2010 Norton line-up. Integrated into Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus…
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Healthcare Dollars to Be Had For Solution Providers
Sarah Palin is weighing in on healthcare today, so I figure the topic is fair game – at least from an IT industry perspective. Bottom line, vertical expertise in markets such as healthcare is in demand today and a valuable asset for the channel to have. Solution providers who hone specific industry skills and speak…
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Dell Intros PowerEdge Servers at Small Business Prices
With price points aimed at attracting small and midsized businesses that buy through reseller channel partners, Dell has introduced a series of PowerEdge servers and PowerVault storage systems featuring a new series of Intel’s "Nehalem" processor also aimed at systems for SMBs. The question is whether Dell’s new PowerEdge servers, which start at $599 and…
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Intel’s ‘Lynnfield` Processor Ripe for Channel
Intel has released more affordable versions of its Nehalem microarchitecture chips. Formerly codenamed “Lynnfield,” the new offerings consist of Intel Core i5 processor family, two new Intel Core i7 processors and the Intel Xeon processor 3400 series. They are significantly cheaper than last year’s initial Nehalem chips, the Core i7 900-series, and offer strong price/performance…
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Courts Say Microsoft Can Continue to Sell Word
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. Court of Appeals has granted Microsoft Corp’s request to stay an injunction imposed by a federal court that would have halted sales of some versions of its popular Word application. In an order issued on Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said Microsoft had met requirements…
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VMworld Marked by Partnership Announcements
There’s been some controversy about the legitimacy of the desktop virtualization market, and even VMware CEO and president Paul Maritz said it’s more a journey than a destination. The company has more than a million desktops virtualized across 7,000 customers, but with more than 500 million desktops globally, that’s just a drop in the bucket.…