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Symantec Extends Payment Terms for Select Partners
Symantec is taking the wraps off a new credit and financing plan today that is designed to help select security and storage solution providers keep more money in their pockets longer. Symantec is extending payment terms to 60 days to partners with a SMB specialization on sales of Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 and Backup Exec,…
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Cisco Exec Touts Steps to Keep Partner Base Stable During Downturn
Over the last year, technology vendors with a prominent channel presence have tried to implement ways to help their partners weather the economic recession, either with advice and training or more tangibles such as financing and credit. Cisco’s no different. The networking leader put into place a number of programs and initiatives to keep its…
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Microsoft Banned from Selling Word
BANGALORE (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court has ordered Microsoft Corp to stop selling some versions of its widely used Word software in the United States in two months, ruling in favor of a small Canadian firm that accused the software giant of violating its patents. A U.S. district court in Texas ruled in favor…
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Forecast Shows PC Sales Poised for a Recovery
With more signs of life elsewhere in the economy these days, can technology sales be far behind? A supply chain check into PC builds shows big improvement there as well, according to a brief report from FBR Research. The company says that its recent checks into third-quarter PC builds with the top five notebook ODMs…
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Microsoft Inks Nokia Partnership to Take on RIM
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an alliance on Wednesday to bring business software to smartphones to counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry. The alliance between the world’s largest software company and cellphone maker means the latest versions of Microsoft’s Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and messaging, will be available…
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One VAR’s Case for Windows 7 Upgrade
Joe Gleinser at GCS Technologies in Austin, Texas, speaks for many in the solution provider community when he praises what he’s seeing in the forthcoming Windows 7, and he makes a compelling business case for his end customers to upgrade – ASAP. Check out the blog entry, “Why Windows 7?” for Gleinser’s laundry list of…