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Microsoft Exchange Hosting Giant Intermedia Says Azure Will Benefit MSPs, ISVs
Sales executives at Microsoft Exchange Server hosting giant Intermedia say Microsoft’s release of its Azure Services Platform will likely open new doors for solution providers, particularly those that are managed service providers or are dabbling in software development as ISVs. It is those types of solution providers that will most benefit from the momentum behind…
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Microsoft Reports Vista Less Prone to Vulnerabilities
Despite Apple’s best marketing efforts to declare the death of Windows Vista, a new Microsoft security report that details dramatic reduction in vulnerabilities in the struggling operating system may give it second life until the introduction of its next-generation replacement, Windows 7. In the fifth annual installment of Microsoft Security Intelligence Report being released…
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Sun Partner Advantage Program Adds Software Specialties
Looking to put more weight behind its software product sales, Sun Microsystems has announced a series of software specialty certifications available to members of its Sun Partner Advantage Program. Sun also announced an Open Access Channel Program, providing access to this software to companies that aren’t Sun partners. "Software specialties are designed to provide increased…
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Solution Providers Positive but Cautious about Microsoft Azure
While many solution providers ranked Microsoft’s cloud computing effort as their top concern in a recent survey, some IT solution providers are taking a positive but cautious approach to Microsoft’s new Azure platform, which puts computing power in the cloud for end-user businesses. The technology enabled by Microsoft Azure, which will be hosted on Dell…
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VIZIO Offers a Different Path to Digital Signage.
For many end users, the most important element of a digital signage solution is the display. After all, the display is the only visible part of a digital signage solution. For solution providers selling and supporting display solutions, the story is a little different – it’s all about the integration and the software needed to…
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HP Blends Performance, Aesthetics in Winning Workstation Formula
You have to love workstations, just for the raw power offered, which makes short work of complex tasks. VARs also love workstations, but more for the high sticker prices and the associated margins. After all, one buys a workstation to run complex (and expensive) software, which sings out the word "profit" to the typical solution…
