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Symantec Brings SAAS to Storage with Hosted Backup
When most people hear the acronym SAAS they automatically think of software as a service, but Symantec wants people to think storage as a service instead, at least in the case of Symantec Protection Network. SPN is Symantec’s first venture into the hosted backup and hosted storage market, and the company is hoping that the…
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A Deeper Look at Services Pricing
It’s no secret that services are the gold that drives profitability in the channel. According to the Channel Insider 2008 Channel Outlook survey, more than half of solution providers’ revenue and profit comes from some form of service offering. What may come as a surprise is the value of VOIP and telephony services. The Channel…
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Savvis: We’ll Deliver SAP Within 6 Hours
When you’re rolling out SAP, time-to-deployment is measured in weeks if not months, right? That may be true now, but by the end of the year, hosted infrastructure and software provider Savvis claims it will be able to give system integrators and service providers SAP Business All-In-One solutions within just 6 hours. "Because of exclusive…
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Acer Ups Sales Forecast, Sees Small PC Boom
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Acer Inc. said on Tuesday its sales will grow by more than 50 percent this year, raising its previous forecast as demand for laptops grows despite consumers feeling the pinch from an economic slowdown and rising fuel and food prices. The world No.3 PC vendor said that smaller, cheaper laptops are…
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IBM to Sell Support for Rival to Microsoft Office
BOSTON (Reuters) – IBM will offer help desk service for its Symphony line of software, raising the competition with rival Microsoft Corp’s suite of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The programs from International Business Machines Corp have been available for free on its Web site since September 2007, but businesses can now buy contracts for help…
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Intel Starts Shipping Atom for PCs
Intel is preparing to ship the first of its Atom processors, which the chip maker believes will create an entire new category of low-cost PCs that it calls "Netbooks" and "Nettops." Intel announced the availability of two Atom processors—the Atom N270 processor and the Atom 230 chip—at the 2008 Computex conference in Taiwan. The company…