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Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions
Probably the first thing anyone wants to know about Lenovo’s Linux portable system is, “Does it actually work”? The short answer is yes, everything important works. Lenovo sent us a ThinkPad T61 for evaluation, which by the way is an excellent system in its own right, and it came with Novell’s SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop…
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Analyst: Microsoft Needs to Train More Partners
As Microsoft gears up for the Feb. 27 launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008—the biggest enterprise launch in the company’s history—it is aggressively readying its partners to handle the wave of demand it hopes will be generated for these new products. So important is partner readiness that Allison Watson, corporate…
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CIOs Put Disaster Recovery on Top of Needs List
Disaster recovery and business continuity topped the list of CIOs’ must-haves, while business application services and hosted/outsourced infrastructure rounded out the top of the list, compiled from Channel Insider research. Backup, disaster recovery and business continuity are the services CIOs most want from solution providers, up 4 percent over last year to 21 percent, the…
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Dell`s SAAS Strategy Takes Shape
Dell is looking to be able to offer customers and channel partners 18 to 20 kinds of infrastructure services that they can mix and match into customized services. That’s the strategy behind the company’s plans, announced Feb. 12, to acquire MessageOne, an e-mail archiving company, according to Raj Kushwaha, vice president of services at Dell.…
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A Dangerous Move for Microsoft?
OK, so Microsoft has purchased Danger for a half-billion dollars, a company best known for developing the Sidekick, a T-Mobile PDA loved by the likes of Paris Hilton and a multitude of other celebrity wannabes. The big question is, Why? The Sidekick runs a proprietary OS (not a flavor of Windows Mobile!), does not synchronize…
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MessageOne Snapped Up by Dell
Dell is adding to its growing enterprise services portfolio and announced Feb. 12 that the company is acquiring MessageOne, which provides managed services for e-mail management, archiving and business continuity. Dell announced that it would acquire MessageOne, which is based in Austin, Texas, for $155 million in cash. The company is owned by Adam Dell,…