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Cisco Helps VARs Deploy with ‘Progress Payments’
Cisco Capital, the finance arm of network vendor Cisco Systems, is offering its VARs interest-free advances, called Progress Payments, to help cover expenses during lengthy deployments. The measure will enable Cisco VARs to juggle more projects at once without struggling to keep the lights on while waiting for final payment, said the San Jose, Calif.,…
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IBM Moves into Medical Devices
IT giant IBM has recently helped to bring a series of tech-savvy medical devices to market, including a remote pacemaker monitor and programmer approved by the FDA in April. In a series of recent partnerships, IBM has become increasingly focused on the integration of IT into medical devices. These innovations are intended to improve patient…
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OpenSUSE 10.1 Is Versatile, but Uneven
Novell’s OpenSUSE 10.1 is a solid, multipurpose Linux-based operating system that—in addition to being a very good distribution in its own right —offers an early peek at the SUSE Enterprise Linux Desktop product that Novell is set to ship this summer. Click here to read the full review of OpenSUSE 10.1. Novell’s OpenSUSE 10.1 is…
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New IBM Tivoli Software Manages IT Processes
IBM has announced new software and services from its Tivoli division to automate and manage IT processes. The new software, called the IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database, or CCMDB, along with three new IBM Tivoli Process Managers, will be available on June 30, said Mike McCarthy, director of strategy at IBM Tivoli. The…
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Microsoft: Use MS Word in Safe Mode
Use Microsoft Word in safe mode to protect against targeted zero-day attacks. That’s the advice from Microsoft’s security response team to counter known attacks against a serious code execution vulnerability in the widely used word processing program. In a pre-patch security advisory, Microsoft said the flaw can be exploited when a user opens a specially…
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VARs Say They Welcome Best Buy’s Microsoft Service Move
Going by the chatter in the channel, it sounds like VARs don’t expect to lose any business to Best Buy for Business or the Geek Squad, the consulting and field service arms of electronics retail giant Best Buy. When the store announced with Microsoft on May 18 that 300 of its Best Buy for Business…
