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Providing the Perks to Retain Your Best Employees
Solution providers may not have the budgets for corporate laundry service, a diverse array of free meals from on-site restaurants, or annual trips to exotic locales, but that doesn’t mean channel businesses don’t spend a lot of time and resources ensuring they keep their top talent happy and engaged. In fact, retaining high-quality employees consistently…
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IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing, Snaps Up Green Hat
Technology giant IBM announced it has completed the acquisition of Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. On Oct. 11, 2011, IBM announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the company, a provider of cluster, grid and cloud management…
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Recruitment Firms Specialize in the Channel
Solution providers may prefer seeking out job candidates via word-of-mouth and referrals from current employees or customers, but sometimes they need outside assistance from recruitment firms. For those channel organizations seeking a helping hand, there are placement firms that specialize in working with VARs, from offering temporary staff to recommending potential full-time staffers in an…
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Symantec Confirms Hackers Stole Outdated Code, Downplays Impact
Symantec has confirmed that a group of hackers has stolen source code to two Symantec products, but downplayed the possible impact on users as a result of the theft. The attackers stole source code for two older Symantec products for enterprise customers, and not on the consumer-focused Norton product line as had been previously reported,…
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CES: Windows Phone, Windows 8 Likely Focus of Ballmer Keynote
When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage for his Jan. 9 keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show, he ll almost certainly whip the curtain back from a few company projects in development. Chief among those will be Windows 8, the long-gestating operating system due to arrive sometime in the latter half of 2012.…