McAfee president Mike DeCesare expects Cisco, HP, IBM, and Microsoft to be his long-term opponents as networking security becomes as important as endpoint.
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McAfee President: Tech Giants Will Be Next Rivals
by Robert Dutt •
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Software
Microsoft Goes South Again For Canadian President
by Robert Dutt •
Microsoft once again looks to the U.S. to introduce new Canadian leadership, tapping Janet Kennedy as new president of Microsoft Canada.
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HP Introduces SDN Development Tools, Plans App Store
by Robert Dutt •
HP is looking to do for SDN what Apple did for mobile devices with plans to offer an dev environment and eventually a store to monetize applications.
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Will Blades and Jackets Make Tablets Business-Friendly?
by Robert Dutt •
Tablet vendors are starting to offer more ways to extend their offerings. Can these accessories make tablets a more integral part of overall solutions?
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Microsoft Inches Closer to Channel With Surface Updates
by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) •
Microsoft positions new second-generation Surface Pro as a laptop replacement product.
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Cloud, Featured Post, Solution Provider News
UK-Based Partner Looks To Bail Out Nirvanix
by Robert Dutt •
London-based Aorta Cloud is putting together a bid to keep customers’ data in the cloud after Nirvanix shuts its doors at the end of the month.
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Failing Nirvanix Warns Cloud Storage Customers: Move It or Lose It
by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) •
Troubled cloud storage provider Nirvanix has its partners scrambling to relocate customers after warning that it will soon close the doors.
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Good News: PC Sales Climb in Double Digits
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
PC sales through the channel are growing in spite of much faster growth for tablets and other devices, GTDC chairman says.
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Tech Data brings Activate-Here ESD program to Canada
by Robert Dutt •
Tech Data Canada’s first foray into electronic software distribution includes most of the distributor’s Microsoft lineup, with more software to come.
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Microsoft Canada Needs Stability at the Top
by Robert Dutt •
Greg Larnder’s departure as Microsoft Canada channel chief is the latest in a series of upheavals for the company’s partner community.
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Microsoft Eyeing Docking Station for Surface?
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
Rumors say Microsoft is planning a docking station for Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2, positioning the fledgling tablet as a PC replacement.
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As Microsoft Aspires to Apple Model, Channel Changes
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
Success in buying Nokia could look something like Apple’s juggernaut complete-stack model, but failure could make Microsoft the next BlackBerry.
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Intermedia Outage Provides Lesson in Communications
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
Intermedia is back online after suffering widespread disruptions. Restoration is ongoing, but the damage may not be in the outage alone.
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Microsoft Out on $7B Limb With Nokia Mobile Buy
by Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) •
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says acquiring handset maker Nokia is necessary to keep up with the smartphone R&D output of rivals Google and Apple.
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Former Microsoft Canada Head Named Channel Chief
by Robert Dutt •
Former Microsoft Canada president Phil Sorgen to take over from Jon Roskill as global channel chief.
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Server Sales Slip in Q2, Follow PC Decline
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
Worldwide server sales fell 6.1 percent in Q2, with IBM and HP posting the steepest declines in the second straight quarter of declining server sales
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Partners Hail Microsoft Leadership Change
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
Microsoft partners are not holding back in their endorsement of Steve Ballmer’s announced retirement, saying change is needed to revive the software giant.
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Computers, Featured Post, Networking, Servers, Storage
Donatelli Out, Veghte In After HP Enterprise Group Disappoints
by Robert Dutt •
Bill Veghte’s appointment atop HP Enterprise Group underlines the growing importance of software in the company’s efforts to reinvent its enterprise business.
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No Reason to Panic Over Periodic Cloud Outages
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
In the last week, three major Web outages have drawn attention to the fragility and frustration that come when a service is unavailable. Get used to it.
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Lenovo PC Plus: A Trend Driving Channel Sales
by Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) •
The PC Plus strategy from Lenovo allows partners to explain why users should buy touch-enable devices for what will inevitably become a touch-enabled world.
