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IBM Aims To Boost Mainframe Competency with Scholarship Program

10/6/2008

As we reported recently, IBM is accelerating its efforts to bolster mainframe education in an effort to increase the number of professionals entering the workforce with mainframe skills. Now the company is putting additional money where its mouth is with a new scholarship program supported by itself and its partner ecosystem, along with higher education institutions. Read More

SciQuest Helps Organizations 'Green' Their Procurement Processes

10/3/2008

In a recent announcement, SciQuest said it has been consulting with customers of its procurement automation and supplier enablement solutions on ways they can utilize electronic procurement practices to achieve overall sustainability goals. Read More

CDW-G Lands $2.5 Million Government Contract for Second Year Running

10/1/2008

CDW Government (CDW-G) has been awarded a government contract worth $2.5 million, for the second consecutive year. Under the agreement, the company will provide Fujitsu tablet computers to the Air Force Academy's incoming freshmen cadets, as well as faculty members. Read More

Verizon Wireless Upgrades Game at U Michigan

10/1/2008

University of Michigan football fans get to play with enhanced wireless communications through an arrangement with Verizon Wireless, which has activated a cell on light truck (COLT) that doubles capacity in and around Michigan Stadium on game days. Read More

Xirrus Inks WiFi Deal with Tennessee District

9/30/2008

Xirrus has signed a deal with Tennessee's Lauderdale County Department of Education that will place Xirrus WiFi Arrays throughout the district. Read More

More Universities Sign with Hothand Wireless to Deliver Mobile Marketing

9/29/2008

Hothand Wireless, which delivers "recreation" information to mobile devices, said it has added 10 university partners to its service, among them Georgia Institute of Technology, Ohio State University, and Stanford. Read More

TreeHouse Interactive Partners with Oracle, Enhances Partner Relationship Management

9/29/2008

TreeHouse Interactive has announced that its Reseller View PRM solution will be integrated with Oracle's CRM On Demand. The new addition is designed to allow companies with partner networks to create partner portals that can be managed by internal sales teams on the back end, through Oracle CRM On Demand. Read More

Honeywell Inks 30-Year, $140 Million Deal with Alberta Schools

9/25/2008

Honeywell has announced a 30-year contract with the province of Alberta, Canada, worth $140 million. Under the agreement, the company will provide total Asset Management for 18 new K-9 schools, including performance monitoring and maintenance for the buildings until 2040. Read More

CyberPatrol Adds New Reseller Partners, Walling Data and Software Security Solutions

9/24/2008

Parental control and Web filtering services provider CyberPatrol has added Walling Data and Software Security Solutions to their Certified Reseller program. The additions increase CyberPatrol's presence in the education, government, consumer, and small business markets. Read More

McAfee Set To Acquire Secure Computing, a Top Contender in Detecting Malware and Spyware

9/24/2008

During the same week security vendor McAfee said it intended to acquire Secure Computing in a deal valued at $465 million, Secure surfaced as a top contender in the results of testing done by AV Test Labs. In a comparison of 34 suite products, AV said Secure Web Anti-Malware (formerly WebWasher) detected 99.7 percent of malware present and 99.2 percent of adware and spyware, placing it third in both categories behind G DATA Software's AVK 2009 and Avira's Premium Security Suite 2008 for malware and AVK 2009 and F-Secure 2009 for adware and spyware. Read More