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Security Market: K-12 Schools Rate Themselves 'Vulnerable'

5/21/2008

A large percentage of schools consider themselves open for physical and data breaches. In a new study conducted by Quality Education Data and released this week by CDW Government (CDW-G), 39 percent of K-12 IT and security personnel rate their institutions as only "moderately safe" to "very vulnerable." Read More

Agilix Uses New Partner Program To Sell Distributed Online Learning

5/20/2008

Course delivery and distributed learning solutions company Agilix Labs recently announced the launch of its worldwide partner program. The company will use the program to sell their GoCourse Learning System through Microsoft value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators (SIs) serving the education and training markets. Read More

Citrix Takes On VMware with XenDesktop

5/20/2008

With a tiered pricing structure designed to undercut VMware's offerings, Citrix has announced the availability of XenDesktop, its much anticipated and discussed product offering in the increasingly important desktop virtualization arena. At the company's Synergy event in Houston, it also took the wraps off of some important product portfolio details. Read More

Enhanced Partner Program Offers VMware Affiliates More Tools, Resources

5/20/2008

Virtualization provider VMware has announced strategic enhancements to its channel partner programs. Building on initiatives announced in February to enhance their "VIP Partner Program", the newest enhancements include expansion of the company's authorized consultant program, partner demand generation campaigns, as well as other programs intended to capitalize on virtualization market opportunity. Read More

GVI Rolls Out Surveillance to Sarasota County

5/20/2008

Sarasota County School District in Florida is expanding its video surveillance program, bringing the total number of installed cameras to more than 2,500, according to GVI Security Solutions, Samsung's security technology master distributor. Read More

New Channel Partners Help RELDATA Expand Storage Solution Sales

5/20/2008

Storage solutions provider, RELDATA, announced Wednesday the addition of four new channel partners. KA DataSystems, Sunstar Company, R.A.R.E. Systems, and Xdata will begin distributing RELDATA's storage and replication solutions as a part of their product offerings. Read More

Cognos Forges Alliances To Fuel Growth

5/20/2008

Cognos, an IBM company, announced last week that it is aggressively pursuing emerging partnership opportunities in financial services, public sector, retail, and life science, among others. Read More

Napersoft, Dayhuff Group Simplify CCM

5/20/2008

In an announcement Wednesday, Customer Communications Management (CCM) solutions provider Napersoft Inc. confirmed a partnership with Dayhuff Group LLC. Read More

Adobe Launches Bundles for Online Learning

5/19/2008

Adobe this week launched a new slate of bundles and resources for educators looking to use Acrobat Connect Pro in their online teaching efforts. Adobe just introduced the new version of Acrobat Connect Pro about two weeks ago. Read More

Microsoft Launches SharePoint Deployment Planning Services

5/19/2008

Microsoft is boosting its channel offerings with the launch of SharePoint Deployment Planning Services, a program designed to help customers with the implementation of SharePoint. It's available now for customers with Volume Licensing Software Assurance through partners with an SDPS certification. Read More