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Microsoft Announces Skills Week, Helps Professionals Enhance Skills, Market Reach in Tough Economy

3/11/2009

Microsoft this week kicked off Microsoft Skills Week, a national initiative with more than 175 partner-led events aimed at helping IT pros improve their skill set and achieve Microsoft Certified Professional status. Read More

Citrix Enhances CSA Program, Increases Revenue Opportunity for Partners

3/10/2009

Citrix has enhanced its Citrix Solution Advisor (CSA) program with the launch of CSA Authorized. The new component is aimed at decreasing partners' time to profitability by minimizing the upfront investment in training and certification. Read More

Douglas Stewart Co. Inks Distribution Deal with Sony Creative Software

3/9/2009

The Douglas Stewart Co. has recently been selected by Sony Creative Software to be the company's exclusive distributor to the education sector. Read More

Cisco Announces Transition for Worldwide Operations Leadership

3/4/2009

Cisco has recently announced the appointment of Robert Lloyd to executive vice president of worldwide operations, effective April 26. Lloyd will replace Rick Justice, who is stepping down for health reasons. Justice will remain with Cisco serving as part-time executive advisor to Chairman and CEO John Chambers. Read More

PCI Education Appoints Lee Wilson President and CEO

3/3/2009

PCI Education has recently announced the appointment of Lee Wilson as President and CEO. Wilson will oversee operations, product development, sales, marketing, and strategic goals for the San Antonio-Based publisher. Read More

NComputing Deploys Virtual Desktop Solutions for 5,000 Schools in India

3/2/2009

NComputing has recently completed a large-scale computerization project for Andhra Pradesh Government Schools in India aimed at increasing overall access to technology while minimizing both infrastructure costs and energy consumption. Read More

VMware Announces New Partner University

3/2/2009

VMware has recently launched the VMware Partner University, a new Web-based environment aimed at providing ecosystem partners with up-to-date training and information on a range of VMware products and services. Read More

Oracle Partners With Unicon, Integrates PeopleSoft with Standards-Based LMS Platforms

2/27/2009

Oracle has recently selected higher education software consulting firm Unicon to provide implementation services for the PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration Integration Pack (SAIP). Read More

Pano Logic Appoints Brian Cox Executive VP of Worldwide Field Operations

2/27/2009

Pano Logic has recently announced the appointment of Brian Cox to executive vice president of worldwide field operations. In the new role, Cox will be responsible for worldwide sales, pre/post-sales engineering and global channel strategies. Read More

IDC: Worldwide IT Spending To Increase 0.5 Percent, Down from Previous Forecasts

2/26/2009

Market researchers at IDC, who produce one of the most widely watched forecasts for IT spending, have revised the forecast for 2009--and it's "downward ho." Framingham, MA-based IDC released the new projection Wednesday, revising a forecast first released in August that was later substantially downgraded in a revision released in November as global economic conditions deteriorated. Read More