Programs: News

Storage vendor, EMC, is preparing for a major increase in SMB resellers as it introduces big changes to its partner system for 2011. It also plans to double its channel-dedicated headcount.

With news of the recent earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, my mind jumped not only to the poor individuals involved in the disaster, but also to the technology devastation that will have occurred. What do I mean by that? The fact is the majority of SMBs will not have planned to deal with this type of event.

The Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Lindsay Tanner, has released a set of principles to guide its engagement with the ICT industry during CeBIT 2010 in Sydney.

Two of Symantec’s specialisation channel programs have received enhancements to strengthen partner commitments.

HP is rolling out a new communications program to educate channel partners and customers about the enhanced tax breaks for small businesses included in the Federal Government's budget.

There were few surprises in the Federal Government’s budget announcement last night when it came to ICT.

Symantec has reshuffled its channel ranks to drive innovation and focus on its national partners, as well as the SMB space.

Niche distributor, Adimex, has broadened its production portfolio, signing a partnership with video production vendor, ikan.

Adobe Tuesday revamped an online marketplace for applications developed on its Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) to make it easier for developers to find, post and get feedback on AIR applications.

Though Microsoft released Office 2007 and Windows Vista at the same time, people should not expect the same of Windows 7 and the next version of Office, code-named Office 14.

Adobe is putting its LiveCycle package for building PDF applications into the cloud.

Microsoft will dump its Windows Live OneCare consumer security software next year and instead give away revamped, streamlined anti-malware software that it's calling "Morro" for the moment.

Amazon has launched a hosted content-delivery network (CDN) service that it first announced in a preliminary test version two months ago.

Adobe Systems has released a public beta of CoCoMo, a hosted service that developers can use to add video conferencing, voice-over-IP and other collaboration features to applications built with its Flex developer tools.

Support for Mac OS X and improved document format support are some of the improvements in Sun Microsystems' StarOffice 9, which was released on Monday.

Microsoft Thursday unveiled a revamped Live Search API that developers can use to embed search on Web sites with more support for frequently used Web-development technologies and less restrictions on how third parties use the technology on their Web sites.

After teasing the market multiple times, Microsoft plans to finally confirm that it's bringing its most money-making desktop software franchise online and to smart phones.

As Microsoft releases its Silverlight 2.0 media player tomorrow, it is claiming strong momentum for its free, would-be Adobe Flash-killer.

A version of Lotus Notes from IBM is at last available for Apple's iPhone as a free download from the AppStore, allowing users to check their Notes e-mail and view their calendar and contacts, IBM announced.

Data capture vendor Captaris and security software developer Epok had developed add-ons to Microsoft's SharePoint Server 2007 that let users search on document images and securely extend file creation and sharing across corporate boundaries.