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No office? No problem. Softchoice undergoes rebrand, unveils new logo

One of Canada’s most prominent IT players says its latest rebrand is much more than a logo swap.

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No office? No problem. Softchoice undergoes rebrand, unveils new logo

One of Canada’s most prominent IT players says its latest rebrand is much more than a logo swap.

2 min read

Dead and dying: end of support approaches for these products

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Cisco announces intent to acquire Dashbase

Cisco couldn’t help itself but produce a bit of breaking news before the New Year by announcing its intent to acquire enterprise software firm Dashbase.

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The sloppy ‘digital stampede’ that was 2020, and what it means for 2021

We spoke to experts about the lessons learned from the rapid and often sloppy rollout of technology in 2020.

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RingCentral launches free smart video meetings, Glip Pro

RingCentral today announced a new product called Glip Pro, a free, unlimited collaboration tool with video and audio conferencing, integration with team messaging and file sharing, plus other important tools.

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Software News

SQL Server 2012 stands tall

Huge HA and indexing improvements top the list of great new features in Microsoft’s latest database release

Tick-tock: Microsoft to pull plug on XP in two years

Microsoft has kicked off what it calls a “two-year countdown” to the death of Windows XP and the Office 2003 productivity suite

SAP lays out plans to become big player in databases, mobile

The HANA in-memory platform will be bolstered by Sybase’s array of database technologies

Former SAP Canada boss Robert Courteau leaves vendor

Courteau’s resignation means SAP needs a new North American president

Oracle’s Mark Hurd spells out analytics vision

Oracle is staking a big claim in business analytics, from software to hardware appliances

Browser survey puts Chrome in first place

StatCounter reports that Chrome overtook Internet Explorer on Sunday, although Chrome’s use of prerendering may bias the results

Citrix releases desktop as a service improvements for providers

Citrix has announced three updates to its platform that service providers use to create DaaS offerings for end users

Channel help will make flexible workplaces a reality

A new study sponsored by Citrix Systems shows organizations are trying to build more flexible workplaces, and they need channel assistance with the technology component

Microsoft Dynamics partners ponder their future in an Azure ERP world

Partners are expecting to hear more about Microsoft’s plans for ERP on Azure during the Convergence conference

Chrome succumbs to Pwn2Own contest hack

Plus, Google’s ‘Pwnium’ snares a Chrome sandbox-escape exploit with $60K bait

Mona Lisa smiles at new asset management system

The world’s most famous museum has completed a major IT project with an IBM business partner to streamline its maintenance tasks and keep closer tabs on its expensive art collection

Windows Server 8 to be storage-focused OS

It will offer RDMA over Ethernet and InfiniBand, should cut Patch Tuesday downtime, execs say

Autonomy and HP’s 10.3 billion reasons to like big data

The vendor sees big revenue opportunities for partners around cloud computing, but when it comes to Autonomy, some partners wonder if it’s channel-ready

Channel will bring SAP’s big data appliances to SMBs

A special Edge edition of HANA and HANA-powered analytics for SAP’s Business One will be available exclusively through the channel

EMC to flesh out VFCache with VMware integration, other additions

The server-based flash cache will come in bigger cards, SSDs and less expensive media later this year, the company says

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