Welcome To The Test Center Express, Tuesday, January 24 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TODAY'S SPONSOR: VPN Resource Center & Nokia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VPNs provide better business value by extending the network to support secure communications with mobile devices. Find extensive resources for savvy solutions at the VPN Resource Center. Visit: http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0D4ex0EH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CATEGORY OVERVIEW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INFRASTRUCTURE SilverBack Makes Managed Services More SMB-Friendly While the VAR community may still be arguing over the pros and cons of the managed services model, one thing is certain: No one makes the point of entry as easy as SilverBack Technologies. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EBbz0EV SOFTWARE Cape Clear Aims To Make ESB Less Complex Cape Clear uses a services-centric approach as the center of an SOA, thus making developing services a little less intimidating. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EBb30EK CUSTOM SYSTEM 3am Rescues System Builders Building and selling white-box systems can become a support nightmare for system builders, especially with today's complex software. LogMeIn Rescue from 3am Labs eases these problems. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EBbs0EO HARDWARE Zebra Offers Simplified Way To Ensure Access, ID Protection For many years, the hardware required to produce plastic ID cards was so expensive that only big companies could use them. But Zebra Technologies' new P120i dual-sided color card printer is affordable enough for small companies to own. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EBbw0ES SECURITY Avamar's Advantageous Data Protection Solution With two types of encryption, Avamar's newly released Axion 3.5 enables good security practices and ensures secure backup-and-restore. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EBbp0EL OTHER TEST CENTER FEATURES Product Spotlight: Acer Aspire 5670 Acer now shipping dual-core notebooks. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EBbj0EF ** There's more! Visit the Test Center online to read exclusive sneak peek reviews as well as techie news and analysis. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0CZ4D0ED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COVER STORY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HP's Arranged Marriages Solution providers are hoping that Hewlett-Packard's new partnering strategy--having value and volume partners attack individual accounts--leads to wedded bliss. http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0D8fq0EF ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The 10 Most Popular Stories This Week On CRN.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Sony Takes Aim At Dell Notebooks With Partner Incentives http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EARk0Ex 2. COVER STORY: Family Feud http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0D8fq0EF 3. Microsoft Makes Full-Bit Windows Vista Bet http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EAfT0Eu 4. 2005 CRN Test Center Product Of The Year Awards http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0D3CP0E1 5. Tech Data's Raymund To Step Down As CEO http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EARh0Eu 6. VARs: An AMD-Dell Deal Would Hurt Channel Margins http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EAfU0Ev 7. 20 To Watch: 5 Technologies http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0D7zz0Eh 8. Chips In 2006: A CPU Road Map http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0D7zw0Ee 9. Juniper Shakes Up Management http://newsletter.crn.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/etkl0IDMKP0ElT0EAfV0Ew 10. 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