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Ubuntu Linux Server Simplifies the Cloud
New Linux server hands VARs and resellers an out-of-the-box way to sell private cloud computing behind the firewall.
Red Hat Swimming Against the Tide
Despite a recession that has bitten pretty much everyone with the same ruthless precision, Red Hat has managed to show six straight quarters of escalating subscription sales. What gives?
Oracle's Channel Chief Tackles Acquisitions
Judson Althoff, SVP of worldwide alliances and channels, talks to Channel Insider about the challenges of enabling a channel to sell the vast array of newly acquired products and solutions.
Red Hat Ups Investments in Partner Program
Red Hat Partner Program will now include a Premier Business Partner level in addition to Advanced and Ready classifications to enable Red Hat's partner community to collaborate and innovate to create complete solutions that solve customers' IT challenges.
Hottest IT Skills and IT Certifications
What are the top IT skills and certifications sought out by employers, even in the midst of a devastating recession that has pushed unemployment to its highest level in decades? Foote Partners, a research firm specializing in employment matters, has compiled 'Hot Lists' of the top Non-Certified IT Skills and the top IT Certifications. Better still, Foote Partners has broken it down further to specializations and listed the top paying skills and certifications in descending order. Where do you fit?
Red Hat Adds Top Tier, Specializations to Channel Program
Looking to deepen its engagements with its top reseller solution provider channel partners, open-source Linux purveyor Red Hat is sweetening the pot with a new top-tier partner level that comes with additional benefits, plus three new technology specializations including infrastructure, middleware and virtualization.
Dell Vouches for Quality of Linux Netbooks
Company says that reports that return rates on Linux-based Inspiron Mini netbooks were high compared to Windows netbooks is a non-issue.
Panasonic, NEC Roll Out Nine Linux Phones
The cell phone market has been shifting to software development since Google and Apple entered the fray, with phone vendors and operators increasingly looking for open source alternatives such as LiMo to cut costs.
Open Source Software Market on the Rise, IDC Finds
Open source software use is expected to grow strongly over the next four years, according to a new IDC forecast. The down economy is helping to spur its growth, particularly over the last 12 months.
Google's Schmidt Quits Apple Board
Citing greater competition between search engine giant Google, which plans to release its own operating system, and computer and iPhone maker Apple, Google's CEO says he will step down from Apple's board of directors.
Google's Android to Aim at Businesses
Google plans to include support for enterprise applications in future versions of its Android operating system with an eye to winning business customers who give phones to their employees who work on the road.
Novell Rolls Out SUSE Linux Enterprise Platform Appliance Program for ISVs
Novell's new software appliance program is designed to let ISVs, including VMware and SAP, bundle their software with the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform for deployment at customers' sites as a single install.
Gartner: Still No Economic Recovery for IT Spending, Sales
Gartner says that while recent signs show stabilization that could lead to an economic recovery, the market research firm is revising its forecast for IT sales and IT spending in 2009 downward again to a 6 percent decline. Forrester also recently adjusted its forecast for IT spending downward.
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.5 Update
The update includes a major refresh to the Tracemonkey JavaScript engine to make the browser play well with JavaScript, hopefully ended a Firefox's buggy history with JavaScript.
Technology Spending Growth to Return in Q4
Forrester Research says that IT spending took a harder hit than expected in the first half of 2009, but IT spending growth will return in Q4 and will continue in 2010. The report aligns with another recent report from Gartner that shows a return of PC sales growth in Q4. Declines are still forecast for the full year of 2009.
Netbook or Notebook? Many Consumers Don't Know the Difference
Sure, netbooks are portable and convenient. But plenty of consumers still don't realize there is a difference between traditional laptops and netbooks--and some are ultimately disappointed by the performance of their systems. Traditional notebooks offer better performing processors, more applications and the full computer experience.
Fewer PC Sales Go Direct as Customers Move to VARs, Retail and DMRs
More PC customers prefer to buy their computers through retail, VARs and direct market resellers (DMRs), and that trend will continue, says market research firm Gartner. Gartner forecasts that 80 percent of PC shipments will go through an indirect channel by 2012. PC makers such as Acer, Dell, HP, IBM and Lenovo will need to keep a close eye on their go-to-market strategies.
Did IBM Bid Force Oracle`s Hand to Buy All of Sun?
A bid for Sun by Big Blue may have pushed Oracle to seal its acquisition deal for all of Sun. In recently released regulatory reports, Oracle was originally only interested in pieces of Sun's software business. The server and storage hardware business was not of interest. >> Read More From Our Linux/Unix News Archive
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