Year: 2013
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Oracle Preps the Channel for Telecom Convergence
Categories: NetworkingOracle is getting serious about engaging with telecommunication service providers, and as it drips out details of an impending deal to buy network-signaling vendor Tekelec, all indications are that the company is putting its money where its mouth is in its IT-telecom crossover plans. “This acquisition further extends Oracle’s move into the heart of telecom… Read more
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Business Apps Spur SMB Consulting Opportunities
Categories: PartnersWith product margins thinning and technical services becoming more automated, many solution providers need to find ways to add value. The most logical place to do that is in business consulting, where application software can lead to lucrative contracts that can transform how organizations operate. Traditionally, this kind of opportunity has been largely reserved for… Read more
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Zend Boosts Channel Program With Three-Tier Model
By Gina Roos Zend Technologies is expanding its global channel partner program to help drive sales and support of its flagship Zend Server, an application platform for developing, deploying and managing business-critical applications using a PHP server-side scripting language. The latest version of Zend Server is driving customer demand for next-generation mobile and cloud-based enterprise… Read more
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Sizing Up the Impact of IT Mergers & Acquisitions
Categories: News and TrendsIT Spending Growth for 2012 Equals 1.2% PwC rightly calls that anemic and blames uncertainty related to the election and fiscal-cliff jitters. Read more
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sTec Rolls Out Channel Program
sTec, an OEM provider of solid-state drive (SSD) technologies to a variety of major vendors, wants to come out from behind the curtain. The company, which is currently faced with a number of financial challenges, announced that it will begin selling solid-state memory products under its own brand name—both direct and through the channel. As… Read more
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Virtualization Battle Moves Into the SMB Sector
Though virtual machine adoption is old hat in the enterprise, a lot of small and midsize businesses are just coming up to speed on virtualization on both the server and the desktop. In fact, the pursuit of virtualization customers in the SMB space is starting to reach a frenzy, with Microsoft, VMware, Red Hat and… Read more