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Google Apps Reseller, Cloud Sherpas, Improves Flagship Offering, SherpaTools
Google Apps’ largest reseller, Cloud Sherpas, has a few announcements of its own on the eve of Google’s I/O 2001 conference this week – enhancements to its SherpaTools Collaboration Pack that enables more granular granting of various administrative rights to help those internal IT administrators delegate more without giving away too much control. Cloud Sherpas…
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CA Technologies, VCE Team Up on Vblock Technology
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) and VCE (a Cisco, EMC joint venture with investments from VMware and Intel), are teaming up to deliver integrated private cloud solutions for VCE’s Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, the companies have announced. CA and VCE said that the new platforms will help customers increase agility, reduce risks and lower costs. The partnership will…
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Cloud-Based Content Centers Bring Savings: Report
Contact centers can lower the cost of their contact handling and workforce optimization infrastructure by up to 43 percent over a five-year period by utilizing cloud-based offerings rather than installing equipment in their own facilities, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report, “Premise Vs. Hosted Contact Center: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis.” The study…
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Symantec.cloud Enhances Portfolio of SAAS Services
Security, storage and systems management specialist Symantec announced that customers will now benefit from enhancements to the Symantec.cloud portfolio of SAAS services. The company announced a number of service enhancements, which are designed to bring more of Symantec’s technologies to the cloud and offer increased flexibility of choice to SMBs (small and midsize businesses). Service…
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CA Looking to the Channel for Cloud, Midmarket Growth
CA Technologies is betting its future on the cloud, virtualization management and software as a service, the company told partners at its Global Partner Summit in New York City this week, but it will need its partners to help it succeed. The company is also looking to expand its presence in the midmarket and “emerging…
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Federal Cloud Could Leave VARs Behind
VARs and Systems Integrators who sell to the Federal government may face a shrinking universe of sales opportunities, but don’t blame the budget directly. It’s the cloud’s fault. The cloud and a reduced IT footprint have been goals of the Executive Branch for more than a year now, but deficit-reduction measures will accelerate cloud adoption…