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Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Company Betting on Cloud
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used a speech at the University of Washington to suggest that the company’s strategy moving forward will focus primarily on the cloud. Ballmer cited a number of services and platforms, including Windows Phone 7 Series and <leo_highlight style=”border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor:…
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NetSuite Dangles the Ultimate Carrot: Cash
In an effort to woo more solution providers into selling its cloud-based business software, SaaS pioneer NetSuite is making an offer it hopes the channel can’t refuse: Cold, hard cash. For a limited time, NetSuite will pay partners 100 percent margin on the first year’s sales value of a new customer subscription, with 10 percent…
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CompTIA Targets Security, Open Source, Small Business with Member Communities
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is hoping to better serve the IT industry with the rollout of seven new collaborative communities designed to gather input from a range of industry segments for a deeper dive into the concerns of IT’s most important niches. Announced last week, the communities will be a way for CompTIA’s…
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Carpathia Chooses Citrix over VMware for Cloud Virtualization
VMware may have a stronghold on the server virtualization market, but that doesn’t mean competitors like Citrix aren’t winning big deals. Case in point is Carpathia Hosting, a managed hosting services provider and provider of IT infrastructure and management for enterprises and federal agencies. This week Carpathia announced a partnership with VMware virtualization rival Citrix.…