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IBM Channel Chief Pursues Dramatic Simplicity
Now that the new channel chief of IBMhas more than 100 days under his belt in the job, a relatively simple, yet profound, idea has started to take root. Like most channel chiefs, Rich Hume realizes that the whole business relationship between vendors and solution providers is overly complex. Hume attributes much of this complexity…
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SIMTone Puts the Silver Lining on Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is gaining greater appeal in these difficult economic times. Many startups and small businesses are looking for ways to contain their IT costs and budget appropriately. SIMtone is aiming to help solution providers meet those budgetary needs by offering a platform that can be used to create cloud-based environments at a fixed, subscription-based…
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Objectworld’s Unified Communications Hooks Up with Microsoft SBS
Looking to simplify complexity and also lower costs to help its channel partners make inroads into the small and midsize business market, unified communications vendor Objectworld will integrate its UC offering with Microsoft’s Small Business Server/Essential Business Server offerings. For Microsoft partners already selling Microsoft Small Business Server/Essential Business Server, the UC solution offers an…
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Can AMD Shanghi Intel Nehalem Users?
With the early arrival of AMD’s new Shanghai processor, right on the heels of Intel’s public unveiling of Nehalem, one has to wonder if we are on the verge of a renewed chip war. There is some interesting background behind each product launch here – Intel rushed to lift the NDA on Nehalem, so reports…
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Managed Services: Inhibitor or Enabler?
As technology evolves, the managed services platform either stands in the way or serves as an enabler. “I think that is going to be the big question, and I don’t think people have thought about it very much,” says Level Platforms CEO Peter Sandiford. To Sandiford, the answer is clear: The platform must be an…
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Google Adds Video and Voice Chat to Gmail
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOG) added a voice and video chat feature to its Gmail email service on Tuesday, launching a free Web-based service that competes with the likes of eBay’s Skype. Gmail and Google App subscribers can now choose to speak with friends on a video screen and simultaneously instant message them…
