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Reaching the Top
There is an old saying in business: “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.” The adage holds true for today’s crop of solution providers, who constantly feel pressure to evolve their businesses to adapt to the ever-changing technology landscape. Evolution without growth, however, spells extinction for many businesses, and solution providers are no exception. Many are…
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Microsoft Bets on SAAS; Orphaned Accounts Pose Security Threat, more
If Microsoft places its bets, do you want to be there with them, or go in the opposite direction? The software giant sees a fundamental change to business models over the next five years as tens of millions of users shift from premise-based applications to “cloud”-based (SAAS or on-demand) applications. Check out where your business…
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Microsoft proposes alternative deal to Yahoo
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Sunday it has proposed an alternative deal to Yahoo Inc, rather than a full acquisition, in a move that could save the web pioneer from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn. "Microsoft is considering and has raised with Yahoo an alternative that would involve a transaction…
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Client Virtualization Comes to the Fore
Virtualization hasn’t always been kind to solution providers. On the one hand, it’s an important element of any server consolidation effort, which usually leads to additional IT services opportunities and the sale of a few larger servers to replace a whole host of under-utilized smaller servers. But the flip side of the virtualization coin is…