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Oracle Reveals Next Version of CRM On Demand
Oracle is, finally, making waves with the on-demand CRM software it acquired when it bought Siebel Systems for $5.8 billion in January 2006. Oracle is rolling out the next iteration of its namesakes CRM On Demand software—Release 15—that adds new social networking and collaboration features to the software code. It’s also the first inklings of…
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Avnet Signs Distribution Deal with Double-Take
Avnet Technology Solutions has inked a deal to add Double-Take Software’s virtualization software to its linecard, offering VARs new tools to meet their customers’ virtualization needs and expanding Double-Take’s reach in the channel. Double-Take Software’s flagship product is its self-branded recoverability software, which offers data and system protection, high availability and disaster recovery capabilities, said…
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Google`s Secret Channel Plans
A company with a name like Google shouldn’t take itself so seriously. Yet there was Google at the Ingram Micro VentureTech Network (VTN) event in early March acting like Dick Cheney. Google had information for solution providers so “sensitive” that it would only meet with solution providers behind closed doors, even though all other vendor…
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Waiting for Google
What’s going on behind the scenes with Google’s channel program? Some sources say the company plans to cut its channel program back to skeletal remains, while others say big announcements about products and go-to-market strategies are around the corner. The dramatic difference perhaps reflects a conflict within the company itself as to whether it will…
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Avnet Inks Distribution Deal with Motion Computing
Avnet Technology Solutions will add Motion Computing’s mobile and wireless devices to its product lineup, offering VARs a broad set of mobile computing products for their customers in healthcare vertical markets. "This is a great fit because of Motion’s focus on mobility in the Healthcare space," said Michael Douglass, vice president of Avnet Technology Solutions’…
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Microsoft Poaches Oracle`s Channel Chief
Microsoft poached Oracle’s top channel executive, not to head its own channel organization, but to lead its Dynamics ERP/CRM channel. Doug Kennedy, Oracle’s former worldwide channel chief and a 16-year veteran of the company, will now head the Microsoft Dynamics Partners business, as of March 24, Microsoft confirmed. Late last week Oracle confirmed that it had appointed…