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Coremetrics Promises Marketing Network Integration
Coremetrics is offering its new Coremetrics Connect application as a technology platform that allows Web-based retailers to integrate digital marketing systems such as search, online content optimization, e-mail and behavioral targeting. Coremetrics Connect, announced Feb. 25, was launched with 25 certified technology partners. "Our primary goal for all online business owners is to help them…
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Dell`s Losses Reflect Its Growing Pains
There are more tough decisions ahead for Michael Dell and his company. After reporting disappointing fiscal fourth-quarter results Feb. 28, the PC vendor is likely to face a number of challenges as he tries to bring the company back to the profitability that so many on Wall Street have come to expect. During its fiscal…
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OpSource Rolls Out Multi-Tenant Integration Bus
SAN FRANCISCO—OpSource is rolling out a new multi-tenant integration service bus that enables companies to consume and publish multiple Web services in the cloud from both software as a service and on-premise applications. CEO Treb Ryan said OpSource Connect, unveiled at the SAAS Summit 2008 here Feb. 28, is the first such integration service bus…
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Lenovo’s SUSE Linux Play–Take Two
When I last looked at Lenovo’s SUSE-powered notebook (see: Lenovo Launches Linux Laptop and Leaves Lots of Questions ), I was less than thrilled. After all, the company had a golden opportunity to get a pre-configured Linux notebook out to the masses (well, the Linux user niche market, at least) and perhaps best Dell’s Ubuntu…
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VARs Say IBM Software Strategy Is a Win for the Channel
IBM said by 2010 it will derive 50 percent of its profits from the software side of its business, and it is counting on its channel partners to make that goal a reality. Mark Hanny, IBM‘s vice president of independent software vendor alliances, said channel partners and ISVs are crucial to Big Blue’s software strategy,…
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How Will Google`s Sites Service Impact Microsoft?
Some 18 Months ago, Google acquired JotSpot, a little known wiki-type service that was gaining interest among those looking to share information via the Web. Some questioned why Google purchased JotSpot, while others concluded that the move was a brilliant foray into wiki territory for the search giant. Both camps waited to see what the…