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NEC Unveils Simple, Low-TCO UC Tools
NEC Unified Solutions, as part of its wide-ranging unified communications rollout on March 12, zeroed in on small and midsize businesses. At the heart of its new SMB offerings is a pair of new IP PBXes or communications servers that can operate in single-server mode or be networked to allow SMBs to scale their deployments.…
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Ballmer Reaffirms Commitment to Dynamics Apps
ORLANDO, Fla.—Despite the revolving door management history at its Dynamics applications division, Microsoft is steadfastly committed to the Dynamics brand. That’s the message Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer imparted to the 9,500 Dynamics partners, customers and potential customers in attendance at this year’s Convergence conference: Dynamics is Microsoft’s brand for its four ERP (enterprise resource planning)…
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N-able, Microsoft Enter Interoperability Agreement
Managed services platform provider N-able announced it has entered into a strategic technology and marketing agreement with Microsoft that will help its managed services provider partners become more efficient and more profitable. Under the agreement, N-able’s N-central 6.5 managed services platform software will be compatible with Microsoft’s System Center Essentials 2007 product line, according to…
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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…