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  • Virtualization to Transform Enterprise Computing

    There’s nothing the channel loves more than complexity. After all, where there is complexity, also known as mystery, there is profit. So as we all look forward to 2008, the one technology the channel should be looking to for additional profits in 2008 is virtualization. On the face of it, virtualization may seem relatively simple.…

  • Objectworld Beefs Up Bundles for SMBs

    Objectworld, a unified communications software provider, has revealed three product bundles aimed at helping VARs target the SMB sector. The three products—Objectworld UC Server Standard Edition, Objectworld UC Server SIP Edition and Objectworld UC Server CEBP (Communications Enabled Business Process) Edition—are currently available to all of Objectworld’s channel partners, said Martin Suter, the company’s CEO.  …

  • Silverback Partners Path Still Uncertain

    Silverback managed services partners got the opportunity to ask candid questions about the future of their MSP platform during the first partner conference held since Dell acquired the company last summer. They learned that Silverback Version 8.0 would likely be hosted only by Dell. They learned that Dell plans to sell these services directly to…

  • WiMAX Provider Airband Expands Channel Program

    Fixed WiMAX provider Airband is searching for resellers to join its global partner program. The company’s "agent" program, launched in October 2007, has already signed 30 partners. Zane Long, vice president of indirect channel sales at Airband, said that while the agent program had been in effect for "the last couple years," the company hasn’t focused on…

  • Now-Private CDW Offers a Peek at Financials

    Privately held CDW Corp. reported that its full-year 2007 sales grew by 20 percent year over year and its fourth-quarter sales climbed by 17 percent year over year. Formerly publicly held, CDW reported these results eight months after the company announced its intention to go private through an acquisition by a private equity firm. The…

  • Credant Hires Former EMC Exec as Channel Chief

    Endpoint data protection vendor Credant Technologies has hired a new channel chief — a former EMC channel executive. Greg Clock joins the Dallas-based company as vice president of strategic alliances and worldwide channels. In his new role Clock will be responsible for the channel, alliance and development teams. He will be based in Credant’s headquarters…

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