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Microsoft Touts Vertical Apps
At Microsoft’s worldwide Partner Conference in Boston July 11-13, the company again is hoping to go vertical via its massive Microsoft Business Solutions partner channel to become a bigger enterprise resource planning player. At the Worldwide Partner Conference in Minneapolis last year, the push from on high was to create a sea change within the…
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Keeping Tabs on the Customer
You would think most technology companies would be well-versed in the art of using information technology to advance the cause of sales and marketing because that’s what they preach every day to their customers. But anybody working in the channel can tell you that the truth of the matter is that most technology vendors have…
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IT Operational Budgets at Highest Levels Since 1997
IT operational budgets, as a percentage of company revenues, are at their highest levels since the late 1990s, but that increase comes as large enterprises continue to outsource IT work, according to a recent survey by research firm Computer Economics. The survey, “IT Spending, Staffing and Technology Trends,” found that median operational budgets across the…
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SAP Acquires Partner Praxis for SMB E-Commerce Solution
SAP AG announced July 10 that it has acquired Praxis Software Solutions, a former SAP partner, to provide an integrated e-commerce and ERP solution for small and midsize businesses. Praxis software, which will be integrated with SAP’s Business One enterprise resource planning solution, enables users to set up online stores and deploy CRM (customer relationship…
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5 Dampers on IT Worker Confidence
For the fourth month in a row, technology professionals have felt more confident in their jobs than the U.S. workforce at large, according to the Hudson Employment Index for IT Workers released July 5. With a base score of 100, the IT index came in at 108.2, compared with the national index of 102.4. The…
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Is It Really Managed Services?
As tempting as it may be, it’s a bad idea to just slap the “managed services” label on a set of services that don’t quite fit the definition and market them as the real thing. We live in an era of overkill, and I accept that. “American Idol” becomes a big hit show? Replicate it…
