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Digest: News from Ingram Micro, Hyperion, Microsoft and TalkSwitch
Ingram Micro will provide integrated marketing and other services to Oracle; Hyperion expands partner training; NeoPath Networks joins Network Appliance’s partner program; Microsoft unveils a new sales channel for ISVs; and TalkSwitch launches a new partner program. Ingram Micro to Provide Support and Services to Oracle Ingram Micro Inc., of Santa Ana, Calif., will source…
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Data Centers Popular Again
The idea of building an Internet data center would have been considered lunacy a couple of years ago. The industry had overbuilt significantly during the dot-com boom, and service providers would have been hard-pressed to give them away. Hosting ceased to be hot. Collocation was considered toast. Even now, some observers view U.S. outsourcers’ data…
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Cisco Takes IP Networking to SMBs
In an effort to make inroads in the SMB market, Cisco Systems Inc. this week is launching two sets of IP networking products and services. The goal is to offer small and midsize businesses the communications capabilities that typically only larger enterprises enjoy. For small businesses, Cisco’s new Business Communications Solution suite includes an SMB-class…
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HP Inks Deal to Acquire Peregrine Systems
Hewlett-Packard Co. continued its string of software acquisitions on Monday when it announced a pact to acquire asset management and IT service management provider Peregrine Systems Inc. for $425 million. Despite an accounting scandal and bankruptcy filing for Peregrine within the last few years, HP found that the San Diego, Calif., company has put in…
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Oracle Adds New Channel on March to Midmarket Success
Setting its sights on the small and midsize business marketplace, Oracle Corp. has called on three large distributors to build a channel to reach those customers. The software giant also signed a reselling agreement with PC maker Dell Inc. to carry the Oracle E-Business Suite and JD Edwards applications. The distributors are Avnet Inc., Ingram…
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Managed Services Vendor Opts for Anonymity
Kaseya is becoming a well-known brand among VARs and integrators adopting the managed services model, but most end-user customers have no idea what Kaseya is. And that’s just fine with the San Francisco-based company, which has opted to license its managed-services platform to channel partners strictly under a private-label model. A channel partner buys a…
