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Autotask Passes Ownership of VARStreet Through Employee Buyout
Autotask, a provider of hosted IT business management solutions, announced that it has signed an agreement to transfer ownership of its VARStreet quoting and e-commerce product line, including all ongoing development, sales, hosting, implementation, support and billing, through an employee buyout. Autotask software manages critical business operations and processes for technology services-centric organizations, and its software-as-a-service…
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Systems Management, Database Software Markets Grew in 2011: IDC
The worldwide systems management and database software markets grew significantly through 2011, despite a weak global economy, according to two Dec. 21 reports from IDC. IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual System Management Software Tracker showed that the global systems management software market is expected to reach $15.4 billion by the close of 2011. That’s a 9.2 percent…
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Employees Solving Business Problems With DIY Apps, Cloud Solutions
When it comes to creating new applications or software to solve business problems, a growing number of employees are going it on their own, a survey from Intuit QuickBase reveals. The survey found that nearly one in five information workers has built or customized a Web application or software for work purposes without support from…
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Microsoft Giving Final CES Keynote in 2012
A keynote by Microsoft’s CEO has long anchored the beginning of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and the company usually accompanies that speech with a huge booth on the convention floor. Starting in 2013, however, Microsoft will decline to provide a keynote speech or booth at CES. “We have decided that this…
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Microsoft, MasterCard Partner on Office 365 Program
Payments and technology company MasterCard Worldwide and technology giant Microsoft extended their pledge to increase technology and payment services to small businesses through a new strategic initiative that sees MasterCard become a member of the partner program for Office 365, a cloud productivity service that gives small businesses access to email, documents, contacts and calendars…
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Specializations: Getting to Value, Quality
Having base-level product skills isn’t cutting it any longer. Not for vendors. Not for end-users. So what do you need to go beyond these base-level technical skills to differentiate yourself and continue to grow in today’s market? The prescription: specialize. As the IT market continues to mature, access to highly focused technology “specialists” is becoming…