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Channel Case Study: The Value of Cold Calls
It was the cold call that turned into a half-a-million dollar business deal. When an inside sales associate at Carousel Industries called Dean College, not only did the solution provider fortuitously reach out at exactly the right time, it managed to put together a compelling deal, kicking off a relationship that has brought in hundreds…
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Amazon Web Services Launches ElastiCache Service
Amazon Web Services has announced Amazon ElastiCache, a new Web service that makes it easy to deploy, operate and scale an in-memory cache for Web applications running in the AWS cloud. Amazon officials said the new service improves the performance of web applications by enabling customers to retrieve information from a fast, managed, in-memory caching…
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Microsoft Windows Phone Mango Marketplace Open to Developers
Microsoft has opened the doors for developers to submit Windows Phone Mango apps to the market. In July, the software giant said it would enable developers to submit apps to the Windows Phone Mango marketplace in late August. And it appears the company has made good on its promise. In an Aug. 22 blog post,…
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Lenovo Announces ThinkPad Tablet Will Run Android OS
Lenovo is getting deeper into the tablet fray, announcing that the ThinkPad Tablet, the company’s first business-class Android-based tablet, is now available for sale through the computer vendor’s network of U.S. business partners and online with models starting at $499. Additionally, the company noted Seton Hall University would be the first educational institution to deploy…
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Drobo & Carbonite Partner for Storage & Cloud Backup Solutions
Drobo, makers of data storage products for small and midsize businesses, and Carbonite, a provider of online backup solutions which provide customers with "anytime, anywhere access" to their stored files, announced a partnership under which the companies will collaborate to provide small businesses with an onsite storage and cloud backup solution. Pursuant to the partnership,…