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Oracle
Oracle With so many Oracle acquisitions in recent years putting pressure on SAP’s major markets already, Ellison’s gang has been a constant thorn in SAP’s side. The biggest sting, though, was a $1.3 billion jury award granted Oracle from SAP last year for intellectual property theft. IBM Like Oracle, Big Blue plays in most of…
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HP Partner: Oracle Itanium Statement Desperate
Oracle’s abrupt decision to end support for the Intel Itanium high-end server platform came as a shock to channel partners and customers alike, and according to one solution provider, the move smacks of desperation as Oracle loses market share for high-end Sun servers. Bill Loupakos, senior vice president at American Digital in Arlington Heights, Ill.,…
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Oracle Revenues Climb Despite Sun Hardware Drag
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) reported revenue growth of 37 percent to $8.8 billion in its third fiscal quarter, driven by software license revenues, which grew by 29 percent to $2.2 billion. And while some of the company’s newer hardware products showed strong growth, a sluggish overall hardware business was believed to be dogged by Sun’s legacy…
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Microsoft, ConnectWise Integrate Windows Intune
ConnectWise, a provider of business management solutions designed for IT service providers, VARs and managed service providers (MSPs) announced that technology giant Microsoft has completed integration of Microsoft Windows Intune, a remote management and monitoring service based on Windows cloud services and Windows 7, with ConnectWise software. ConnectWise and Windows Intune combine to deliver an…
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Channel Headlines from Around the Web
Image via Wikipedia There’s been plenty of consternation among a healthy number of channel partners about Microsoft’s Office 365 plans. The successor to BPOS is Microsoft’s cloud plan in terms of Office applications. But the company’s plans to offer resellers a commission and not let them handle the billing has many a channel partner telling…
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McAfee Launches Database Security Platform
Security specialist McAfee announced a comprehensive database security solution that protects business-critical databases, based on the Security Connected initiative launched in October 2010. It involves protecting a company’s data assets from network to server to the database itself. This approach is designed to protect data in every state (data in motion, data at rest and…
