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  • The Real Cloud Opportunity for VARs

    The cloud buzz continues to cause some angst around the channel. The buzz is both unnerving yet strangely empowering. An HTG colleague, Reed Wilson from Palmetto Technology, recently sent over some notes on a marketing pitch he saw for a cloud software provider in the healthcare space. The pitch boiled down to essentially: "You were…

  • Oracle Sues Google Over Android Smartphone Software

    (Reuters) – Oracle Corp sued Google Inc, alleging patent and copyright infringement in the development of the popular Android smartphone software. The suit, filed on Thursday in California federal court, claims that Google "knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property" in developing Android, Oracle spokeswoman Karen Tillman said in a statement. "This lawsuit…

  • Apple Kickback Scandal: Manager Accused of Taking More than $1M

    CHICAGO Aug 14 (Reuters) – A manager at technology company Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been indicted by a federal grand jury in California on charges including taking kickbacks, wire fraud and money laundering, according to court documents. Paul Shin Devine, a global supply manager at Apple, is accused of accepting more than $1 million in…

  • Dell to Acquire Virtualized Storage Specialist 3PAR

    Dell has signed an agreement to acquire 3PAR, a provider of virtualized storage solutions with data management features, including dynamic tiering and thin provisioning, for multitenant cloud-computing environments. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.15 billion, net of 3PAR’s cash. The board of directors of each company approved terms of the acquisition, a company release…

  • What Motorola’s Spin Off Will Mean to Partners

    With recent quarterly earnings beating almost all expectations, Motorola is making a name for itself as the “comeback kid.” The company surpassed its Q2 shipment numbers, and is planning for a successful handoff of its network business and a complete restructuring to occur in Q1 2011. All solid proof that momentum is growing, and putting…

  • Technology Buy Decisions Moving to End Users

    Could VARs be soon marketing their wares directly to the end users instead of company buyers? According to a new poll out this week by Unisys Corp., perhaps so. The poll found that the majority of today’s information workers so value the innovative technology they use for work that they’d be willing to pull out…

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