Recent Articles
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Partnering for Expansion
Did IT services, consulting and business process outsourcing company Cognizant Technology Solutions strike its most recent partnership deal with Invensys as an effort to expand to new markets in the midst of a recession? Not at all, Cognizant Senior Vice President Mahesh Venkateswaran tells Channel Insider. Rather, says Venkateswaran, Cognizant’s recently announced global product research…
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F5 Opens Up New Worldwide Channel Role
F5 networks announced the creation of a new global channel leadership role and said that it would tap its former North American channel chief to fill the position. In an interview with Channel Insider, Dean Darwin said that his promotion to vice president of worldwide channel sales was a direct result of recent company success…
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DandH Preps VARs for Windows 7 Launch
D&H Distributing has announced it is implementing a series of programs, promotions and educational venues to help VARs capitalize on the new Microsoft Windows 7 launch, which is set for October of this year. The distributor’s offerings include an August Windows 7 Readiness Focus Month; a Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade Option Program, which offers free…
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SMB Customers Say Bring on the Services
It appears that the combination of the value proposition for managed services and the economic environment are driving explosive growth in this market, according to new research from AMI-Partners. In an 11-country survey, including the U.S. and Canada, there’s been an almost 100-per cent increase in interest in managed services and software-as-a-service over the last…
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Will Microsoft Tax Dispute Change Cloud Computing?
Microsoft may be doing a forklift move of its new 470,000-square-foot data center in Quincy, Washington after state regulators declared the facility is not qualified for tax exemptions intended for manufacturing facilities. Data Center Knowledge reports that Microsoft is threatening to move the facility designated to host the Azure cloud-based operating system and application services…
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Are Data Centers Factories? Washington State Says No
Microsoft may be doing a forklift move of its new 470,000-square-foot data center in Quincy, Wash., after state regulators declared the facility is not qualified for tax exemptions intended for manufacturing facilities. Data Center Knowledge reports that Microsoft is threatening to move the facility designated to host the Azure cloud-based operating system and application services…