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Palm Lobs Another Volley at Apple in Smartphone War
(Reuters) — Palm Inc has fired another volley at Apple Inc in their smartphone war, as the two rivals tussle over whether iTunes should be compatible with Palm’s new Pre smartphone. Palm, whose executive ranks include former Apple brass, released a software update for the Pre this week that allows it to sync again with…
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Spiceworks Claims World’s Largest MSP Community
The world’s largest community of managed service providers doesn’t belong to a major IT vendor or any of the well-established remote monitoring and management software providers. Rather, the crown goes to Spiceworks, a provider of free, Web-based network management tools. At least that’s what Spiceworks claims in a press release issued today. Austin, Texas-based…
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Catching Channel the M&A Wave
You cannot cut your way to success, especially in a recession. Solution providers are increasingly looking at mergers and acquisitions as a means growing their base for the anticipated economic recovery. And there plenty of opportunities for growth through M&A, as demonstrated by a slew of activity in the last week. SLPowers, a Florida-based solution…
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Virtualization Explained — Even to Your Mother
Looking for a way to explain virtualization so that even your mother can understand what it’s all about and what the benefits are? Legal Technology Solutions partner Steve Stern has come up with a pretty good analogy to explain a complex topic to an audience unfamiliar with technology, and elaborates in his blog. Stern’s analogy…
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NetSuite to Snap Up QuickArrow
Consolidation in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) market continues. This time, NetSuite has signed a definitive agreement to acquire QuickArrow, a SaaS vendor targeting professional services businesses, for $20 million (US) in cash. Assuming the acquisition is completed, NetSuite plans to integrate QuickArrow into its OpenAir business to create a larger professional services automation (PSA) software company…