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Microsoft Tosses Gold Certified Partner Designation
Microsoft is revamping its partner program with a new system of membership designation that officials characterize as less hierarchical and better suited for the wide diversity of partner types the company now supports, including such partner types as Web developers and designers. In her keynote opening the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans…
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Survey: Most Business Plan to Skip Windows 7
Six in 10 companies in a survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft Corp’s Windows 7 computer operating system, many of them to pinch pennies and others over concern about compatibility with their existing applications. Windows 7 will be released October 22, but has already garnered good reviews, in contrast to its disappointing current…
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IBM, Synnex Cut Ties on U.S. Software Distribution
IBM and Synnex are ending their distribution agreement in the U.S. for IBM software as of Oct. 1st, 2009, which follows on an announcement last October that had the two companies parting ways over IBM System x products. News of the end of the software distribution agreement between the two companies came after it was…
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Managed Services: Time to Grow Up?
Pundits love to surmise the state of technology markets: What’s up, what’s down, what’s still to come. A particular favorite is the topic of managed services. Despite its prominence in headlines for nearly five years now – and a whole predecessor market that included the failed ASP model – the state of managed services is…
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Intel Quarter Results Expected Higher, Signaling Potential Technology Recovery
For those looking for signs of an end to the recession, eyes may very well be on Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) quarterly earnings results on Tuesday as a bellwether for the performance of technology companies across the board. Click here for full Intel Q2 results. That’s because Intel makes the components that are the building blocks of…
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Microsoft Pushes Partner Opportunity for Online Services
At its partner conference on Monday, Microsoft dipped into its arsenal and rolled out a combination of new tools, incentives and clarified messaging to help shed greater light on the partner opportunity around the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) of services. “I hope we can debunk some of the myths that have grown up around…