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Microsoft, Intuit Target Small Business, QuickBooks Cloud Computing
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) are teaming up to deliver Web-based applications to small business customers through the Intuit App Center, calling on their respective .NET and Intuit Partner Platform Developers to extend existing applications such as QuickBooks to make them more useful to small businesses. The two companies say that developers and channel partners…
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P2P: Everybody’s Doing It, Right?
Vendors routinely promote and reward the practice and the subject always sparks discussion at industry partner events. I’m talking about partner-to-partner collaboration or P2P. Haven’t you heard? Everyone’s doing it. But are they? A recent study by Channel Insider and Amazon Consulting reveals that while P2P is indeed a trend in the channel, it’s far…
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Dramatic Data Center Denouement: Making Sense of 2009
Lean and Green Seems like one of the mantras of 2009 was “Do more with less,” and that’s what going green is most often all about. Whether it’s greater energy efficiency or greater attention to recycling IT assets when they’ve come to the end of their useful lives, green was a big trend for the…
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Job Declines Slow in November, Says Payroll Firm ADP
When is bad news really good news? These days it’s when the news is less bad than it’s been. For example, in recent months public technology companies announcing their quarterly revenues have celebrated smaller declines, saying they hint at a slowing down of the free fall of this 2009 recession. And now ADP, the payroll…
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Cisco Adds Support, Products to Small Business Channel Partner Program
Cisco’s celebration of its year anniversary of a $100 million investment in small business comes with some good news for partners. The networking giant says that it is now creating a new partner presales technical support and new hardware advanced-replacement service designed specifically for its reseller channel partners selling to the small business market. In…