Tag: application

  • Cisco’s Goldilocks Product Strategy for the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    One of the oldest and better-known sayings in this business is that where there’s mystery there’s profit, and nothing is better for the channel than when high demand and mystery come together at the same time to create high-margin opportunities in volume. That seems to be what’s happening in the network infrastructure space as a… Read more

  • Models and Measures

    Models and Measures

    Peter Coffee

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    Announcements this week from Sweden’s Telelogic and Alfresco Software in San Francisco address both ends of the process that brings the next generation of Web-based applications to reality. Telelogic announced Nov. 27 its release of Version 3.0 of its Tau model-driven design tool. I had a chance to review the details of the new version… Read more

  • JBoss Seals French Connection with Bull, ObjectWeb

    JBoss Seals French Connection with Bull, ObjectWeb

    Darryl K. Taft

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    BERLIN—Some might call it the French Connection, and others might call it the falling of a wall, but the agreement between JBoss and the ObjectWeb consortium to collaborate on open-source technology is a breakthrough in the middleware world. At JBoss World Berlin here, Paris-based Bull and JBoss, a division of Red Hat, on Nov. 21… Read more

  • JBoss, Red Hat See European Market as Bellwether

    JBoss, Red Hat See European Market as Bellwether

    Darryl K. Taft

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    BERLIN—JBoss, a division of Red Hat, says the European market is one of its most successful. Speaking at the JBoss World Berlin conference here, Werner Knoblich, vice president and general manager of the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia) market for Red Hat, said JBoss momentum is very high in the EMEA region. Indeed, there… Read more

  • Blue Roads Offers New Deal Registration Application

    Blue Roads Offers New Deal Registration Application

    Scott Ferguson

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    Blue Roads wants to get vendors and VARs talking. To achieve that goal, the San Mateo, Calif., SAAS (software as a service) company is offering an update to its Deal Registration Manager application. Unlike other deal registration program, Blue Roads offers a third-party application that allows both the vendors and VARs a way to share… Read more

  • The Road to Increased Profits May Run Through Your Own IT Department

    The Road to Increased Profits May Run Through Your Own IT Department

    Michael Vizard

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    When it comes to what’s right and wrong with the channel, a lot of the weight of that conversation naturally falls on the vendors. But in all honesty there’s still room for improvement among solution providers, especially in the area of operational excellence. To that end, a small cottage industry with new sets of tools… Read more