Tag: ERP

  • Cisco’s Tidal Software ERP Deal to Boost Reseller-Led Services

    Jessica Davis

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    Cisco plans to acquire privately held Tidal Software, a maker of application management and automation software, paying about $105 million in cash plus retention-based incentives. Cisco says that the acquisition will create significant opportunities for both Cisco and its partners through the delivery of partner-led services that leverage Cisco’s application management capabilities. Although privately held,… Read more

  • VBS Reduces Back-Office Pain with VAR-specific ERP

    Charlene O’Hanlon

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    ERP systems were not designed with solution providers in mind. Either they’re too simple or too linear in design to accommodate the unique workflow of their sales process. Not so with a solution from VBS Software. The company’s ERP software, aptly titled VBS version 5, was designed specifically for solution providers to address what could… Read more

  • Has Symantec Lost Its Way?

    Channel Insider Staff

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    This week, security and storage solution providers will gather in Washington, D.C., for Symantec’s Partner Engage conference. Absent from the proceedings will be Julie Parrish, the iconic channel chief that has been the face of the Symantec channel for nearly six years.   Parrish oversaw a litany of problems in her tenure as vice president… Read more

  • Microsoft Poaches Oracle`s Channel Chief

    Jessica Davis

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    Microsoft poached Oracle’s top channel executive, not to head its own channel organization, but to lead its Dynamics ERP/CRM channel. Doug Kennedy, Oracle’s former worldwide channel chief and a 16-year veteran of the company, will now head the Microsoft Dynamics Partners business, as of March 24, Microsoft confirmed. Late last week Oracle confirmed that it had appointed… Read more

  • NDS Launches $1 ERP for SMBs

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    The new pricing structure provides an unlimited site license for NDS’ Oracle-based ERP software suite for only one dollar, bringing enterprise-class software into reach for SMBs, said Don Voelkert, CEO of NDS. Voelkert said SMBs need the same ERP functionality as larger enterprises, but often don’t have the budget for the software. "We’re trying to… Read more

  • Symantec, Partners Still Feeling Channel Pain

    Symantec, Partners Still Feeling Channel Pain

    Jessica Davis

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    Symantec and its partners are still feeling the pain a full year after the company’s channel process systems imploded. In November 2006, Symantec flipped the switch, merging its ERP system with that of acquisition Veritas. At the same time it launched two of its biggest volume channel products. The combination of events was a disaster… Read more