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  • It’s Time to Rethink Certification Taxes

    Michael Vizard

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    One of the things that most solution providers find insulting is the simple fact that they essentially have to pay for the privilege to sell products for the benefit of vendors. The reasons that most vendors have certification programs in the first place is because they believe it’s an effective mechanism for trimming the ranks… Read more

  • HP to Offer IT Software Management Service

    HP to Offer IT Software Management Service

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    Hewlett-Packard is offering its Business Technology Optimization portfolio as a service to help users better manage their software implementations—without actually having to implement a complicated management environment in house. The company announced Oct. 15 that it will offer its BTO portfolio in a SAAS (software as a service) model. BTO is essentially a compilation of… Read more

  • Intel to Discontinue Verified by Intel Program

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Intel will phase out its Verified by Intel initiative, designed to ensure standardization and interchangeability of notebook parts across suppliers, by the middle of 2008, the company said Oct. 11. The notebook market has matured to the point that the VBI program is no longer necessary for system builders, said Steve Dallman, manager of worldwide… Read more

  • Red Hat Global Desktop to Appear in November

    Red Hat Global Desktop to Appear in November

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    When Red Hat announced its upcoming Linux desktop at its annual summit in May, the company predicted the Red Hat Global Desktop would be out by September. Now, delayed a bit, the new desktop Linux will be appearing in November, company executives are saying. The delay was caused, Gerry Riveros, Red Hat senior product marketing… Read more

  • BEA to Oracle: No Thanks

    BEA to Oracle: No Thanks

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    The board of directors of BEA Systems has declined Oracle’s offer to acquire the company at $17 per share, saying the bid “significantly undervalues” BEA, according to a report on MarketWatch.com. Oracle announced its intent to acquire BEA earlier in the day on Oct. 12. BEA’s board had sent a letter to Oracle Oct. 11… Read more

  • MySQL: OEM Partners Key to Business

    Barbara Darrow

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    MySQL usually is touted as a cross-platform, open-source database. And it is. But the company behind it—also known as MySQL—probably takes in the bulk of its revenue on the commercial side of the house. The fact is that when ISVs embed MySQL in their applications, the database is a commercial product with a commercial license.… Read more