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Arsenal to Launch Channel Program
Categories: News and TrendsOn-demand data protection services provider Arsenal Digital Solutions plans to launch a full-fledged solution provider channel program the week of July 23, following the upgrade July 16 of its online server backup and recovery service to support virtualization. The three-tiered program is aimed at infiltrating the midsize business market—companies with 100 to 2,500 users, said… Read more
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Dell to Acquire MSP Platform Provider SilverBack
Categories: News and TrendsDell plans to acquire SilverBack Technologies, one of a handful of leading managed service platform companies offering IT monitoring and management services through resellers, the company announced today. The move comes two months after the Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker, which built its business on direct sales of PCs to customers, announced that it would… Read more
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Microsoft to Invest $20M in Dynamics Partner Network
Categories: News and TrendsDENVER—Microsoft will invest $20 million in several new technologies and initiatives over the next year to help extend its Dynamics partner ecosystem to ensure that partners can meet market demand and increase their growth rates. “This $20 million investment will be very targeted at training 4,000 technical people within partner organizations and recruiting 1,000 additional… Read more
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Microsoft to Showcase On-Demand CRM Service
Categories: News and TrendsDENVER—As Microsoft continues to ramp up its Live software and services strategy, the company will use its annual Worldwide Partner Conference here July 10 to showcase its new on-demand Dynamics Live CRM service, which will be operated and managed within its datacenters and available later this quarter. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant will also announce… Read more
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Ballmer Urges Partners to Embrace SAAS
Categories: Tech CompaniesDENVER—Microsoft and its partners must change the way they have traditionally done business to accommodate software as a service, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference here July 10. Ballmer started his keynote—to the tune of “Let’s Get It Started”—by going into the audience and shaking hands up and down… Read more
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Microsoft to Pitch Software Plus Services to Partners
Categories: Tech CompaniesDENVER—The big-picture message Microsoft executives will try to convey at its annual Worldwide Partner Conference that kicks off here July 10 is that software plus services is the future. Underscoring this message is the fact that CEO Steve Ballmer will use his keynote to announce a partnering framework for Microsoft around software plus services. Speaker… Read more