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  • IBM Offers Cloud Training, Resources to Partners

    Ericka Chickowski

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    This week IBM locked its targets in on enabling its channel to take better advantage of the cloud by rolling out a new initiative that it says will provide partners the means to improve their cloud skill sets and minimize the steps required to start selling cloud-based solutions. Offered initially as a pilot program to… Read more

  • Oracle to Focus on High-End Server Business

    Channel Insider Staff

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    When Oracle executives were positioning the company to buy Sun Microsystems in late 2009, they stressed that the plan was to abandon the low-end commodity server business, instead focusing on high-end systems bundled with Oracle’s own enterprise software. During a conference call Sept. 20 with analysts and journalists to announce fiscal first-quarter 2012 results, Oracle… Read more

  • Apple iPhone 5 to Launch Oct. 4: Report

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Apple CEO Tim Cook will take to a stage Oct. 4 to introduce the new iPhone. That information comes courtesy of AllThingsD, which relied on unnamed sources close to the information for the exact date. For some time, rumors have circulated that Apple plans to unveil the device–popularly dubbed the iPhone 5 –in October. There… Read more

  • Verizon to Sell HTC Rhyme ‘Gingerbread’ Phone

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZW) will begin selling the HTC Rhyme, a 3G smartphone based on Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 2.3 "Gingerbread" operating system Sept. 29 for $199.99 on contract. With its plum color and special "charm" alert device (see it on The Verge blog), the Rhyme is targeted toward female customers, HTC executives indicated at a launch… Read more

  • SAP to Buy Crossgate Enterprise Data Exchange Service

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    SAP plans to buy out Crossgate, a business-to-business electronic data exchange service that allows trading partners to securely transmit critical business information, including production orders, specifications and invoices. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Crossgate, which was founded in 2001 and is based in Munich, Germany, allows enterprises to set up dedicated secure data… Read more

  • Gmail a Viable Alternative to Microsoft for Enterprise: Gartner Report

    Nathan Eddy

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    Five years after entering the market, Google’s enterprise Gmail is building momentum with commercial organizations with more than 5,000 seats, and it now presents a viable alternative to Microsoft Exchange Online and other cloud email services, according to Gartner. However, the report noted Google’s journey to enterprise enlightenment is not complete. "The road to its… Read more