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HP EHReady Health Care Program a Boon for VARs?
HP today unveiled a new health care program called HP EHReady focused on easing physicians’ and hospitals’ moves to electronic health records. HP said it plans to rely on its reseller community to achieve success in the EHR marketplace, and will help educate VARs, physicians and hospitals on success factors and best practices in the…
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SugarCRM’s Sugar 6 Sweetens Up Microsoft Windows Azure
Open-source customer relationship management (CRM) software specialist SugarCRM announced its latest version of their flagship software solution, Sugar 6, is now certified for deployment on Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud computing platform. With the availability of Sugar 6 on Azure, SugarCRM developers and users have more choices in deploying and developing Sugar 6 in the cloud,…
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Microsoft Cloud Strategy: New Channel Chief Outlines Transformation Plan
For much of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, executives from CEO Steve Ballmer down have talked nothing but cloud computing and what Microsoft is doing to deliver Web-based applications and platforms. Answers for how Microsoft will work with partners came this morning from new channel chief Jon Roskill, who laid out many specifics for the…
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Microsoft Cloud Strategy Outlined by CEO Ballmer at WPC
As competitive threats to the world’s largest software company have grown, Microsoft Steve Ballmer told IT solution providers at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference, held July 11 to July 15, that they will play a critical role as the industry as a whole moves to the cloud. Microsoft executives touted the company’s 500,000 online seats…
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Microsoft, Fujitsu Team on Cloud Against Google
July 10 (Reuters) – Fujitsu Ltd (6702) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) will share data centers worldwide to catch up with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and other pioneers in providing software and computing services online, the Nikkei business daily said. Microsoft, stretched thin in customer support, will combine its software with the customer service of Fujitsu, which…
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Microsoft Azure Appliance Announced at Worldwide Partner Conference
Microsoft is putting the power of cloud infrastructures and applications in the hands of partners with the forthcoming release of Windows Azure Appliance. Azure Appliance will make it possible for service providers, solution providers, application developers and end users to host and control private and semi-private clouds in their own data centers, said Bob Muglia,…