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Salesforce.com Eyes VARs as Cloud Computing Partners
Salesforce.com on Wednesday threw a stake in the ground to demonstrate that its cloud computing platform offers a viable profitability engine for its partners. The software-as-a-service pioneer launched a new reseller partner program that allows consulting VAR partners to resell Salesforce.com’s Force.com enterprise cloud computing platform. The company is looking for partners to resell the…
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FastBack Technology Makes Tivoli Storage an MSP Tool
IBM’s Tivoli Storage technology has gotten more relevant for managed service providers and midmarket customers. That’s because IBM’s Tivoli Storage now offers functionality that enables data protection and recovery of data in remote locations and smaller locations in the form of FastBack. IBM acquired the technology last year when it bought FilesX, a company that…
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Yahoo to Compete with Bing Despite Microsoft Deal
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said on Monday it has revamped its search to compete against Microsoft Corp’s Bing, even as it relies on the Redmond giant to power its queries. The announcement of plans to put a new face on Yahoo Messenger and Mail and add functions to its search engine came after news that…
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Cisco Unveils Smart Business Architecture
Cisco Systems is introducing the Smart Business Architecture for Midsize Networks, a series of blueprints designed to simplify solutions for businesses with between 250 and 1,000 users. The launch of the Smart Business Architecture began a year ago when Cisco examined its mid-size business product portfolio and the challenges partners were having in the mid-market,…
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Nokia Enters Netbook Market
HELSINKI (Reuters) – The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive, but fast-growing market. Nokia has seen its profit margins drop over the last quarters as handset demand has slumped, and analysts have worried that entering the PC industry, where margins are traditionally razor-thin,…
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Google`s Incomplete Channel a Work in Progress
Perhaps nowhere else than the education market does Google Apps enjoy a distinct advantage over Microsoft Exchange—hosted or on-premises—in that it’s free. But free doesn’t always mean superior manageability, and many institutions have discovered provisioning and managing Google e-mail accounts is more than challenging. Data Technique, a solution provider based in Pittsburgh, Kan., partnered with…