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Microsoft to Offer More Cost-Effective Site Licenses to SMBs
Microsoft is expanding its Open Value Licensing program in a way designed to make it more attractive for channel partners to sell site licenses to their SMB customers. The program previously only offered the more expensive perpetual software licenses. But on March 3 Microsoft will announce Open Value Subscription – a new option that enables…
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Are We Witnessing a New IBM?
I’ve tracked IBM for a good number of years now. I’ve listened to its media-trained, mogul-style executives in their dark blue suits (of course) spout on to me about everything from Tequila to WebSphere, from coffee to finance and from Lotus to yoga. But it is only a rare occasion that I have ever heard…
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Cisco Gives Weak Outlook
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)—Cisco Systems Inc gave a disappointing outlook on Wednesday and warned of a rapid slowdown in U.S. and European orders, driving its shares down 8 percent and adding to broader fears of a U.S. recession. "It’s the most cautious I’ve seen CEOs in the U.S. and Europe in many years," Chief Executive…
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Dell`s ProSupport Premieres to Mixed Reviews
Dell’s new streamlined technical support offering for direct customers and channel partners met with mixed reviews following the PC maker’s announcement of the program on Feb. 5. Long-time Dell resellers happily welcomed the ProSupport offering — particularly the prospect of bypassing scripted level one support — with open arms. But other VARs, uncertain that they…
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Avada, IBM Ink OEM Software Deal
Avada Software has signed an agreement to package and deliver its messaging management software on IBM‘s WebSphere Application Server Community Edition. The announcement is part of Big Blue’s OEM strategy to partner with ISVs to deliver open-source solutions based on SOAs (service-oriented architectures), said an IBM spokesperson. IBM said its OEM go-to-market strategy can help…