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January 13, 2009  1:41 PM

Google reseller program on the way?



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs, Colin Steele, Collaboration software, Email -- Exchange, Outlook, Google, News, Software as a service (SaaS)

A Google reseller program seems to be in the works, according to this video posted Friday on YouTube. The 14-second video features Dave Girouard,...

January 7, 2009  9:57 AM

Tech Data extends data center virtualization play



Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors, Channel partner programs, Data storage management, Enterprise applications, Heather Clancy, Virtualization

Hmmmm. First, virtualization management software, now a play in storage virtualization. Distributor Tech Data has signed up DataCore Software, which...


December 5, 2008  1:24 PM

Business Objects CEO reaffirms commitment to VARs



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele, Enterprise applications, News, SAP

VARs could have a bigger role in the SAP channel, if Business Objects CEO John Schwarz has his way. SearchSAP.com news editor Courtney Bjorlin this week alerted me to comments Schwarz made during a "fireside chat" at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. He talked about the...


December 3, 2008  11:19 AM

Microsoft exposes open source’s ‘hidden costs’



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele, Enterprise applications, Microsoft, Novell, Open-source

Microsoft has spent a surprising amount of time, effort and money on open source initiatives this year. At Interop back in April, Bob Muglia spent nearly an entire keynote discussing Microsoft's


November 25, 2008  9:30 AM

Microsoft: 0% financing helps partners



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele, Enterprise applications, Microsoft, Tech Blogs

Microsoft's new 0% financing offer for its Dynamics line of business software is a direct response to partners, the company's sales chief says in a new interview.

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November 18, 2008  9:38 PM

Cisco VARs consolidate: INX acquires NetTeks



Posted by: rivkalittle
Channel partner programs, Cisco, Collaboration software, Enterprise applications, Reseller channel business development, Rivka Little, Vendor partner business issues, VoIP over IP (VoIP)

INX Inc. snapped up Cisco VAR NetTeks Technology Consultants this week, continuing a trend in VAR consolidation. The acquisition...


November 17, 2008  1:20 PM

Microsoft-hosted ERP: Still a mystery



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Collaboration software, Email -- Exchange, Outlook, Enterprise applications, IT channel products and technologies, Microsoft, Software as a service (SaaS), Vendor partner business issues

Microsoft has been all over the map about whether it will offer self-hosted ERP. Company CEO Steve Ballmer some years ago told solution provider partners that the vendor would offer...


November 15, 2008  11:29 AM

Ripped from the headlines: Virtual adultery leads to real divorce



Posted by: badarrow
Channel, Collaboration software, News

By Elaine Hom, Associate Features Editor Just when you thought people couldn't be any dumber about their avatars, Second-Life-being-someone's-only-life makes the news again. A UK couple

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November 13, 2008  1:33 PM

Microsoft Dynamics offers 0% financing



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele, Enterprise applications, Microsoft, News

Saaaaaaved byyyyyy zeeee-rooooooo. Surely you've heard that cheesy song ad nauseam this fall on Toyota commercials...


November 11, 2008  5:27 PM

Whoa! Wookey lives on at SAP



Posted by: badarrow
Authors, Barbara Darrow, Enterprise applications, News, Oracle, SAP

John Wookey, the former Oracle exec credited with integrating a diverse patchwork of acquired applications into something almost rational (at least on paper),  is back in the business.