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  • Salesforce.com Acquires Facebook Filter Radian6

    Salesforce.com March 30 agreed to purchase Radian6 for $276 million in cash and $50 million in stock, giving the enterprise application provider a credible social media management tool. Radian6 analysis widgets and reporting tools help businesses monitor and filter social media conversations generated on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, blogs and other social media Websites. The idea…

  • Cisco to Buy newScale to Boost Cloud Offerings

    Cisco Systems is looking to bolster its cloud computing services offering by acquiring privately held newScale, a company that offers software that enables businesses to more efficiently provision resources across their IT environments. Cisco announced the deal March 29. No financial details were disclosed. NewScale, which company officials said has about 2 million users worldwide,…

  • HP Rolls Touchpad, webOS Phones into PartnerOne

    A few weeks ago, HP CEO Leo Apotheker provided his vision of where the industry is headed and how HP will lead the charge to the cloud and an everyone-connected world in his inaugural address to analysts, press and employees. This week, at the HP Americas Partner Conference (HPAPC), in Las Vegas, Apotheker and other…

  • Microsoft, ConnectWise Integrate Windows Intune

    ConnectWise, a provider of business management solutions designed for IT service providers, VARs and managed service providers (MSPs) announced that technology giant Microsoft has completed integration of Microsoft Windows Intune, a remote management and monitoring service based on Windows cloud services and Windows 7, with ConnectWise software. ConnectWise and Windows Intune combine to deliver an…

  • Channel Headlines from Around the Web

    Image via Wikipedia There’s been plenty of consternation among a healthy number of channel partners about Microsoft’s Office 365 plans. The successor to BPOS is Microsoft’s cloud plan in terms of Office applications. But the company’s plans to offer resellers a commission and not let them handle the billing has many a channel partner telling…

  • HP webOS, Cloud Plan Targets Microsoft, Google

    Hewlett-Packard isn’t exactly shying down from a fight. In a March 14 press conference, freshly minted CEO Leo Apotheker has made it clear he intends to take the manufacturer in some new and radical directions, ones that will bring his company in direct and aggressive competition with not only its longtime rivals, but also a…

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