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IBM Cloud Lab Helps Partners Test Solutions
IBM has opened a new lab in the UK designed to help partners prepare and develop cloud-based solutions using IBM products and services and speed their time to market. What the centers help partners to do is test business processes in the cloud, Sandy Carter head of IBM Software Group Business Partners and Midmarket, told…
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BroadSoft Introduces BroadCloud Hosted App Delivery Platform
IP-based communications services provider Broadsoft announced the release of BroadCloud, a cloud-based, hosted infrastructure that will serve as the foundation for the company’s software-as-a-service communications capabilities. The platform will feature a set of UC (Unified Communications) services, including corporate instant messaging and presence, which integrates a subscriber’s phone status (desktop and mobile). Other UC services…
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Cloud Computing Disrupting Software Licensing, Pricing
The move to cloud computing will change the game when it comes to software pricing and licensing models according to a new reports from market research firm IDC together with application usage management software provider Flexera Software. Buzz around the cloud is being replaced quickly with real deployments. And, in response, most software vendors are…
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Business Exposed to Virtual Data Storage Risks, Survey Finds
While nearly 90 percent of IT professionals surveyed at VMworld 2010 reported their organizations are storing data in a virtual environment, a third of respondents admitted their organization has not updated or they do not know if it has updated its data loss and/or business continuity plan to account for new storage mediums such as…
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Microsoft Office 365: The Hosting Partner Opportunity
Microsoft Office 365, announced yesterday as the software giant’s answer to Google Docs and Google Apps and Zoho’s online productivity suites, may have left many in the channel wondering where they would fit into the equation. After all, Microsoft’s channel partner program is huge, and IT solution providers have sometimes expressed concern about the move…