Recent Articles
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Google Acquisition Lets Microsoft Office Users Share Documents on Web
(Reuters) – Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp’s productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit and share their documents on the Web. Google said on its company blog on Friday that it has acquired San Francisco-based DocVerse. Terms of the deal were…
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Microsoft Channel Chief to Outline Cloud Opportunity
Starting with an expansive speech CEO Steve Ballmer gave at the University of Washington last week, Microsoft appears to be continuing a full-court press of its cloud computing strategy, assigning its highest-level executives to get the word out that the company is serious about the online software world. Many in the channel need convincing, which…
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Business Intelligence for the Cloud Provides ERP, CRM Integration Opportunity
If you’re a traditional VAR and you are looking at the potential of the cloud business model, it may be hard to see how X amount of dollars per user per month will add up to enough for your business to survive at all, let alone thrive and grow. You are used to the big…
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HP ProCurve Visionary Joins Brocade, Slams Cisco, HP Data Center Plans
Cisco and HP may be pushing their new monolithic architectures in the data center, but customers in that segment tend to “move in a much more cautious and judicious fashion,” according to John McHugh, the HP executive credited with building the ProCurve line into a billion dollar business. McHugh spoke to Channel Insider from his…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Company Betting on Cloud
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used a speech at the University of Washington to suggest that the company’s strategy moving forward will focus primarily on the cloud. Ballmer cited a number of services and platforms, including Windows Phone 7 Series and <leo_highlight style=”border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor:…
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NetSuite Dangles the Ultimate Carrot: Cash
In an effort to woo more solution providers into selling its cloud-based business software, SaaS pioneer NetSuite is making an offer it hopes the channel can’t refuse: Cold, hard cash. For a limited time, NetSuite will pay partners 100 percent margin on the first year’s sales value of a new customer subscription, with 10 percent…