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Cisco Shakes Up Partner Training, Specializations
Cisco Systems is introducing new architecture specializations that will have a direct impact on the requirements needed to attain and maintain Gold and Silver partner level designations. The new specializations will also affect Premier partners but to a lesser extent. Going forward, Gold and Silver partner levels within the Cisco Channel Partner Program will be…
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Why Customers Prefer iPad over HP TouchPad
Even as HP was demonstrating its HP Touchpad tablet device in a table top exhibit at its Americas Partner Conference in Las Vegas this week, plenty of HP channel partners were walking around at the event toting iPads. That’s because Apple iPad enjoys one extremely tangible benefit over what HP’s Touchpad does right now. Apple’s…
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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…
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Cisco Partner CSC Offers Telepresence as a Service
Cisco Systems partner CSC is adding telepresence as a service to its offerings with Cisco’s line of high-definition telepresence systems. CSC’s roll out of TAAS comes after a pilot of the service with a few customers. CSC’s TAAS is a fully managed and fully hosted telepresence offering that is billed to clients on a…
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Intermedia, Microsoft Negotiate Office 365 Billing
What does Microsoft Exchange hosting giant Intermedia think about Microsoft’s Office 365 and the software giant’s current plan to own the billing for the cloud-based version of Microsoft Office? Not so much. Like many Microsoft partners, Intermedia isn’t really interested in carrying Office 365 as long as Microsoft retains control over the billing, according to…