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Avada, IBM Ink OEM Software Deal
Avada Software has signed an agreement to package and deliver its messaging management software on IBM‘s WebSphere Application Server Community Edition. The announcement is part of Big Blue’s OEM strategy to partner with ISVs to deliver open-source solutions based on SOAs (service-oriented architectures), said an IBM spokesperson. IBM said its OEM go-to-market strategy can help…
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Infusion Looks for Partner 2.0
Infusion Software is hoping to steal a march on its rivals by launching a channel program around its CRM software-as-a-service offering, while, the vendor claims, most of its competitors are still trying to work out how to involve the channel in their own offerings. This week the vendor unveiled its Infusion Certified Consultant, or ICC,…
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Objectworld Beefs Up Bundles for SMBs
Objectworld, a unified communications software provider, has revealed three product bundles aimed at helping VARs target the SMB sector. The three products—Objectworld UC Server Standard Edition, Objectworld UC Server SIP Edition and Objectworld UC Server CEBP (Communications Enabled Business Process) Edition—are currently available to all of Objectworld’s channel partners, said Martin Suter, the company’s CEO. …
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Cisco`s New N. American Channel Chief Takes Web 2.0 to Cisco`s Partner Ranks
After joining Cisco just before the dot-com bust, Wendy Bahr, the company’s new channel chief for North America, is ready to take on new challenges. At the top of the agenda is a Web 2.0 system for partners, as those same partners look at new business models and the technologies they require. Bahr sat down…
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Iomega to Offer Managed E-Mail Security
Iomega got on the map through the Zip drives that over the years became a part of numerous IT environments, but the vendor is working hard to transform itself into more than the "Zip drive company." On Tuesday, the San Diego-based vendor launched an e-mail security managed service in partnership with Postini, of San Carlos,…
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Open-Source E-Mail Provider Enhances Partner Program
Open-source enterprise messaging provider Scalix plans to enhance its partner program by offering via Red Hat Exchange a subscription version of its e-mail and calendaring product for small businesses, starting this summer. The move makes the technology more widely available to SMBs (small and midsize businesses), company officials said in a statement. The Red Hat…
