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Microsoft Revamps Partner Program
Solution providers who want to rise to prominence in Microsoft’s partner program will need to sharpen their technology focus and prove their business and customer-service mettle under new program rules being drafted by the software maker’s channel executives. The program changes coincide with an organizational realignment this week that split Microsoft’s U.S. Partner Business into…
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Objectworld Answers the Call for Simplified UC
Objectworld’s unified communications bundles were a big hit when they launched in January 2008. There was just one problem: It soon became clear that many of the VARs selling the bundles weren’t adequately trained and educated about UC, and thus were ill-equipped to deliver the kind of support and expertise their customers needed. "When we…
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Servoy Blurs Line Between Web Apps, Desktop Apps
Web-based applications are all the rage. That’s great news for application developers, who are making a tidy living off of developing those fancy browser-based applications, but where does that leave those developing traditional client/server rich desktop applications? The situation for those developers is quickly becoming "evolve or die." The shift to Web-based applications has started…
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Dell Plans VAR Specialization Program
Dell is creating a series of specializations within its partner enterprise architecture certification and will start by launching two – one for Storage and Server and another for Virtualization. And over the next year and a half Dell expects to also add specializations covering Power and Cooling/Green IT and Security. The changes come as Dell…
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6 Freeware Tools You Need To Know About
By Frank J. Ohlhorst When it comes to the best examples of freeware on the market, free is indeed a good thing and in some cases, better than commercial applications. If you are shopping for utilities to make your Windows experience more enjoyable and safer, there are six freeware utilities you need to…
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Tight Credit Market Shoots Software Financing Growth into the Stratosphere
IBM Global Financing’s software leasing business skyrocketed in the first quarter, up 90 percent year over year, in part due to recent shock wave sent across credit markets by the mortgage market meltdown. "I knew it was growing at a good clip, but I was surprised to see how big it was in the first…
