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IBM, SAP, Partners to Drive Business Operation Innovation
SAP and IBM announced plans May 17 to leverage IBM’s access to research and its business partner community to drive business operation innovation on its MySAP All-in-One platform. IBM Global Business Services will resell All-in-One solutions, built by All-in-One ISVs, through IBM Business Partners in five verticals—wholesale distribution, life sciences, industrial machinery and construction, and…
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Best Buy Small Business Experts Earn Microsoft Certs
Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is positioning itself to drive more sales to the SOHO and SMB markets by having its small business experts become Microsoft Certified Professionals. Three hundred Best Buy for Business small business experts have achieved the certification to date, and the company’s goal is 900 by December, Best Buy and Microsoft…
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HP to Consolidate Global Data Centers
Hewlett-Packard is consolidating its 85 data centers worldwide into six centers in the United States, a move the company said will save $1 billion in IT costs over the next few years and give it a chance to showcase its adaptive infrastructure capabilities. The data centers will be spread between three cities, with two facilities…
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Microsoft’s ‘Buy Local’ Campaign Growing
Microsoft’s “Buy Local” campaign to connect business customers to nearby OEMs is humming along, Microsoft said this week, announcing the 1 millionth site visit and 160,000 customer-OEM connections made. The program encourages customers to use the resources of local OEMs with the promise of a promotional Bonus Pack, worth up to $1,200, for each copy…
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Tech Data’s IBM One Team Brings Together Support Units, VARs
Distributor Tech Data has launched IBM One Team, a single point of contact for its IBM units and VARs, to encourage cross-selling and higher attach rates across the IBM portfolio, Tech Data officials announced the week of May 15. IBM One Team will aggregate all Tech Data’s IBM sales, marketing and technical support under one…
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Microsoft Launches ‘CodePlex,’ a New Code Repository Site
Move over, Googleplex. Here comes Microsoft CodePlex. CodePlex is not the name for a new wing of the ever-expanding Microsoft campus headquarters. Instead, it is Microsoft’s newest code-repository site, aimed especially at shared- and open-source programmers. On May 15, Microsoft went live with the beta version of its CodePlex site. The site, which is coded…
