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May 19, 2013
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Yahoo: $1.1 Billion Tumblr Buyout Blunder?

Yahoo apparently is buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion. But Tumblr had only $13 million in revenue last year. Does Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer know something about Tumblr's blog platform that the rest of us don't?...More
May 19, 2013
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SugarCRM: Big Growth Now, Exit Strategy Later?

SugarCRM grew annual recurring revenue 30 percent in Q1 2013 vs. Q1 2012. Channel partners are embracing the company. Is there a longer-term exit strategy?...More
May 19, 2013
Article
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Spanning Cloud Apps: Google Apps Backup for Channel Partners

Want to back up Google Apps, Gmail, Drive and more? Spanning Cloud Apps has launched a reseller program to help VARs and systems integrators offer those cloud backup services....More
May 19, 2013
Article
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Bitrix24: Yammer, Chatter Alternative Offers Google Docs Integration

Bitrix24, a business social media platform that seeks to compete with Microsoft Yammer and Salesforce.com Chatter, has gained Google Docs support....More
May 19, 2013
News
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VMware, Verizon: DaaS for Google Android Smartphones

Verizon and VMware partnered to offer Horizon-based desktop as a service (DaaS) capabilities to Google Android smartphones from LG and Motorola. Here's where channel partners fit in....More
May 19, 2013
News
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VMware vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service: 5 Partner Considerations

VMware vCloud Hybrid Service debuts May 21. How will VMware's IaaS Cloud counter Amazon, Google and Microsoft Windows Azure? Where will partners fit into the conversation? The VAR Guy offers insights....More
May 17, 2013
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CIO Influence Waning as CFOs Gain More Control Over IT Decisions

CIOs are under a lot of pressure these days. Well, to be perfectly honest, they’ve been under tremendous pressure for the past decade to keep their organizations on the cutting edge of technology and their information and systems secure, all while looking for ways to increase efficiency. They've seen their overall IT budgets remain stagnant but have needed to invest more in virtualization, mobile applications and integration, cloud computing and, of course IT, security....More
May 17, 2013
Article
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HP Perks Up Hybrid PC Lineup with Windows 8 and Android Entries

Hewlett-Packard has expanded its x2 hybrid PC lineup with a Windows 8 entry and another based on Google's Android operating system, both of which are slated to start selling in the United States in August....More
May 16, 2013
Article
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HP Targets SMBs with New Storage Array, Channel Partner Program

Hewlett-Packard has backed upgrades to its MSA entry disk array lineup and its StoreEasy Storage portfolio with tools, training, marketing and financial incentives to prompt channel partners to sell the line to businesses and government agencies....More
May 16, 2013
Article
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Dell Q1 2014 Income Tumbles 79 Percent as Sales, Margins Slip

Dell elected to push up its Q1 2014 financial report by three business days from its scheduled May 21 date, amid accounts that it would post disappointing results and wanted to get the news out sooner rather than later. As expected, Dell missed Wall Street expectations, as its net income for the period tumbled 79 percent and per share earnings fell 81 percent. Sales and gross margins both slipped some 2 percent....More
May 16, 2013
Article
The VAR Guy

EdgeSpring Promises Dead-Simple Big Data Visualization

Hadoop, NoSQL and similar solutions for storing and managing Big Data have made plenty of headlines lately. But they're not the only thing happening in the world of Big Data. Data visualization, another key slice of this market, is also undergoing explosive growth as both new and established vendors roll out products for analyzing and interpreting large amounts of information. Read on for a look at the strategy of one of the latest, a start-up called EdgeSpring that live Thursday, and how it compares to other contenders....More
May 16, 2013
Article
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BlackBerry Porting Popular Messaging App to Android, iOS Platforms

BlackBerry plans to release its popular BBM messaging service for Android and iOS platforms later this summer as a free app for users, according to BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins....More
May 15, 2013
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Ingram Lands Access to Cisco GSA Schedule

Distributor Ingram Micro has landed a plum for its public sector business by gaining access to Cisco's General Services Administration (GSA) contract that spans the vendor's entire portfolio of products and services....More
May 15, 2013
Article

Software Testing: SOASTA Launches Partner Program for VARs, MSPs, ISVs

The channel saw the launch of a new partner program today at the intersection of mobile apps and the cloud, as SOASTA announced an initiative aimed at increasing its engagement with value-added resellers (VARs), managed service providers, independent software vendors (ISVs) and systems integrators (SIs)....More
May 15, 2013
Article

BYOD Security: ZixCorp Tool Forces Data to Stay in the Cloud

When it comes to data security and prviacy in the age of the cloud, there are several different approaches evident in the channel. Some organizations try to keep sensitive information out of the public cloud, relying on internal infrastructure through tools like ownCloud. Others avoid the cloud altogether. But a more novel strategy, promoted this week in new software from ZixCorp, is to make users put everything in the cloud -- which, actually, could be a very good idea, provided the cloud itself is as safe as it should be....More
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Carbonite: Cloud Storage Partner Program Accelerates for 2013

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