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Has The VAR Guy Sold His Soul?
Yes, The VAR Guy has a new owner — Penton Media. But did The VAR Guy sell his soul when Penton acquired Nine Lives Media? Hardly. Our resident blogger visited Penton Media’s Fort Collins, Colo.,...
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Hewlett-Packard VP Meaghan Kelly Shifts to New Role
Meaghan Kelly, one of the best-known executives driving Hewlett-Packard’s small business initiatives, is taking on a new role within HP. Indeed, Kelly is joining HP’s Office of the CTO to focus...
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Oracle President Attacks Microsoft, HP, IBM and SAP
Oracle President and CFO Safra Catz today said Hewlett-Packard may be a “former” partner, claimed Microsoft is distracted by 16-year-old consumers, and said IBMers should hide under their desks in...
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Work Market Gains Momentum As On-demand IT Contractor Platform
Jeff Leventhal is building an online marketplace for the second time in his career. The latest effort, called Work Market, is a Labor Resource Platform (LRP) that allows businesses to manage...
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Oracle Partner Program: Heavy Lifting Is Done, Fine-tuning to Come
Most of Silicon Valley is focused on the Oracle Java vs. Google Android lawsuit. But inside Oracle’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., it’s business as usual for the Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) channel...
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SAP Cloud, SaaS Strategy Gain HP Veteran Meaghan Kelly
SAP‘s cloud computing and cloud services strategy for small and midsize business (SMB) partners appears set to get a boost. Indeed, SAP has hired Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) small business channel...
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Google Nexus Q Counters Apple TV, Roku
Google Nexus Q, announced today, allows users to stream content from Google Play and YouTube to other devices around a home. Is there a channel story here? Not really. But Nexus Q — generating buzz at...
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14-Year-Old Tech Entrepreneur: 5 Things He Can Teach You
Michael Weymouth is CEO of TechWizard, a technology consulting firm on Long Island. The big twist: He’s 14 years old. So what can a junior geek, speaking at CompTIA Breakaway 2012, teach technology...
View ArticleCarbonite: Cloud-Based Backup Attracts Resellers, Channel Partners
Carbonite has been experiencing real momentum with its Reseller Program since it announced a formal version in June 2012, with a “few hundred” more VARs signing up to offer its services in just three...
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Oracle Big Data Strategy Hinges on Java, M2M Communications
Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) Big Data strategy leans heavily on Java and machine-t0-machine (M2M) communications. During Oracle OpenWorld 2012 today, President Mark Hurd and Channel Chief Judson Althoff...
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Windows 8 Launch: Microsoft Marketing Seeks 1.6B Impressions
Sometime before the Windows 8 launch on Oct. 26, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will launch a massive long-term marketing and advertising blitz that will generate 1.6 billion impressions. That’s five...
View ArticleMellanox: Right Time, Market for Interconnect Solutions
If ever there was a right time to be in the data center interconnect business, now is it. The proliferation of Big Data, cloud services and next-generation web technologies make data center...
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Software-defined Datacenters: VMware’s Rauch on the Record
Software-defined datacenters are real, and partners are making “great strides” virtualizing servers, storage and networking. That’s the key message from Frank Rauch, VP for the Americas Partner...
View ArticleJuniper’s Muglia: Cisco Will Have Hard Time With SDN
Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) is questioning rival Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), claiming the industry’s “big dog” will have a hard time transitioning to software-defined networks (SDN). Bob Muglia,...
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Carbonite: Cloud Storage Partner Program Accelerates for 2013
Cloud storage provider Carbonite made some noise in the channel in 2012, launching its next-generation reseller platform, adding network attached storage (NAS) and HIPAA-compliance support and snapping...
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