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Commvault acquires SDS startup for $225 million

Data management firm Commvault made a bold acquisition this week.

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Commvault acquires SDS startup for $225 million

Data management firm Commvault made a bold acquisition this week.

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VMware goes on a shopping spree, scoops up Carbon Black and Pivotal for a combined $4.8B

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Microsoft to drop Skype for Business Online and replace with Teams in 2021

Two years after hinting at plans to phase out Skype for Business Online and replace it with…

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Microsoft Hungary slapped with $8.7M fine

A Microsoft Corp. subsidiary based in Hungary has agreed to pay an $8.7 million fine to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) that date back to 2013.

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IBM and Red Hat partners can sleep soundly, executives say after mega deal closes

As IBM closed its $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat Tuesday, questions continued to swirl around the impact the move will have on partners and clients, which even IBM’s Arvind Krishna acknowledged was the “real challenge” ever since the deal was announced last October.

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Microsoft announces release date for Windows 10

Windows 10 will be available as an upgrade from Windows 7 or 8 and on new PCs…

IBM’s first major Canadian offering on Bluemix improves access to public data

IBM has unveiled the first major Canadian application on its Platform-as-a-Service offering Bluemix, from Toronto-based startup ThinkData Works.…

Drupal creator aims to be a disruptor in healthcare sector

The free publishing and management system Drupal that now powers several high profile Web sites such as…

Cisco Canada shifting internal resources

TORONTO – Bernadette Wightman, the president of Cisco Canada, told media and analysts at the Cisco Connect…

Eaton updates power management software with load-shedding, automated disaster recovery

Power management company Eaton Corporation has announced an update to its Intelligent Power Manager software, with new load-shedding…

Calgary-based security software vendor updates password management solution

Password protection service provider Passportal has announced version 3.0 of its management solution, which bears the company name.…

How the channel will drive SAP S/4 HANA adoption

ORLANDO – SAP will be relying on the channel to promote and explain the business value of…

EMC's Jeremy Burton addresses EMC partners. (Photo by Nestor Arellano)

EMC software goes open source

LAS VEGAS – Jeremy Burton, the president of products and marketing for EMC, described the company’s plans…

Microsoft refers to Windows 10 as “Software-as-a-service”

SAN FRANCISCO – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a passing reference to Windows as a “service” during…

Cisco takes aim at software with new partner program

MONTREAL – Cisco Systems introduced new partner programs aligned to solution providers being able to create or…

Vancouver-based CRM provider upgrades its 2015 software offering

Canadian solution provider Maximizer Software has released an update to its 2015 release of its customer relationship management (CRM) software for…

Microsoft acquires Toronto-based data visualization solution provider

Microsoft today announced the acquisition of Toronto-based Datazen Software, a cross-platform mobile business intelligence and data visualization solution…