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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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From a decent Cisco VPN client to push e-mail and calendaring, 10 things to like about Apple’s OS refresh

Oracle’s SaaS strategy for the channel

The company launched a new model for ISVs allowing them to license components from Oracle’s platform for SaaS

Kaspersky Lab launches 2010 consumer security software

The Russian Internet security software vendor is touting new features, improved usability in its product refresh

Symantec is extending payment terms for SMB VARs

Security software maker teams up with GE Capital to give resellers 60 day terms

The cost benefit analysis for Windows 7

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Microsoft strikes deal with Yahoo to better compete with Google

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Canadian channel chief wraps up the worldwide partner conference with three key areas the channel should focus on

Video: Envision IT sees public sector opportunity with Microsoft Office Web

The Microsoft partner says the browser-based version of the Microsoft Office suite is ideally-suited to distributed verticals such as health care and education