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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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Sage makes major channel program changes

To combat a weakening economy, Sage has introduced new partner advocates, new tiers and margin adjustments and new incentives

Intuit releases Quicken Online Mobile for iPhone

Quicken Online Mobile only works with Quicken Online

Four Canadian resellers get nabbed for software piracy

Microsoft Canada war on piracy tries to foster a fair business environment in the channel

NetSuite talks up integration with Salesforce.com

The on-demand ERP vendor announces four partner-developed applications for connecting with its rival’s cloud

Five myths about SaaS

Software as a service is still misunderstood by a surprising number of IT and business decision-makers

Life at Microsoft without Bill Gates

Gates’ departure allowed executives to take new leadership responsibilities while developing Windows 7

Oracle to Accelerate its channel

Company searches for partners for its mid-size business opportunities

Microsoft pulls PerformancePoint Server after just 15 months

Company still plans on rnunveiling BizTalk Server 2009 this week

Identifying IBM Lotus channel opportunities

Big Blue’s Lotus channel chief shows where partners can make money with Lotus, and a Montreal partner explains why IBM’s SaaS offerings will best Google and Microsoft

Citrix and Intel team up on new desktop hypervisor

New solution intended to help reduce desktop management and mobile workforce management costs

IBM growing partner capacity in portal space

Big Blue sees untapped business opportunity for WebSphere portals, and is developing new mashup and widget technology to help partners tackle the space