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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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Sending a message

Purchase by Oracle good for VARs, customers, say execs

A gold-plated system builder

This company found a niche building luxury PCs from exotic wood

The hunt for higher margins

It’s not exactly headline news that product margins have dropped significantly over the past few years, which is why smart VARs are re-evaluating their business models and trying to sell more high-margin products.

SAP won’t be a big buyer, says CEO

Internal innovation, not acquisition, is company’s future, Kagermann tells Sapphire

SAP adds Cisco to partnerships

Companies plan to develop business solutions around SOA and Cisco’s SONA network. An industry analyst says the strategy offers partner opportunities, but warned other vendors are buying up niche software makers fast

Managed services grow up

They received a bad rap in the early years from channel partners, but are finally starting to mature.

Speak to me

Microsoft is investing heavily in voice recognition, which could be a big opportunities for partners who are prepared

Symantec gets into SAAS market

Symantec Corp. is inching its way to being a software-as-a-service (SAAS) provider with the introduction of Symantec Protection Network, which is a SAAS platform that is intended to deliver security and availability to small and mid-sized businesses.

Cisco launches Smart Care services

Channel partners are leaving literally hundreds of thousands of dollars on the table and Cisco has the data to prove it.

Former Microsoft execs lend a hand to VARs

New company aims to help Microsoft channel partners take advantage of Dynamics applications

GroundWork Open Source

GroundWork offers one of the few open source managed service offerings. Its Monitor Open Source allows providers to offer monitoring as a service to their customers.

N-able Technologies

N-able provides managed service automation software and business transformation services, with more than 1,000 MSP partners around the world servicing 30,000 customers.