• VMware launches vSphere virtual infrastructure software
• VARs turn wary eye on Sun-Oracle combo
• Sophos uses North American channel strategy for new global program
• Red Hat, Synnex form Open Source Channel Alliance
• Oracle to buy Sun; Cisco reveals info on data center servers
• Avnet announces SecurePath program to boost reseller sales
• Vembu launches backup through Amazon cloud
• Tech Data to manage Microsoft ISV royalty program
• DOJ wants continued Microsoft oversight; Mitel adds fixed-mobile convergence
• VMware consolidates resellers, other partners into one channel program
• Microsoft puts archiving into Exchange; new products can't save Sun
• Abundant credit flows to VARs smart enough to ask for it
• Yahoo eyes more cuts; eBay to sell Skype
• Marshal8e6 launches North American channel program
• McAfee, HP form global reseller agreement
• Websense to sell new Web gateway through channel
• Fusion-io to add software, SSD-based storage systems; EMC clusters Symmetrix high-end disk arrays
• Check Point, Nokia Security Appliance acquisition completed
• Cisco Westcon agreement eases foreign market entry for VARs
• IBM to help SOA partners with SEO and social net tools
• Synnex signs Red Hat for open source SMB push
• Microsoft transitions Windows XP support; Autodesk builds new partner portal
• Asigra forges channel partner program for MSPs, resellers
• When vendors get too big (and channel unfriendly), VARs get going
• Oracle jumps on Google apps bandwagon; SAP shops start to virtualize
• Cisco snaps up Tidal Software; Samba 4 beta to be released
• Cisco to acquire Tidal Software
• VirtualBox targets VMware users; Microsoft updates virtual desktop
• Securing Smart Grid: How solution providers can help
• Anti-Microsoft crusader returns; Midmarket companies eye new tools
• EMC overhauls its archiving line; extended coverage from SNW
• Nokia Siemens bids for Nortel carrier unit, could end Nortel brand
• Indoor trucks and cement walls: A freight company finds WLAN technology
• Secure Computing partners warily await McAfee partner program changes
• Sun stock plummets on IBM news; Microsoft delays Stirling
• Internet Explorer loses share; HP promotes environmental progress
• Tech Watch: Managing virtualization deployments for customers
• Fortinet gets into endpoint security solutions with 1000B appliance
• PGP partners with Avnet to boost channel play
• Trend Micro beefs up channel with new SaaS offerings
• Conficker damage minimized; Ubuntu fights for data center cred
• Sun and IBM deal called off
• Google Android OS on netbooks: An intriguing proposition
• Cloud security group planned; RIM launches apps store
• Avaya and Siemens vying for Nortel's enterprise networking business?
• Google gains netbook momentum; Win 2008 parsed for small biz
• Dell launches PS6000 iSCSI SANs; slow-restore claims on Quantum VTL
• Stimulus bill money fuels solid projects for Cisco partners
• VMware aims to reduce channel conflict between VARs, OEMs
• Data centers battle budget cuts; ParaScale debuts cloud storage
• Skype takes iPhone plunge; rethinking production-level virtualization
• Microsoft small business specialists get free virtual manager
• Recession reinforces need for Windows-open source coexistence
• Novell offers SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 partner training
• Gartner: Take on Vista now to avoid pain later; McNealy on IBM
• Dell signs distributors; IBM plans more job cuts
• Office coming in 32- and 64-bit versions; IT spending swoon continues
• IBM partners see light in midrange mainframe market
• The role of storage in IBM-Sun deal; The Planet launches cloud service
• Networked elevators and lights? VARs network building systems
• Networking VARs could grab smart grid stimulus bill funding
• Oracle buys again; users stick with OS-independent VMs
• Salesforce.com 'twitterizes' CRM; IT shops try OS systems management
• Partners, customers react to Cisco Unified Computing System
• CommVault bulks up channel support for Simpana
• TomTom countersues Microsoft; NetSuite builds developer cloud
• VARs give CA high marks for deal registration, incentive program
• Cisco hopes to acquire Pure Digital; Oracle to fork out dividends
• VARs weigh possible IBM takeout of Sun
• HP ProCurve unveils SMB switch
• IBM looking into Sun buy; Azure crash shows need for DR
• FishNet Security partners with Optenet for security-as-a-service
• Email security vendor Sendio unveils new partner program
• Managed services certification offered by MSPAlliance
• Will Nortel rumors push channel partners away?
• Cisco Unified Computing irrelevant to most channel partners for now
• RSA announces changes to SecurWorld partner program
• Security solution providers find new opportunities amid bleak economy
• EMC's Tucci hints at future storage products; storage industry makes a wish list for SSD
• Kaspersky partners with D&H Distributing for improved channel posture
• Cisco server plans filled in; another day another date for Win 7
• Microsoft Azure fails; Smartphone sales sag
• Despite customer interest, channel struggles with threat management
• New iPhone OS to debut next week; L0phtCrack is back
• EMC won't sell VMware, Tucci says
• Oracle fees for maintenance and support under fire
• HP puts solid state in EVA storage arrays; Storage budgets shrink as capacity grows (news roundup)
• Battle of the beam forming technology heats up as Ruckus enters enterprise
• Microsoft Dynamics partners bemoan 'slow-as-molasses' sales
• Microsoft business apps at a glance
• Adobe plugs hole; server vendors flock to solid-state disks
• Microsoft's board welcomes new member; Juniper banks on midlevel security appliances
• Microsoft: Partners to handle Dynamics CRM Online billing
• Bye-bye to Circuit City; Zimbra claims mail momentum
• Despite downturn, channel committed to identity and access management
• Juniper launches mid-level security appliances
• Oracle sets its eye on Virtual Iron; HP receives excellence certificate
• Oracle-Virtual Iron acquisition in the works
• HP hones in on SMB opportunities
• Microsoft gives pointers; Dell introduces new infrastructure products
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