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- Symantec Needs $1 Billion in Annual M&A to Bolster SaaS Security Exposure
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: Symantec Chief Operating Officer Enrique Salem says the company is planning roughly $1 billion in annual acquistions over the next few years. The strategy will involve three to six acquisitions annually, Salem told me during a luncheon with reporters at the Symantec...
- External links 2008-10-17
- CA Inc. Pitches SaaS Triple Play
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: CA Inc. CA is finally waking up to opportunities in software as a service SaaS and managed services. During the company's CAWorld conference Sunday in Las Vegas, CA introduced three SaaS and managed services applications. The efforts could help CA to generate recurring...
- External links 2008-11-17
- ADTRAN: Living - And Growing - in Cisco's Shadow?
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: Somewhere between Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO and disruptive startups like Digium, there is a wasteland of networking companies that tried and failed to compete against Cisco. Still, a few nimble firms have carved out solid networking niches for themselves. I will spend November...
- External links 2008-11-17
- Dell Wins Big SaaS Contract, Care of IBM
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: At first glance, IBM IBM has won a massive $873 million outsourcing contract with the State of Georgia. But I took a closer look and discovered Dell Managed Services will also cash in on the engagement. A trusted source says the contract ranks...
- External links 2008-11-23
- Memo to Automakers: Follow Cisco's Lead
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: During the dot-com implosion, Cisco Systems CSCO CEO John Chambers took an unusual step that set the tone for appropriate, responsible executive leadership during bad economic times. Now, the executive leadership at Ford F, General Motors GM and Chrysler should follow the example...
- External links 2008-11-23
- Novell vs. Red Hat: The Battle for Software Partners
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: Who has more certified software partners: Novell Inc. NOVL or Red Hat Inc. RHT? The answer to that critical question could determine which company dominates the long-term Linux market. In the 1990s, Microsoft grew dominant because software developers wrote applications for Windows. Now,...
- External links 2008-11-25
- Memo to Dell: Pump Up Ubuntu Linux
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: Hey Greg Davis. You’ve just been named Dell’s DELL global channel chief -- in charge of the PC giant’s worldwide partner strategy. What are you going to do to help bolster Dell's profits? Here’s one suggestion: Offer some Ubuntu Linux PCs to Dell's...
- External links 2009-01-07
- Intel Builds SaaS Cloud Across Europe
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: A small Canadian software company is helping Intel Corp. INTC to launch a software as a service SaaS platform that will soon blanket Europe, Intel confirmed to me earlier today. The initiative could give Intel much-needed SaaS experience and will likely drive demand...
- External links 2009-01-29
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- SaaS Stocks Up Nearly 15% Since July
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: After posting a dismal performance in the first half of 2008, software as a service SaaS stocks are rallying. In fact, MSPmentor's SaaS 20 Stock Index is up 14.7 percent since July 11. Best of all, Wall Street hype isn't driving the recent...
- External links 2008-08-11
- Memo to Sun: Promote MySQL Through Avnet
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: I'm not making any guarantees, but I hope Sun Microsystems JAVA articulates its MySQL partner strategy the week of August 18 at the Avnet AVT New Frontiers Conference in Colorado. Here’s why. I attended Avnet New Frontiers last year. It was an...
- External links 2008-08-17
- Surprise: Lenovo Finally Launching Servers
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: During a trip to Lenovo's (LNVGY.PK) offices in North Carolina, I found the information I was looking for: Lenovo is leaping from the desktop into the server market, and will launch its first Linux and Windows servers this September. It's a smart but...
- External links 2008-08-27
- Novell: Colado Faces Key Challenge
- Joe Panettieri The VAR Guy submits: Novell NOVL named Javier Colado to oversee the company's partner programs on September 12. Many pundits say Colado has to strengthen Novell’s SUSE Linux partner ranks. But in reality, I think Colado has to build a bridge between vastly different software islands. ...
- External links 2008-09-15
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