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  • Value added distribution is key, says Citrix

    Citrix has stressed the importance of maintaining a value added distribution channel in the face of increasing pressure from larger distributor rivals. EMEA vice president of channel strategy Carsten Thomsensaid it wasone of Citrix's priorities to e...  News | 26 Oct 2011

  • Big rise in costs dents Amazon Q3 results

    Investment in the Kindle Fire and further expansion has dented Amazon's third quarter profits which declined 73% to $63m on an increase in the company's costs of almost 50%. The big surge in sales, fulfilment (Amazon is adding 17 new distribution...  News | 26 Oct 2011

  • SMB clouds worth £660m to UK channel

    A report into cloud services by hosting and services provider Parallels has today suggested that the UK SMB cloud services market opportunity could now be worth up to £660m, with up to 62% of businesses planning to switch to hosted servers. The...  News | 25 Oct 2011

  • Cloud Distribution partners get app iViz-ibility

    Cloud Distribution has added application penetration testing specialist iViZ Security to its stable as it seeks to build out a portfolio of disruptive, cost-effective cloud technologies. IViZ specialises in cloud-based web app penetration testing...  News | 25 Oct 2011

  • Oracle swallows up cloud CRM firm

    Oracle has bulked up its cloud-based CRM offering after swallowing up cloud customer service specialist RightNow Technologies for $43.00 per share, or $1.5bn net of cash and debt. RightNow specialises in linking up customer service activities through...  News | 24 Oct 2011

  • Citrix Elite tier win bigger deals and more of them

    Citrix's Elite partner programme is bringing increased market share to the 300 EMEA resellers in the scheme with bigger deals and higher win rates than the vendor's other partners. Carsten Thomsen, EMEA vice president for channels, sales programmes a...  News | 24 Oct 2011

  • VMware partners well-placed to exploit SMB cloud shift

    Channel partners stand to make "significant money" by helping SMB customersmake the move towards cloud computing with VMware technology. In aninterview at the VMworld conference in Copenhagen, Matt Piercey, VMware vicepresident for Northern...  News | 19 Oct 2011

  • VMware challenges VARs to think about app virtualisation

    VMware has told partners to put virtualisation of business software applications front and centre as a means to move from a basic virtualised environment to a true cloud infrastructure at its 2011 VMworld summit in Copenhagen. Andy Hunt, vice pre...  News | 18 Oct 2011

  • Cloud business booms for IBM

    IBM has already more than doubled the cloud revenue it generated last year in the first three quarters of 2011 underlining that the hosted side of the business is growing faster than almost any other. Big Blue has been talking up the cloud to resell...  News | 18 Oct 2011

  • Lanway bolsters managed services business

    Public sector cuts have prompted a change of direction at AV education specialist Lanway over the last year and a half with the reseller moving into the managed services arena and now making a major appointment to beef up that side of its business. ...  News | 17 Oct 2011

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