Star Wars: Big Time Vendor Rivalries

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August 26, 2009   Brought to you by Ziff Davis Enterprise Surveys: 10 Most Coveted Technologies Solution providers will join two to three vendor partner programs this year, mostly to gain access to new technologies and products, according the Channel Insider/Motorola Partnership Study. Here are the 10 technologies most desired by solution providers. • Star Wars: Big Time Vendor Rivalries • Salesforce.com Eyes VARs as Cloud Computing Partners • Business Intelligence Tips for SMB Space • NetApp Unveils Data ONTAP 8, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure • Vendor Incentives: What Have You Found You Can Live Without? • What Does 'New' Mean? One Netbook's Tale Wyse Technology C Class Thin Client Offers Enhanced Multimedia and Energy Savings Wyse's C class thin client is the size of a paperback book, consumes only 7 watts and offers a graphics accelerator that provides multimedia playback all the way up to 1090p HD. The desktop PC replacement will cost under $350. READ MORE >> Microsoft's Grand ForeFront Plan Microsoft will begin releasing the next generation of its security suite, ForeFront: Code Name Stirling, at the end of the year. Doug Leland, general manager of Microsoft's Identity and Security Unit, discusses the advancements in ForeFront and Microsoft's vision for its security products. WATCH NOW >> Making the Most of Storage Demand In this Changing Channels podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the senior vice president of marketing for Nexsan Technologies, Robert Woolery, talks about how solution providers can profit from rising demand for storage solutions even in these lean economic times. LISTEN NOW >> Star Wars: Big Time Vendor Rivalries Whether it's the edginess caused by the recession, the increasing convergence of technologies and solutions or the rush to lead in new markets like cloud computing, competitive furor among many of the major IT vendors is at an all-time high. Former friends have turned foe and in some cases the tone has gotten personal. Read on for some of the more interesting vendor rivalries to watch today. READ MORE >> Salesforce.com Eyes VARs as Cloud Computing Partners A newly launched reseller partner program allows consulting VAR partners to resell Saleforce.com's Force.com enterprise cloud computing platform and includes provisions for recurring revenue. READ MORE >> Business Intelligence Tips for SMB Space The following steps are recommendations for small and medium organizations to improve their BI intelligence. Each provides channel partners a great opportunity to not only sell BI tools but to layer consulting and services on top. READ MORE >> NetApp Unveils Data ONTAP 8, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure The new platform combines Data ONTAP 7G, with its enterprise capabilities, and Data ONTAP GX, a clustered version with great scalability. READ MORE >> 10 Ways to Keep Mobile Workers from Slacking Off By 2011, the mobile workforce in the U.S. is expected to reach 120.1 million people. Embracing this trend is more of a question of "how" rather than "if": How will you measure, manage and build relationships with increasingly distributed teams and workers? Fortunately, there are many strategies to help managers adapt to developing their mobile teams. And while it requires some tactical changes, management of remote employees can be very rewarding. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Top 10 Tips for Choosing the Right ERP Solution These days, midsized companies looking to implement an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system have more options than ever, as big-name vendors move in to a space previously occupied by smaller vendors. But this does not necessarily mean that going with a big-name vendor will give your business the features it needs at a price that it can afford. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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