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Alfresco opens up on new hires and channel plans

Boardroom meeting with red chairs

Open-source vendor claims to have doubled the size of its worldwide channel-focused sales and marketing teams

14 Dec 2011

Sirius aims to kill off open source myths

Britain's got Talend for open source

SUSE to slash directly managed resellers

Brian Green is UK and Ireland managing director of SUSE

Linux vendor to throw weight behind fewer than 20 UK & Ireland partners as it looks to get more aggressive with rival Red Hat

01 Nov 2011

Novell cans “pointless” partner satisfaction survey

NetIQ to go channel-only following Novell acquisition

Linux IT takes strategic role in Bristol Council deal

LinuxIT's Peter Dawes-Huish

Integrator attends Cabinet Office meeting to help get BCC's open-source strategy back on track

06 Oct 2011

Linux IT to underwrite open-source adoption

Linux IT bulks up

Britain's got Talend for open source

Open source data integration software vendor claims services revenues are fuelling channel demand for its offerings

22 Sep 2011

Will the public sector ever be an open house?

Cabinet Office’s aim of increasing adoption of open source software faces hurdles, reports Doug Woodburn

19 Sep 2011

Head out on that open road

Jim Shaw finds there is freedom for resellers in opening up SaaS apps and delivery

02 Sep 2011

Linux IT to underwrite open-source adoption

Integrator will attempt to remove fear around community open-source projects with indemnification programme

01 Jul 2011

Red Hat results leave proprietary rivals green with envy

Open-source whizzkid tops expectations with 27 per cent sales hike

23 Jun 2011

Microsoft tightens OS market stranglehold

Software monolith stretches lead at the top, but open source rivals make waves in the server arena

27 Apr 2011

Between the dream and the reality

Interactive Ideas MD Mike Trup was spotted Living the Dream recently

01 Apr 2011

Government opens up to SMBs

Report from Francis Maude urges public sector to increase reuse and open source implementations

30 Mar 2011

Red Hat doffs cap to $1bn revenue goal

Open-source vendor claims cloud is fuelling its revenue growth

24 Mar 2011

Open source and the cloud, part II

Peter Dawes-Huish develops his thoughts on a plan for cloud migration

23 Feb 2011

Open source and the cloud

Peter Dawes-Huish says taking a more open approach may speed adoption

22 Feb 2011

LSE p-p-picks up the penguin

Novell partner replaces London Stock Exchange server with Linux

17 Feb 2011

SugarCRM beats a path to Big Blue

Open-source CRM vendor launches hunt for VARs with IBM skills

15 Feb 2011

Gartner: more than half of firms use open source

Analyst's figures reveal use of proprietary software is declining

09 Feb 2011

Red Hat green-lights indirect growth

Open-source giant sets channel growth target

04 Feb 2011

Open-sourcing business intelligence

Cost-cutting is converging with a thirst for decision-supporting information and open-source apps may help, says David Armstrong

01 Feb 2011

Red Hat debuts deal registration

Open source vendor offers deal registration to Advanced and Premier partners

31 Jan 2011

Linux IT bulks up

Open source integrator grows by almost a half in 2010 as it strengthens management team

10 Dec 2010

Makara buyout gives Red Hat a platform for cloud success

Open-source specialist pounces on cloud application platform vendor

30 Nov 2010

Systemax blames vendors as profits fall

Giant reseller admits competitive landscape remains challenging as Q3 margins take a tumble

10 Nov 2010

VMworld: Open up to open source

VMware urged partners to move away from traditional applications at VMworld this year. Caroline Donnelly finds out why

08 Nov 2010

Atlassian prepares Euro partner push

Open source vendor vows to plough venture capitalist funding into European activities

08 Nov 2010

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