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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
AssureSign to Exhibit E-Signature Solution at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
AssureSign LLC, a leading provider of electronic signature software, today announced it will be an exhibitor at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference
(WPC) in Los Angeles, CA, which will be held July 11 through 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AssureSign will be exhibiting their latest electronic signature product capabilities in booth #248 in the Solution Innovation Center (Expo), highlighting its industry leading solutions.
AssureSign leads the electronic signature market with easy to deploy tools that can seamlessly integrate electronic signature applications with existing business tools with minimal effort. AssureSign is already pre-integrated with Microsoft Dynamics® CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Outlook and several other Microsoft-based applications from other Microsoft partners.
AssureSign's participation in this year's WPC event marks the second consecutive year that the company will exhibit at the event. The AssureSign electronic signature solution has experienced rapid adoption among the Microsoft community, as the product is ideally suited for integration with Microsoft technologies, as well as easily embedded into other ISV applications.
“Our DocumentNOW® and DocumentTRAK™ API tools, which allow our partners and customers to tightly integrate with existing environments, including Microsoft applications, has been heralded by existing partners as the most comprehensive, flexible and easy to work with API Toolkit in the electronic signature market,” says David Brinkman, AssureSign's president and chief executive officer. “WPC is a great opportunity for AssureSign to demonstrate to the Microsoft partner community the breadth and depth of the AssureSign solution.”
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(WPC) in Los Angeles, CA, which will be held July 11 through 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. AssureSign will be exhibiting their latest electronic signature product capabilities in booth #248 in the Solution Innovation Center (Expo), highlighting its industry leading solutions.AssureSign leads the electronic signature market with easy to deploy tools that can seamlessly integrate electronic signature applications with existing business tools with minimal effort. AssureSign is already pre-integrated with Microsoft
Dynamics® CRM, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Outlook and several other Microsoft-based applications from other Microsoft partners.AssureSign's participation in this year's WPC event marks the second consecutive year that the company will exhibit at the event. The AssureSign electronic signature solution has experienced rapid adoption among the Microsoft community, as the product is ideally suited for integration with Microsoft technologies, as well as easily embedded into other ISV applications.
“Our DocumentNOW® and DocumentTRAK™ API tools, which allow our partners and customers to tightly integrate with existing environments, including Microsoft applications, has been heralded by existing partners as the most comprehensive, flexible and easy to work with API Toolkit in the electronic signature market,” says David Brinkman, AssureSign's president and chief executive officer. “WPC is a great opportunity for AssureSign to demonstrate to the Microsoft partner community the breadth and depth of the AssureSign solution.”
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Monday, July 25, 2011
Enteracloud Offers Training for Hosted Small Business Server 2011
Enteracloud Solutions, the leading provider of cloud hosting solutions for small business, announced the release of its new Small Business Server 2011 Training for Cloud Hosted Environments.
Just because a business is small doesn't remove the value and usefulness a server provides. Without a business server a small business is at the mercy of less than ideal business processes and lower than average efficiency. Microsoft's Small Business Server 2011 offers small to medium size businesses an updated suite of powerful server software including Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010, all in a single package. Businesses that need a robust database server can add the Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On, which provides a SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business server license as well.
Microsoft's SBS 2011 is a full-featured server environment for small businesses. SBS 2011 offers a lower cost server solution without the additional overhead and complexity of the company's flagship Windows Server product.
SBS 2011 provides a cost effective way to get a number of important services on a single server. It has been designed from the ground up for making small businesses more efficient. Small Business Server reduces the management overhead dramatically allowing one administrator to handle all of the server tasks, whether it's managing the network, Exchange or SharePoint.
Just because a business is small doesn't remove the value and usefulness a server provides. Without a business server a small business is at the mercy of less than ideal business processes and lower than average efficiency. Microsoft's Small Business Server 2011 offers small to medium size businesses an updated suite of powerful server software including Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Exchange 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010, all in a single package. Businesses that need a robust database server can add the Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On, which provides a SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business server license as well.
Microsoft's SBS 2011 is a full-featured server environment for small businesses. SBS 2011 offers a lower cost server solution without the additional overhead and complexity of the company's flagship Windows Server product.
SBS 2011 provides a cost effective way to get a number of important services on a single server. It has been designed from the ground up for making small businesses more efficient. Small Business Server reduces the management overhead dramatically allowing one administrator to handle all of the server tasks, whether it's managing the network, Exchange or SharePoint.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Microsoft partners get reprieve on revenue targets
Microsoft partners have at least another year to figure out if they want to hit new revenue targets to achieve Gold status. Perhaps more important, they now have an inkling of what those revenue targets will be.
Microsoft pushed the deadline back from October 2011 to October 2012. The stated reason is it wants to make sure it has the most accurate measurement system in place.
But many partners suspect the real reason is that there were so many complaints about the requirement that Microsoft had to regroup. The delay was mentioned in a post to the Microsoft Partner Portal in late June and comes just before the big Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference kicks off in Los Angeles next week.
Microsoft unmasks revenue targets
These revenue targets -- based on geography and skill set -- remain a huge issue for Microsoft partners. According to the MPN website, a U.S. partner must hit $100,000 to $500,000 in revenue, depending on competency. A Gold partner with a badge in application integration, volume licensing or Web development, for example, must attain $100,000 in revenue while a CRM Gold ISV has to hit $500,000. In the past there was no revenue requirement, per se.
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Microsoft pushed the deadline back from October 2011 to October 2012. The stated reason is it wants to make sure it has the most accurate measurement system in place.
But many partners suspect the real reason is that there were so many complaints about the requirement that Microsoft had to regroup. The delay was mentioned in a post to the Microsoft Partner Portal in late June and comes just before the big Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference kicks off in Los Angeles next week.
Microsoft unmasks revenue targets
These revenue targets -- based on geography and skill set -- remain a huge issue for Microsoft partners. According to the MPN website, a U.S. partner must hit $100,000 to $500,000 in revenue, depending on competency. A Gold partner with a badge in application integration, volume licensing or Web development, for example, must attain $100,000 in revenue while a CRM Gold ISV has to hit $500,000. In the past there was no revenue requirement, per se.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Ensyst Earns Microsoft Gold Systems Management Competency
Achieving the competency meant passing rigorous technical and pre-sales training and certification including proving expertise in deploying Microsoft's latest Systems Management products.
In October 2010 Microsoft introduced a new partner program replacing the old Microsoft Gold and Registered partner levels with “Competencies” that recognize and reward specific expertise within a partner’s business.
Ensyst now has 4 Gold Competencies, having also recently been announced as Australia’s first ever Gold Unified Communications Competency partner and one of the first Gold Desktop Competency partners.
Ensyst also holds a Gold Competency in Portals and Collaboration.
Ensyst General Manager Nick Sone said:
“The Systems Management Gold Competency is important to us in that allows us to round out our end-to-end productivity solution for our customers. This certification is further proof of Ensyst’s market-leading knowledge, skills and experience in the delivery of Microsoft centric solutions”
Achieving the competency meant passing rigorous technical and pre-sales training and certification including proving experience in deploying Microsoft’s market-leading collaboration platform, SSCM/SCOM, in real-world customer environments.
ABOUT ENSYST
Ensyst is a leading IT Solutions and services provider helping organisations, small and large, to leverage IT to achieve their business goals. Ensyst has clients between tens and thousands of employees in size, across all major industries and in all states of Australia.
Through the skills, qualifications and experience of their staff Ensyst provides a range of services, from once-off project engagements, to monthly support services, to a completely outsourced IT department.
www.ensyst.com.au
In October 2010 Microsoft introduced a new partner program replacing the old Microsoft Gold and Registered partner levels with “Competencies” that recognize and reward specific expertise within a partner’s business.
Ensyst now has 4 Gold Competencies, having also recently been announced as Australia’s first ever Gold Unified Communications Competency partner and one of the first Gold Desktop Competency partners.
Ensyst also holds a Gold Competency in Portals and Collaboration.
Ensyst General Manager Nick Sone said:
“The Systems Management Gold Competency is important to us in that allows us to round out our end-to-end productivity solution for our customers. This certification is further proof of Ensyst’s market-leading knowledge, skills and experience in the delivery of Microsoft centric solutions”
Achieving the competency meant passing rigorous technical and pre-sales training and certification including proving experience in deploying Microsoft’s market-leading collaboration platform, SSCM/SCOM, in real-world customer environments.
ABOUT ENSYST
Ensyst is a leading IT Solutions and services provider helping organisations, small and large, to leverage IT to achieve their business goals. Ensyst has clients between tens and thousands of employees in size, across all major industries and in all states of Australia.
Through the skills, qualifications and experience of their staff Ensyst provides a range of services, from once-off project engagements, to monthly support services, to a completely outsourced IT department.
www.ensyst.com.au
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Cloud computing co Gizmox raises $2.5m, teams with Citrix
Cloud computing start-up Gizmox Ltd.has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Citrix Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS), which has also invested $2.5 million in the company, as part of a $3.5 million convertible loan. The companies will enable enterprises to convert existing and new applications to operate on HTML5-enabled devices.
The company's Visual WebGui solution converts applications to cloud environments. Gizmox CEO Navot Peled, Guy Peled, and Dan Lichtenfeld founded the company in 2007. Incubator Maayan Ventures Ltd. (TASE:MAYN) owns 30.4% of the company, which has 25 employees.
Peled said, "Citrix is an industry leader in virtual computing technology and its solutions are enabling the consumerization of IT to become a reality for thousands of enterprises and millions of users around the world. The two companies have a shared vision for delivering applications to any device, including HTML5-based devices. Our combined efforts will help advance technology to support cloud computing and mobile devices.”
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 30, 2011
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The company's Visual WebGui solution converts applications to cloud environments. Gizmox CEO Navot Peled, Guy Peled, and Dan Lichtenfeld founded the company in 2007. Incubator Maayan Ventures Ltd. (TASE:MAYN) owns 30.4% of the company, which has 25 employees.
Peled said, "Citrix is an industry leader in virtual computing technology and its solutions are enabling the consumerization of IT to become a reality for thousands of enterprises and millions of users around the world. The two companies have a shared vision for delivering applications to any device, including HTML5-based devices. Our combined efforts will help advance technology to support cloud computing and mobile devices.”
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 30, 2011
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Sunday, July 17, 2011
Citrix invests in Core Mobile Networks
Citrix Systems has made an investment in Core Mobile Networks, a company that correlates information from enterprise systems with content in the cloud and delivers it to mobile devices.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Core Mobile will initially target mobile business professionals using the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based smartphone platforms.
Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) is the largest software company based in South Florida, with $1.87 billion in revenue and $277 million in profit in 2010.
This is the third investment for the Citrix Startup Accelerator, which looks for new technologies and business models that have the potential to enable new capabilities in areas such as virtualization, cloud, mobility, networking, security, storage, collaboration and software as a service. The initiative not only provides seed investments to select startups, but enables them to benefit from the global Citrix presence, its entrepreneur-friendly environment, large customer base and seasoned go-to-market strategies, according to a news release.
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Santa Clara, Calif.-based Core Mobile will initially target mobile business professionals using the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based smartphone platforms.
Fort Lauderdale-based Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) is the largest software company based in South Florida, with $1.87 billion in revenue and $277 million in profit in 2010.
This is the third investment for the Citrix Startup Accelerator, which looks for new technologies and business models that have the potential to enable new capabilities in areas such as virtualization, cloud, mobility, networking, security, storage, collaboration and software as a service. The initiative not only provides seed investments to select startups, but enables them to benefit from the global Citrix presence, its entrepreneur-friendly environment, large customer base and seasoned go-to-market strategies, according to a news release.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Citrix makes desktop virtualization secure enough for secret environments
Using desktop virtualization in highly secret environments is very challenging. Desktop systems may only be allowed to communicate with certain servers over certain secure networks. Individuals may be limited to working with data that their role and security clearance allows. In the past, no commercial, off-the-shelf, VDI product was secure enough to satisfy all of the requirements presented by government agencies, contractors and suppliers. Without a great deal of work, commercial products just couldn’t address the network, application and data isolation and access control required.
I had an opportunity to speak with a couple of folks (Peter Blum, Director of Product Management, and Raymond Chew, Senior Product Manager) from Citrix about addressing the security challenges found in enterprises and the extreme requirements found in government agencies. They detailed what sort of work had to be done to make commercial products address that level of security challenge. They also introduced me to XenClient 2 and XenClient XT.
Here’s how Citrix describes the XenClient family of desktop virtualization products
XenClient is a client-side hypervisor that enables virtual desktops to run directly on client devices. By separating the operating system from the underlying hardware, desktop images can now be created, secured, deployed and moved across any supported hardware, greatly reducing the maintenance burden on IT and simplifying disaster recovery for laptop users. Optimized for Intel vPro XenClient delivers the high definition experience that users expect.
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I had an opportunity to speak with a couple of folks (Peter Blum, Director of Product Management, and Raymond Chew, Senior Product Manager) from Citrix about addressing the security challenges found in enterprises and the extreme requirements found in government agencies. They detailed what sort of work had to be done to make commercial products address that level of security challenge. They also introduced me to XenClient 2 and XenClient XT.
Here’s how Citrix describes the XenClient family of desktop virtualization products
XenClient is a client-side hypervisor that enables virtual desktops to run directly on client devices. By separating the operating system from the underlying hardware, desktop images can now be created, secured, deployed and moved across any supported hardware, greatly reducing the maintenance burden on IT and simplifying disaster recovery for laptop users. Optimized for Intel vPro XenClient delivers the high definition experience that users expect.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Citrix and Microsoft Gain on VMware
VMware has clearly held the top spot in the burgeoning virtualization market, running ahead of competitors Citrix and Microsoft. Yet the race appears to be shifting, reports Paul Rubens.
"What, me worry?" is the signature phrase of Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. It probably also sums up VMware's reaction to Gartner's latest assessment of the server virtualization market.
VMware dominates this market, and it's long been the only leader, as defined by one of Gartner's famous Magic Quadrants. But the latest Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure report, published last week, adds Microsoft and Citrix to the coveted top-right Leaders section.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) are, in other words, catching up with VMware's virtualization technology. "Although market share leader VMware (NYSE: VMW) continues to set the standard in products and the pace in terms of strategy, Microsoft has increased its market share (especially among midmarket customers new to virtualization), and Citrix is leveraging its desktop virtualization strengths and its free XenServer offering to expand its server virtualization share," says the report.
It's no surprise that competition has heated up -- everyone wants a share of the server virtualization bonanza. Right now, about 40 percent of x86 architecture workloads have been virtualized, and the installed base is expected to grow by 500 percent from 2010 to 2015 as the number of workloads grows and virtualization levels reach more than 75 percent, Gartner (NYSE:IT)reckons.
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"What, me worry?" is the signature phrase of Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. It probably also sums up VMware's reaction to Gartner's latest assessment of the server virtualization market.
VMware dominates this market, and it's long been the only leader, as defined by one of Gartner's famous Magic Quadrants. But the latest Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure report, published last week, adds Microsoft and Citrix to the coveted top-right Leaders section.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Citrix (NASDAQ: CTXS) are, in other words, catching up with VMware's virtualization technology. "Although market share leader VMware (NYSE: VMW) continues to set the standard in products and the pace in terms of strategy, Microsoft has increased its market share (especially among midmarket customers new to virtualization), and Citrix is leveraging its desktop virtualization strengths and its free XenServer offering to expand its server virtualization share," says the report.
It's no surprise that competition has heated up -- everyone wants a share of the server virtualization bonanza. Right now, about 40 percent of x86 architecture workloads have been virtualized, and the installed base is expected to grow by 500 percent from 2010 to 2015 as the number of workloads grows and virtualization levels reach more than 75 percent, Gartner (NYSE:IT)reckons.
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Microsoft, Citrix join VMware at top of Gartner's Magic Quadrant
It's getting harder for VMware to argue that it's the only game in town for big-time virtualization projects.
Sure, every member of the Fortune 100 is a VMware customer, even rival Microsoft. But VMware is no longer the only vendor at the top of the x86 virtualization market, according to Gartner's latest Magic QuadrantIN PICTURES: The hottest virtualization products at VMworld
The prestigious ranking, released last week, places Microsoft and Citrix in the Leaders Quadrant along with VMware. Last year, VMware was listed as the only leader, with its rivals in lower tiers.
Gartner still lists VMware first among the three leaders, with Microsoft second and Citrix third. But given than Microsoft's Hyper-V and Citrix's XenServer are cheaper -- and perhaps nearly as good as VMware -- customers can justifiably seek alternatives. Oracle, Parallels and Red Hat are called niche players in the Gartner ranking.
"Citrix and Microsoft have joined VMware in the Leaders Quadrant by increasing vision and execution respectively," Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman and colleagues write. "Although market share leader VMware continues to set the standard in products and the pace in terms of strategy, Microsoft has increased its market share (especially among midmarket customers new to virtualization), and Citrix is leveraging its desktop virtualization strengths and its free XenServer offering to expand its server virtualization share."
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