
Most everyone loves Thanksgiving turkeys. But IT industry turkeys? Not so much. We look at 10 examples of 'turkeys' that have disappointed the tech industry this year.
| COMPANY: Covalent Walnut Creek, Calif. www.covalent.com KEY PRODUCT: Covalent subscription support plans for Apache Tomcat, Geronimo, Axis and HTTPD PRICING: $2,000 for online support to $25,000 for 24x7 PROGRAM: Covalent Reseller Program PROGRAM LEVELS & REQUIREMENTS: 1 Level, 30 percent margin KEY BENEFITS: Tech support, partner community |
| COMPANY: Digium Huntsville, Ala. www.digium.com KEY PRODUCT: Asterisk Business Edition PRICING: 5-license set $3,795 PROGRAM: Digium Authorized Reseller Program PROGRAM LEVELS & REQUIREMENTS: Authorized, Premier Authorized and Elite Authorized Reseller levels KEY BENEFITS: Co-op funds, leads, tech support, certification |
| COMPANY: Funambol Redwood City, Calif. www.funambol.com KEY PRODUCT: Funambol PRICING: Perpetual or recurring user-based pricing PROGRAM: Funambol Channel Program PROGRAM LEVELS & REQUIREMENTS: 2 levels (Systems Integrator and VAR) KEY BENEFITS: Technical support, marketing assistance |
| COMPANY: Ingres Redwood City, Calf. www.ingres.com KEY PRODUCT: Ingres 2006 PRICING: $7,995/CPU PROGRAM: Ingres Partner Program PROGRAM LEVELS & REQUIREMENTS: Integrated Partners, Embedded Partners KEY BENEFITS: Technical support, training |
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