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• IBM To Offer Partners Free Access To Online Marketing Applications
  6:06 PM EST Fri. May. 17, 2013
  IBM will announce at next week's SmarterCommerce Global Summit that it is providing partners with free one-year access to IBM Marketing Center.
• SAP Steps Up Partner Recruitment Efforts For HANA
  5:34 PM EST Thu. May. 16, 2013
  The company has launched SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud partner program as part of its efforts to get solution providers on board with HANA.
• SAP CEO: HANA Is The Platform for All Future SAP Products
  3:46 PM EST Tue. May. 14, 2013
  In his Sapphire Now keynote speech, CEO Bill McDermott calls the HANA in-memory database 'the intellectual renewal of SAP' and 'the fastest growing software product in the world.'
• SAP's Sapphire To-Do List: Top Of Mind For Partners Will Be HANA, Cloud
  11:01 AM EST Fri. May. 10, 2013
  Solution providers who'll be attending next week's Sapphire conference are looking for clues about SAP's plans for HANA and cloud software and just how they fit into those plans.
• Lawsuit Alleges HP Tried To Kill Autonomy Deal
  8:20 PM EST Wed. May. 08, 2013
  A new class-action lawsuit alleges that HP was "actively" seeking to withdraw its $11.1 billion offer to purchase Autonomy just weeks before the deal closed.
• EMC Updates Isilon Storage Platform For Mobility, Cloud, Analytics
  4:02 PM EST Tue. May. 07, 2013
  EMC is adding mobility, cloud and big data analytics capabilities to its EMC Isilon scale-out NAS platform, and it plans to add dedupe and auditing capabilities by year-end.
• SAS Takes Its Business Analytics Software To The Cloud
  10:34 AM EST Wed. May. 01, 2013
  The company also unveils high-performance business analytics applications and discloses plans for a BI appliance jointly developed with Teradata.
• 21 Hot Midmarket Products Seen At MES East 2013
  2:00 PM EST Tue. Apr. 30, 2013
  MES East 2013 provides a haven for tech vendors to showcase their wares to the midmarket. See where the biggest product opportunities lie.
• Upping The Big Data Ante: HP Creates Converged Systems Unit
  12:38 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  The new HP unit brings together a variety of resources to deliver big data 'converged application appliances,' including systems based on Apache Hadoop, HP Vertica, SAP HANA and HP Cloud System.
• 10 Hot Tech Startups For April
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Apr. 29, 2013
  From predictive analytics to cloud and mobile application performance management to "big data" storage for SMBs, there's no shortage of startups with innovative technologies this month.
• Channel Beat: Inside Pivotal's Coming Out Party (Video)
  12:29 PM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  This week's recap also looks at the latest on Dell's move to go private as well as Apple's interesting second-quarter earnings.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:10 AM EST Fri. Apr. 26, 2013
  For the week ending April 26, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Revolution Analytics Sees Big Data Solutions Moving Into SMB Arena
  6:10 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  Company's new Revolution R Enterprise 6.2 edition offers new capabilities for handling huge volumes of data.
• Dell Updates PartnerDirect For Software VARs
  4:30 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  In the fall, Dell plans to add four software-related competencies under PartnerDirect: Security, Systems Management, Data Protection and Information Management.
• Startup SkyKick Brings Migration Automation To Office 365
  3:40 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  SkyKick estimates a typical migration to Office 365 might take 40 hours of a solution provider's time. That can be reduced down to a couple of hours with the company's new suite, said executives.
• GE Bets Big On EMC/VMware-Backed Pivotal Big Data Venture
  1:38 PM EST Wed. Apr. 24, 2013
  Pivotal, the new big data company forged by EMC and VMware, launches today with word that General Electric is investing over $100 million in the venture.
• Amazon Vs. Pivotal: 5 Reasons Maritz Beats Bezos In Big Data Battle
  6:03 PM EST Tue. Apr. 23, 2013
  In the battle for big data, CRN looks at five reasons why the new EMC VMware backed Pivotal is going to beat Amazon in the big data applications and services market.
• Paul Maritz's 10 Commandments Of Big Data
  6:30 PM EST Mon. Apr. 22, 2013
  It's not easy building a platform that will launch thousands of new big data applications and services, but that is just what Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz is doing.
• A Big Data Partner Revolution: Maritz On Vertical Expertise, Education
  3:45 PM EST Mon. Apr. 22, 2013
  Interested in in establishing a beachhead in the big data market? Pivotal CEO Paul Maritz offers solution providers a few thoughts on vertical expertise and education.
• Big Data Buy: Pentaho Picks Up Development Partner Webdetails
  2:25 PM EST Mon. Apr. 22, 2013
  With the addition of Webdetails technology, Pentaho partners see opportunity to acquire a broader business analytics system.
• 2013 Channel Champs: Overall Winners
  2:00 PM EST Mon. Apr. 22, 2013
  The CRN Channel Champions study highlights solution provider satisfaction with their vendor partners' products and services.
• Five Companies That Came To Win This Week
  5:55 PM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  For the week ending April 19, CRN looks at five companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• CRN Exclusive: Paul Maritz's Plan To Take Over Big Data
  2:00 PM EST Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
  Paul Maritz is known for avoiding technology hyperbole. But even he knows that his big data business applications play is no small experiment.
• IBM Plans Product Line Divestitures, Employee Cutbacks After Disappointing Q1
  6:55 PM EST Thu. Apr. 18, 2013
  First-quarter results are called "disappointing" after the company failed to close key mainframe and software contracts worth $400 million.
• Follow The Money: 21 Big Data Startups That Have Scored Big In Venture Funding This Year
  4:00 PM EST Thu. Apr. 18, 2013
  Dot.Com Redux? There's been a free flow of millions of dollars in venture capital to "big data" startups recently. Here's 21 that have scored big since the start of the year.