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Epicor Software Corporation, a global leader in business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, today announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft Corp. whereby Epicor® will use Windows Azure to expand on-demand delivery of its next-generation enterprise resource planning (ERP) suite worldwide. The Epicor ICE Business Architecture will also benefit from Windows Azure and SQL Azure.

Epicor and Microsoft share a common vision for cloud computing and building business applications that are delivered the way people want to work; virtually any place, any time on any device. With the open and flexible Windows Azure cloud platform, applications can be quickly built, deployed and managed across a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters — using virtually any language, tool or framework…

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VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced the results of a recently commissioned study conducted by Spiceworks that investigated desktop virtualization industry trends among small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs). The research revealed that more than 60 percent of SMBs who responded to the survey plan to roll out or evaluate desktop virtualization in 2012. In addition, the study showed that VMware View(TM) is the leading desktop virtualization solution deployed by SMBs.

"It’s clear that SMB customers want virtual desktop solutions that are both easy to implement and can scale with them as they grow," said Vittorio Viarengo, vice president, End-User Computing, VMware. "Customers choose and deploy VMware View(TM) because of its proven ability to simplify their desktop deployments, improve security and manage IT more efficiently."…

Grazed from CRN.  Author: Jack McKarthy.

Cloud computing is forcing all technology companies to adapt their business in some way. At Interop Monday in Las Vegas, several solution providers and vendors outlined their game plans for succeeding in the channel during this time of upheaval.

From cloud solution provider GreenPages Technology Solutions to networker Extreme Networks, and from data monitoring company Gigamon to networking and storage company Netgear, all showed how they are moving in new directions.

At an all-day event called "The IT Channel Summit: Capitalizing On Disruptive Technologies," these companies outlined a common theme — companies that resist change will not succeed. The event was sponsored by CRN, a unit of United Business Media, which also owns Interop operator TechWeb…

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Callidus Software Inc. CALD -4.51% , the leader in sales effectiveness and cloud computing, announced MySalesGame, its gamified social, collaborative selling platform to drive sales effectiveness.

"Sales organizations must find a way to tap into the inherent competitiveness of its sales force while fostering a culture of cooperation and collaboration to drive their performance," said Leslie Stretch, President and CEO, CallidusCloud. "MySalesGame is a new social sales performance management platform that drives selling behavior by publishing peer performance on key sales objectives in real time and providing social currency for real results. These gamification techniques are a vital addition to cash incentives. No company should deploy cash incentives in isolation. MySalesGame encourages social and collaborative selling. It will revolutionize the way companies measure, motivate, coach and train their sales forces, and enable them to take their sales performance to the next level."…

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Aryaka, the world’s first cloud-based WAN optimization and application acceleration solution, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) LLC, an Amazon.com company and the leader in cloud computing (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced they have brought to market a solution that delivers a unified infrastructure for accessing global cloud and enterprise resources. Aryaka provides an optimized network that ensures IT application instances running on AWS behave as if they were on the local network with any-to-any connectivity, regardless of where end-users are located around the world.

Using Aryaka’s network, enterprises provide optimized access for all of their locations and users to their designated locations within the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) environments without installing appliances or private links. Aryaka has multiple Points of Presence (POPs) across the world, interconnected via a secure, dedicated and redundant core network as well as a full-featured WAN optimization software stack running at each of these POPs. Aryaka integrates the Amazon cloud to the enterprise headquarters and all its remote office locations in a meshed environment. This is especially relevant for global organizations with business needs where AWS does not currently have a presence, such as China and Australia. Current Aryaka customers are also able to enjoy optimized access to all AWS services via Aryaka’s global network…

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V3 Systems, the industry leader in Desktop Cloud Computing (DCC), announced today availability of the V3 Desktop Cloud Orchestrator(TM), a powerful new management addition to its industry-leading V3 Desktop Cloud Computing appliance. V3 Desktop Orchestrator empowers organizations to deliver and manage a dedicated pool with local storage virtual desktops with guaranteed performance, availability and high-density utilization across their entire enterprise.

V3 Desktop Cloud Orchestrator (V3 DCO) is the first management system specifically designed to simplify and improve the management of a virtual desktop environment and reduce the need for multiple management consoles. A key component of the V3 DCO is V3 Optimized Desktop Allocation(TM) (V3 ODA), a technology that delivers seamless virtual desktop recovery in the event of a failed virtual desktop appliance…

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GigaOM, a leading business and technology media company, today announced more headline speakers for GigaOm Structure 2012, the number-one cloud computing conference now in its fifth year. Scheduled for June 20-22 in San Francisco, Structure is the seminal event in cloud computing, expected to bring together over 1,100 innovators shaping the future of the technology industry.

“When dozens of top minds from companies like Cisco, Amazon, Box, Zynga, Netflix, Microsoft, Intel and more convene in one place to debate the future of the tech industry, you know it’s the most important cloud computing conference in the world – and Structure 2012 is that conference,” said Om Malik, founder and senior writer at GigaOM. “The fifth-annual Structure is shaping up to the be the largest, most influential, and well-attended one yet; it’s the only conference where leaders from large enterprise technology companies mingle with cutting-edge startups, venture capitalists, journalists, and analysts in an open-format debate.”…

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As the role of cloud computing is growing significantly in its ability to deliver business applications, many IT decision makers are facing challenges with their existing network infrastructure to support the migration of their business applications to the cloud. An international study announced today by Cisco CSCO -1.97% revealed that without the proper cloud migration strategy, more than one third (38 percent) of IT decision makers would rather get a root canal, dig a ditch, or do their own taxes than address network challenges associated with public or private cloud deployments.

These research findings provide insight into the current state of cloud networking and the chasm between IT expectations and network realities. The survey also examines the experiences of IT professionals regarding the level of difficulty and time required to update their networks and migrate their applications to the cloud…

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Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, today announced ongoing customer momentum of the adoption of Wyse hardware and virtualization software alongside desktop virtualization solutions from Citrix. Wyse is currently exhibiting at Citrix Synergy(TM) 2012, the premier event on cloud computing, virtualization and networking at Booth #206. Citrix Synergy runs from May 9-11, 2012.

"Citrix and Wyse have been working together to deliver the best technology solutions for IT users for many years now," according to Maryam Alexandrian, Senior Vice President Worldwide Sales and Channels at Wyse Technology. "Across industries such as financial services, healthcare, government, education and many more, both companies strive to improve end user and IT experience through the development of innovative new technologies."…

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VDIworks, a leading provider of management and enablement software for virtualization and cloud computing, announced today that it is making available an open, free infrastructure for Desktops as a Service (DaaS), Desktop Virtualization and Cloud-hosted VDI.

DaaSStack is built on free, open components and includes VDIworks’ just-released, DaaSManager, to provide a complete end-to-end solution that can power the next generation of end user computing.

“We’re essentially announcing two very important things today”, said Amir Husain, President and CEO of VDIworks. “First, we’re committing ourselves to building a powerful, free and open infrastructure for DaaS, based on proven components. We hope this will free customers from vendor lock-in, unbelievably high costs and the challenges associated with proprietary infrastructure. Second, as part of this initiative, we’re launching our new DaaSManager application, and making it available to users for free.”…