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The VAR Guy: "Even as the economy went into a nosedive, Wyse Technology Inc.'s thin client sales continued to climb higher.

In fact, Wyse - which increasingly promotes Linux-based solutions through channel partners - says the company generated record revenue in October."

Openbravo says it has achieved more than 1 million downloads for its ERP (enterprise resource planning) and POS (point of sale) open source software.

Plus, nearly 100 channel partners have jumped on the bandwagon. Details at The VAR Guy.

Is IBM gearing up to disrupt Microsoft Office? Apparently so. In fact, Big Blue is bringing Lotus Symphony 1.2 — an open source application suite — to the Mac.

(Lotus Symphony already runs on Linux and Windows.) And IBM is recruiting channel partners to back Symphony.

Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.

This article talks about how the opening of the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) gives channel partners new opportunities to deliver differentiated business solutions to directly address customer needs.

Alfresco, the open source content management company, says 60 percent of its sales now involve channel partners such as resellers and integrators. Here's the scoop from The VAR Guy.

The joint offering includes SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server from Novell® configured and tested as an optimized guest operating system running on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, and is fully supported by both companies’ channel partners, including Dell Inc.

Supported by Dell and other channel partners, solution includes SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running as optimized guest on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. REDMOND, Wash.

Network World: "f it stands up says, "Sorry, just kidding!" that won't make the channel partners happy, particularly if they used the threat to convince customers they must buy SUSE or Windows over Red Hat and other distros.

But the fact is, we are seeing actions by Microsoft that indicate that the "suing Linux users" jig is up."

The Var Guy: "During their early days, many open source companies didn’t want or need channel partners.

Instead, they depending on direct sales as well as “community” members who assisted open source code development and product evangelism.

That’s wonderful for a start-up. But growing up — and going global with localized support — requires VARs, integrators and managed service providers (MSPs)."

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