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Talk about a market disruption: Hewlett-Packard is fuming mad with GroundWork Open Source, because GroundWork claims to cost up to 80 percent less than HP's various network management tools. This is the latest example of an open source company disrupting traditional, expensive, closed-source solutions. Details at The VAR Guy.

Despite the economic turmoil, Wyse Technology generated record sales in October. Apparently, thin clients running Novell SUSE Linux are in high demand. Here's the scoop, only from The VAR Guy.

Novell now claims to have more certified software partners than rival Linux providers. The chest pumping represents Novell’s latest thinly veiled attack against Red Hat. But take a closer look at Novell’s claims and you’ll see why Red Hat may take issue with some of Novell’s statements. Here's the analysis, only from The VAR Guy.

Kuali, an open source ERP system, is catching on in multiple colleges and universities. And a savvy integrator called rSmart is leading the push.

It's time to stop calling Red Hat a Linux company. In fact, Red Hat has recruited 250 partners to help the company push far, far, far beyond Linux. Here's the scoop from The VAR Guy.

On desktops and Netbooks, Ubuntu has had a remarkable year. But on the server, Ubuntu continues to face multiple major challenges, reports The VAR Guy. Here's the scoop.

It's no secret that Digium has recruited executives from ADTRAN, a neighboring networking company in Huntsville, Alabama. But here's another interesting trend: Some customers are starting to use ADTRAN and Digium Asterisk in tandem.

In newspaper ads across the United States, Dell is promoting a low-cost notebook computer called the Inspiron Mini 9 running Ubuntu Linux. It's Microsoft's worst holiday nightmare.

Open source operating systems, applications and middleware continue to disrupt and infiltrate the IT channel. But which open source companies are truly committed to VARs, solutions providers and managed service providers? This survey from The VAR Guy will reveal the answers soon. All open source companies are welcome to participate.

Openbravo, the open source ERP and POS specialist, is updating customers and partners on the company's strategy to offer native MySQL support. Here's the scoop.

Lenovo has introduced a special 60-day money back guarantee on its ThinkServers, which run Novell SUSE Linux or Windows and target small businesses. But the guarantee is only available from one specific Lenovo distributor. Here's the scoop.

At the bottom of this article about Microsoft Small Business Server 2008, The VAR Guy openly wonders if Linux advocates will ever effectively brand their software for small business servers.

Novell is reaching out to Red Hat customers and Microsoft partners with a new offer. The strategy: Train Microsoft partners to replace Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Novell SUSE Linux. Here’s the scoop on the strategy.

Unison Technologies, which develops unified communications software for Linux servers, is gearing up to launch a partner program for solutions providers and managed service providers. Here’s the scoop.

Still skeptical about open source ERP and POS (point of sale) software? Openbravo says it has exceeded 1 million downloads and has nearly 100 channel partners. Is the channel shifting to open source business applications? The VAR Guy takes a look.

Red Hat has found a way to link open source with Star Wars. Sci-Fi Geeks across the galaxy must be celebrating as Red Hat seeks to conquer the digital entertainment universe. Here’s the scoop.

Open source companies from A to Z (Alfresco to Zmanda) have lined up to endorse Sun's new Amber Road storage solutions. Is Sun finally starting to gain some momentum with open source advocates and the open source channel? Analysis from The VAR Guy.

A major technology distributor is evaluating ways to work more closely with Sun Microsystems' portfolio of open source software. Here’s the scoop, only from The VAR Guy.

The VAR Guy abandoned Windows for Ubuntu Linux in mid-2007 because he was fed up with poor Microsoft product quality. But the blogger and open source advocate will be willing to give Windows 7 a try when it finally arrives. Here's why.

IBM has started testing Lotus Symphony -- the open source application suite -- for Mac OS X. But that's not all. Big Blue is preparing a channel push and seeking integration partners to help promote Symphony to customers. Here's the scoop.