IBM Channel Partners Enlist Social Commerce to Build Retail Solutions
[26-AUG-09] Innovative IT software vendors are building web-based applications for retail customers that integrate social networking as a tool to expand sales.

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IBM Rallies Partners to Smarter Planet, Launches Social Network
[17-JUN-09] Palmisano urges Big Blue partners to help customers “save money, preserve capital and reduce costs."

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IT Vendors Tap Social Media Sites to Drive Sales, Marketing
[28-APR-09] Channel partners outfitted with new tools to build marketing initiatives and spur sales opportunities.

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Websense Taps Channel to Sell New Web Security Appliance
[13-APR-09] Product designed to offer Web 2.0 content protection for corporate employees will be offered through roster of 8,000 resellers worldwide.

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Microsoft - Pioneer Electronics
[13-FEB-09] Pioneer Electronics needed to provide superior customer service. To help achieve this, Pioneer dealers needed a forum to share installation expertise for increasingly sophisticated after-market car audio products.

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VARs Growing More Interested in Social Networking
[21-OCT-08] At Ingram Micro's Venture Tech Conference, channel partners say they are increasingly using social sites as business tools. They can bring in new customers and be used to foster collaboration among employees.

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IBM Launches Cloud Computing Initiative
[06-OCT-08] A new portfolio of open standards-based services will provide an opportunity for VARs to provide integration and support to business customers.

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Social Networking: What Are 'Friends' For?
[03-SEP-08] Consider dropping your resistance to "open" social networking and embrace it with a vengeance. It's the best thing to happen to our species since language.

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Are Enterprises Effectively Tapping the Social?
[21-JUL-08] Active involvement is holding back the potential of some social networks.

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The Channel's Stake in Social Networking
[28-APR-08] Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are often viewed as online playgrounds for students. However, they are being increasingly used as important business tools by channel players.

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AOL Buying Social Networking Site
[13-MAR-08] UPDATED: With an eye toward engagement marketing, AOL sees Bebo acquisition as the "cornerstone" of its social media strategy.

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The Big IT Guns Are Coming to Web 2.0
[11-MAR-08] IDC predicts this will be the year of big commitments from IBM, Microsoft and other giants.

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