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Another Sign of Industry Consolidation, New Opportunities for Solution Providers

Oracle-Sun and Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) will end the long-term reseller agreement HDS originally had with Sun on March 31. Announced by HDS via an email to its solution provider partners on March 2, the company wrote “With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Hitachi Data Systems and Oracle agree that the time is right to evolve this relationship into one reflecting the priorities of the new company.”

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Reasons Why Selling Sun Solutions Will Be Easier Under Oracle

There is a newfound interest in reselling Sun hardware despite the European Union’s investigation into the Sun-Oracle deal, writes John Taylor, Sun business unit director at Interface Solutions. In a column for CRN, Taylor states that “wise” resellers are realizing the potentially wider benefits of working with Sun post-acquisition by Oracle, and he details why.

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