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Giant distributor TechData announced today the opening of its StreamOne Solutions Store. Think of it as an app store for VARs. No, your local VAR isn't going to start selling iPad apps, but the "bigger apps" for their clients to download cloud services or download commercial applications software products and their licenses. It is a great idea.

"The Tech Data StreamOne platform is unlike anything currently offered within the channel," says Gertrud Pillay, Vice President, Category Marketing and Licensing Operations at PCMall, a leading computer retailer. "With its intuitive interface, we're able to quickly and easily bring greater value and efficiency to our customers by identifying which software solutions and cloud services will help our customers reach their goals."

Turning live chats with your customers into actionable leads just got a tad easier thanks to Olark's intgration with SaaS CRM Salesforce.com.

Olark is a customer service live chat app that plugs into your preferred chat client and lets you engage visitors to your company's Website in real time.

VMware announced that it will acquire Digital Fuel, an IT financial software-as-a-service provider, for an undisclosed amount. Last week, Globes speculated that Digital Fuel would be acquired for $85 million.

VMware has been on an acquisition spree, having acquired Socialcast and SlideRocket in the past two months.