Caldera Enhances Global Partner Program; Strengthening Its Partner Commitment, Caldera Increases Support, Training and Education Benefits.Business Editors OREM, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 Caldera caldera: see crater. caldera Large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption. The term is Spanish for “caldron. International, Inc. (Nasdaq:CALD CALD chronic active liver disease. ) today stepped up its channel commitment by enhancing its global Solutions Partner Program. Under the revised program, Solutions Partners receive free technical training, free online education materials, specially priced technical support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , and significant discounts on product support. In addition, all partners can now subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" subscribe, take buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; Partner Online, an online service that provides access to technical articles, software patches and a proactive email notification service. Further, members of Caldera's Partner Program have access to co-marketing, demo software, development tools, training, sales information, and technical support according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. their location and partnership level. "Caldera's increased commitment to our channel partners demonstrates our ability to act as a true partner-in-business," said Reg Broughton, senior vice president and general manager, Services Business Line, Caldera. "Our goal is to increase our partners' potential for success by providing a broad range of support services at discounted prices or free of charge." "Caldera is the only Linux company with something to offer to solution providers, and the only Linux company offering a real partner program with potential," said Richard Figer, VP of sales, S. B. Stone & Company. "S. B. Stone & Company focuses on delivering the very best computing solutions to our customers with a high standard of quick and cost-effective support and service. As a Caldera Premier Solutions Partner, we are positioned to leverage the opportunities the Linux and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). markets offer." Caldera resellers will be able to find more details regarding enhancements in Caldera's Partner Program in the February edition of eStreet, Caldera's monthly online partner magazine. To sign up contact http://www.caldera.com/partners/estreet/. Caldera Partner Program Targeted to Developers, Solution Providers, Resellers, Vertical Solutions Providers, Distributors, OpenLearning Providers and Application Service Providers, Caldera's Partner Program provides global support, training and marketing to help partners build and sell Caldera's solutions, which are known internationally for their stability, security and trusted environment. To learn more about Caldera's partner program, please visit http://www.caldera.com/partners/. Caldera International, Inc. Caldera International (Nasdaq: CALD) provides "Powerful Choices" for businesses through its Open UNIX, OpenLinux and SCO OpenServer A server operating system for the Intel platform from SCO. It is based on Unix System V Release 3.2 and includes the Motif and X Window user interfaces and standard Unix networking (TCP/IP, NFS and NIS). SCO OpenServer has optional SMP support for up to 30 processors. product lines and services. Based in Orem, UT, Caldera has representation in 82 countries and 15,000+ resellers worldwide. Caldera Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on Caldera products and services, visit http://www.caldera.com. Caldera, the Caldera logos, Caldera OpenLearning, Caldera Volution, OpenLinux, SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. and the associated SCO logo, and SCO OpenServer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Caldera International, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Caldera Global Services is a service mark of Caldera International, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. . All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. Forward Looking Statements The statements set forth above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Those factors include the failure of the products described above to operate as designed due to incompatibility The inability of a Husband and Wife to cohabit in a marital relationship. incompatibility n. the state of a marriage in which the spouses no longer have the mutual desire to live together and/or stay married, and is thus a ground for divorce with some platforms or other defects; our reliance on developers in the open source community; new and changing technologies and customer acceptance of those technologies; the Company's ability to compete effectively with other companies; failure of our brand to achieve the broad recognition necessary to succeed; unenforceability of the GNU general public license A software license from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) that ensures every user receives the essential freedoms that define "free" software, which is free of restrictions (see free software). ; our reliance on third party developers of components of our software offerings; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; and disruption in the Company's distribution sales channel. These and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially, are also discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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