Important Virtualization Power Considerations
Tuesday, Nov. 24, noon ET  
The power and cooling infrastructure—which may have been quite sufficient for pre-virtualization needs—could easily become inadequate when data center performance patterns are radically altered. This Channel Insider eSeminar will look at the power-related challenges and the readily available technologies to address them.
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Four Things You Need to Know About Your Infrastructure
The big brains at Emerson Network Power show us major trends driving data center design and management, and how to use them to drive down costs and improve efficiency.
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Global Warming Email Hack Reveals Value of Routine Correspondence
Hackers breached a university email system and uncovered a treasure trove of scientific correspondence that raises doubts about the global warming trend. The incidence is a classic example of how even routine data has value and leaks harm businesses.
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Cloud Overhyped? Few IT Executives Thinks So
A poll by consulting powerhouse Deloitte found that less than 4 percent of IT executives believe cloud computing will not have a significant impact on their operations and business. But where they think the cloud will have an impact is surprising.
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Bumpy Road in 2010, but Still Plenty of Opportunity 
D&H Distributing is experiencing a rebound with business over the last two months up about 20 percent year over year. To get ready for 2010 the small business and medium business IT distributor says it is targeting solutions that address customer pain points. Here's what they are.
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Adam Famularo didn’t mince words in a recent interview with Channel Insider when he discussed the renewed momentum he’s seeing around the company’s back-up and recovery products and just how badly he wants partners who defected from CA several years ago back in the fold.

This month Ingram Micro awarded its top-performing public sector partners during its 2009 GovEd Alliance Spotlight Awards. This group of fast-growth solution providers serves customers across the spectrum of K-12, higher education, state, local and federal government. Channel Insider provides a look at the winners.

Dell's PartnerDirect channel program grew in importance to the company overall during the recession year of 2009 as indirect revenues grew to 26 percent of overall revenues in the third quarter of fiscal 2010 compared to 20 percent a year ago. Dell has increased its certified channel partner ranks and standardized its partner portal globally as well.

The Ponemon Institute recently conducted a study on behalf of Lumension to take the pulse of decision makers from both IT security and IT operations groups about endpoint management and security. Channel Insider dives into the results.

Google gave the first public look at its Chrome OS four months after declaring its intention of developing the PC's main software, a move that pits it directly against Microsoft and Apple.

Even as sales of enterprise technologies declined smart phone sales have been on the rise, growing 13 percent in the third quarter of 2009 alone. And where BlackBerry had reigned, other devices have started to infiltrate the enterprise. From Motorola’s Droid to Apple’s iPhone, here’s a quick overview of the top smart phones today most likely to be found in a business environment and in need of IT support.

Utah-based Saygus recently unveiled its flagship Android smartphone product – the VPhone - at CES Innovations in New York and took home the “Best of Innovations” blue ribbon in the wireless handsets category. Inside, Channel Insider takes you under the covers of one of Google’s new Android phones.

SugarCRM has an-nounced that it will offer its CRM applications on the Windows Azure to enable its customers and value-added resellers (VARs) to benefit from the real-time scalability, high availability and on-demand infrastructure of the Microsoft cloud platform for web applications and services.