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HP New Data Center Strategy Strikes Back at Cisco
With the market opportunity for converged IT infrastructure solutions expected to reach $35 billion by 2012, HP has announced new products and services under its replacement strategy for the Adaptive Infrastructure. The new initiative is called Converged Infrastructure.
Brocade Reinforces Vendor-Neutral Strategy With Oracle
Brocade is announcing a set of solutions designed to enhance the performance of Oracle database and application suites. The two companies have collaborated on the definition and testing of vendor-agnostic, multiprotocol technology solution sets for data warehousing, business applications, and virtualization deployments.
Cisco, EMC, VMware Take Pre-Packaged Data Center Solution Vblock to Channel Partners
Cisco, EMC and VMware have created a new alliance called the Virtual Computing Environment coalition to help speed time to deployment and time to benefit for its pre-integrated data center solutions. In addition, Cisco and EMC have created a joint venture called Acadia that will focus on private cloud build outs.
Juniper Unveils Strategic Direction, Products at NYSE
The ambitious rollout, which spans Juniper Networks' silicon, routers and software products, also gave a big nod in the direction of partners, encouraging them to build atop the Juniper platform.
New Data Center Infrastructure Approaches
Many organizations are doing all they can to reduce the number of small or remote data centers that need to be supported. However, in some cases these cannot be consolidated into larger data centers or centralized data centers. So how can you reduce the costs of these satellite facilities? One of the key ways to do this is to move from unique and proprietary data center physical infrastructure to standardized products. This approach provides key benefits that will save you money.
OnForce: Prices Stabilizing, Installation Work Orders Climb
Online IT services marketplace OnForce says prices have stabilized for the second quarter in a row, indicating that the worst of the recession may be over.
Microsoft Calls for Trade Rules Governing Software Services
The patchwork of laws around the world governing practices such as email retention is making it harder for service providers to operate on a global basis. Microsoft is calling for new trade rules to govern software services.
Avaya Revamps Channel Program
The networking company Avaya says its new channel partner program is a major overhaul that better reflects the Cisco rival's move to mostly indirect sales.
Optimism Greets Upcoming Technology Quarter Earnings
All eyes will focus on technology companies in the weeks ahead as Intel, Google, IBM, and others prepare to announce their quarter earnings amid a new sense of optimism. Observers will be listening for guidance from executives as to what to expect in the upcoming quarters.
Cisco, IBM, HP and Dell Named as Possible Brocade Suitors
Brocade's (NASDAQ:BRCD) OEM sales strategy has created partnerships with the big names in the technology server space, including Dell, HP and IBM. But if any one of these vendors acquires Brocade, what will that do to the existing OEM relationships with the others?
Networking Vendor QLogic Expands Go-to-Market Strategy
QLogic has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro, broadening that company's portfolio of offerings and QLogic's potential market. The companies estimate their reseller partners overlap by just 20 percent. The QLogic Ingram Micro agreement capitalizes on the momentum behind unified networking and data center solutions, the companies say.
i3, Datatrend Team for Packaged IBM Solution
Two IBM business partners collaborate to develop a network management and monitoring solution that solution providers can use in Tivoli deployments and managed services engagements.
Eight Steps to Securing Unstructured Data
As channel partners try to come up with ways to help their customers mitigate the risks posed by uncontrolled unstructured data, Channel Insider suggests they think about eight critical steps posed in a recent report, Securing Unstructured Data.
Brocade Adds Services Certification to Boost VAR Profitability
Four months after unveiling its Alliance Partner Network program, Brocade is expanding the reseller channel partner program to enable partners to boost their profits by selling services. Networking vendor Brocade says the new components of the program will enable partners to become certified for professional services and for support services.
Westcon Group Creates Comstor Worldwide to Sell Cisco Gear
Westcon executives say the realignment of Cisco sales globally will make more resources available to reseller partners.
AMD Serves Up New Platform
The six-core AMD Opteron and AMD Chipset Platform will be initially available from Tyan and Supermicro. These are the first server solutions that take advantage of the 2006 acquisition of graphics vendor ATI.
Oracle Takes Aim at Sun Competitors
Dubbed the Exadata Database Machine Version 2, the new server package is a Sun server-and-storage combination loaded with lots of flash memory to run Oracle 11g Release 2 -- the first flash-enabled database, according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.
Cisco Looks to Boost Profits for Resellers Serving Small Business
Cisco's new Partner Development Funds payouts will go to registered partners for the first time ever, and will be paid to small business partners on a quarterly basis. Cisco has also announced an updated Smart Business Communications System, a new unified threat management (UTM) device, and an easier way for partners to access Cisco account information.
Dramatic Changes Come to NetApp's FAS Line
NetApp says performance increases in the product will make it ideal for handling workloads in Microsoft Windows consolidation and virtualized environments.
VARs Say Customers Opening Wallets for New Wireless Standard 802.11n
As the IEEE prepares to ratify the 802.11n wireless Wi-Fi standard in September, VARs believe enterprise customers may begin to open their wallets now that the specification has graduated from its draft status. >> Read More From Our Computer Networking News Archive
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