Year: 2007

  • HP Snaps Up Data Center Consulting Firm

    HP Snaps Up Data Center Consulting Firm

    Scott Ferguson

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    In a move that will expand its services division, Hewlett-Packard will acquire EYP Mission Critical Facilities, a New York company that offers data center consulting services. Financial details of the acquisition, announced Nov. 12, were not disclosed. HP announced that the deal would close during its first financial quarter. EYP Mission, which has 350 employees… Read more

  • After Penryn, Industry Looks Down Intel’s Roadmap

    After Penryn, Industry Looks Down Intel’s Roadmap

    Scott Ferguson

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    Now that Intel’s Penryn family has arrived, it’s time to ask: What’s next? With all the hype that Intel created around its Penryn line of processors and its switch to 45-nanometer chip manufacturing, the more compelling technology will come in 2008 with a new microarchitecture and an emphasis on mobility, according to several industry analysts.… Read more

  • Microsoft Releases Another SQL Server 2008 CTP

    Microsoft Releases Another SQL Server 2008 CTP

    Peter Galli

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    BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft has released the third Community Technology Preview for SQL Server 2008, which includes new functionality and brings compatibility with Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows Server 2008. “SQL Server 2008 running on Windows Server 2008 provides customers with trusted and secure access, high availability through revamped failover clustering, and simplified scripting through Powershell,”… Read more

  • The Concealed Promise of Convergence

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In August, the Computing Technology Industry Association launched a study that focused on finding the major opportunities within the convergence market for the small and midsize business sector in the United States and Canada. Read more

  • Arrow Announces New Storage Executive and Midmarket Play

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions Nov. 12 appointed Sean Kerins vice president of its North American Storage Group. Before Arrow, Kerins spent 10 years at EMC, where most recently he helped establish EMC’s North American Client Solutions Lead Practice, the company said in a statement. Prior to that, as a vice president in EMC’s Technology Solutions… Read more

  • Retailers on Shopping Spree for New Software

    Mel Duvall

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    STORY HIGHLIGHTS: 85 percent of all retail purchasing decisions are made at the store shelf Retailers are expected to spend $10.4 billion on software by 2011 76 percent of retail software implementation will be hosted at a central location Top three retail software vendors in 2006 were: SAP ($210 million), Oracle ($205 million) and Microsoft… Read more