Year: 2009
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Symantec Urges Partners to Narrow Focus
While having leadership positions in multiple technology segments would seem like a good thing, it creates a problem for Symantec in that it’s increasingly difficult to succinctly classify Symantec as a whole. Is it a security company? Is it a storage company? Is an information lifecycle company? Is it a business process management company? The… Read more
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SonicWall Partner Shows Value of Trusted Adviser Relationship
Channel Insider literally receives dozens of press releases each week, most of them not worth reporting on. Mundane press releases are about customer wins, executive speaking engagements, commentary on news trends and routine business. Press releases are really perfunctory so vendors can say they’re doing everything they can to stay in the press. Last week,… Read more
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Cisco Increases Tandberg Video Conferencing Acquisition Offer
Cisco Systems has sweetened its offer to Tandberg shareholders in its continuing effort to acquire the video conferencing company. The new offer by Cisco is to purchase all outstanding shares of Tandberg for 170 Norwegian kroner per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $3.4 billion, Cisco said in a statement. Cisco’s original offer… Read more
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3X Marries Local, Cloud SMB Backup
Managed services in general, and in the cloud, specifically, are attracting the interest of small-medium businesses, according to a new study from AMI, and a number of vendors are looking to tap into this growing market. Although the study doesn’t break down the current size of the opportunity, it does say that SMB annual spending… Read more
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ParaScale Upgrades Cloud Storage Software for VARs
Cloud buzz abounds—storage software vendor ParaScale today released version 2.0 of its private cloud storage solution designed for VARs and service provider distribution. The solution aims to take advantage o f the growing need for easy-to-manage storage solutions while data amounts continue to expand. The ParaScale Cloud Storage software product provides distributed performance of cloud… Read more
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Apple iPhone Infiltrates BlackBerry’s Enterprise Stronghold
Solution providers looking to support mobility and mobile phones such as BlackBerry and Treo as a part of their practice have been noticing something different lately. The realm once ruled by BlackBerry has been infiltrated by a young upstart—the Apple iPhone. During Apple’s most recent earnings call, company executives told analysts that iPhones were being… Read more