Year: 2009

  • Microsoft, i365 Aim to Spoil Symantec`s Grip on Storage Protection Market

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Microsoft and i365, the Seagate subsidiary built off its EVault acquisition, announced a partnership today for a new multi-platform, cloud-connected data protection solution they say will disrupt the midmarket in data backup and recovery and give Symantec a run for its money. The two companies are teaming up to extend the capabilities of Data Protection… Read more

  • Microsoft Lifts Covers on Exchange 2010

    Carolyn April

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    At its TechEd Europe event in Berlin today, Microsoft officially released Exchange Server 2010, touting it as the first server in the Redmond portfolio developed from the ground up for both traditional on-premise and cloud-computing use cases. In his keynote, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop, who oversees Exchange as well as information worker technologies… Read more

  • Cisco Intros Next-Gen Video Conferencing, Collaboration Platform

    Jessica Davis

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    Looking to create a complete video-enabled collaboration solution for the new millennium, Cisco today introduced a handful of new products and outlined how they would work together, enabling businesses to increase productivity and reduce travel. The announcements include nods to next-generation collaboration standards as well as providing an answer to those who have said that… Read more

  • Philly VAR Pays Up on World Series Bet

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The defending World Series champions, the Philadelphia Phillies, put up a good fight in defending their title, but just couldn’t hold off the irresistible force known as the New York Yankees. In the process of losing, the team hailing from the City of Brotherly Love let down one of their biggest fans – unified communications… Read more

  • Fujitsu BPM Cloud Challenges IBM, Oracle

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    BPM big boys Oracle and IBM face a growing threat in the business process management market – Fujitsu. The Japanese giant today unveiled version 11 of its BPM product Interstage and commenced a free development program designed to take advantage of the growing trend around BPM cloud computing. The new program is designed for channel,… Read more

  • CDW Bullish About SMB Market

    Steve Wexler

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    CDW has discovered some interesting trends in the SMB market that reveal a number of potential opportunities for the channel. Coupled with another CDW study from two weeks ago, the super-VAR — 2008 sales of $8.07 billion — paints an optimistic picture for the sale of IT products and services. The 2009 CDW Report on… Read more