Year: 2011
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Data Center Growth Continues at Avnet Despite Economy
Companies are still spending money on data center technology, despite a weak economy, as they look to drive greater efficiency and boost employee productivity, and that’s good news for the channel, according to Phil Gallagher, Avnet Technology Solutions global president. "Are CFOs holding back? Are CEOs holding back on enterprise spending? I think even in… Read more
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AT&T Launches Cloud-Based Mobile Marketing Platform for SMBs
Network operator AT&T announced the launch of its Messaging Toolkit, designed to allow small to medium-size businesses to distribute special offers, product updates and promotions in front of their customers in real time with a do-it-yourself portfolio of mobile marketing solutions that can be accessed from a cloud-based Web portal. The Messaging Toolkit is a… Read more
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Hitachi Data Systems Debuts Cloud Packages
Hitachi Data Systems unveiled its plans for helping customers transform their data and announced cloud services to provide a fully managed, pay-per-use, private cloud environment on a customer s premises. HDS has aligned its product and solutions portfolio around a three-tiered strategy of infrastructure cloud, content cloud and information cloud that builds on existing IT… Read more
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Polycom Integrates Whiteboard With Video Collaboration Solution
Polycom is adding another capability to its room-based video conferencing solution, enabling participants to better leverage the whiteboards that are common in conference rooms. Polycom s UC Board, announced Oct. 27, is integrated with the company s RealPresence Room HDX offerings, enabling users to write on a whiteboard in one room and have participants in… Read more
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HP’s PC Division No Longer Latch-Key Kid
Hewlett-Packard will keep its Personal Systems Group, reversing a decision that would have potentially spun off HP’s profitable PC-manufacturing division. “HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial and operational impact of spinning off PSG,” Meg Whitman, HP’s CEO and president, wrote in an Oct. 27 statement. “It’s clear after our analysis that keeping PSG within HP… Read more
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Dell’s Latitude ST Enterprise Tablet Aims for Healthcare, Education Markets
Dell has unveiled details about its Latitude ST ultraportable enterprise tablet, a unit suitable for workers in fields such as health care and education. The Latitude ST slate features an Intel Atom CPU, Windows 7, a 10.1-inch multitouch display and six hours of battery life. Kirk Schell, executive director and general manager of Dell’s business… Read more