Year: 2012

  • Level Platforms Introduces NOC, Help Desk Services

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    Remote monitoring and management software provider Level Platforms Inc. is launching a Network Operations Center (NOC) and Help Desk service to coincide with the release of its Managed Workplace 2012 at its February road show event which will visit 17 cities. LPI CEO Peter Sandiford told Channel Insider that the decision to run its own… Read more

  • Tech Data StreamOne Solutions Store Offers One-Stop App, Cloud Shopping

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    Tech Data today launched StreamOne Solutions Store, a one-stop platform designed to help solution providers more quickly and easily sell, support, and manage sales of applications and cloud services to their customers. Now available to all Tech Data partners in the United States, StreamOne Solutions Store allows solution providers to offer customers both on-premise and… Read more

  • 10 Ways Google Is Working Towards World Domination

    10 Ways Google Is Working Towards World Domination
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    10 Ways Google Is Working Towards World Domination 1. The Obvious: Search Google continues to invest in search, a market it has dominated for years. Google has used that position of prominence to woo users to try its other services. No Title 2. Advertising Advertising has become a huge business for online companies. Many online… Read more

  • Alcatel-Lucent, Arbor Networks Partner on Cloud-Based Security Platform

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    Under a new Alcatel-Lucent and Arbor Networks partnership, service providers would be able to offer customers cloud-based defenses against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Arbor Networks’ Threat Management System (TMS) software has been integrated into blades installed inside Alcatel-Lucent’s 7750 router, the companies said Jan. 18. Each blade can handle 5G bps of traffic… Read more

  • IBM, HTC Partner on Enterprise Initiative

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    ORLANDO, Fla.–HTC, a maker of smartphones and tablets, hopes its new partnership with IBM, coupled with the mobility hardware maker’s success in the consumer space will help launch strong sales into the enterprise market. The company only recently began targeting enterprises, said David Jaeger, executive director Global Enterprise and Services at HTC, in an interview… Read more

  • Microsoft Business Software Sales Up, Windows Weak

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    Microsoft’s results for its second quarter 2012 offered little in the realm of the unexpected: Xbox 360 and Kinect hands-free controllers continued to sell at a steady clip, as did business software, while Windows revenue dipped on softening PC sales. All told, quarterly revenue topped $20.89 billion, a year-over-year increase of 5 percent, with net… Read more