Chris Talbot

Polycom is taking its enterprise video software to the tablet market with the launch of RealPresence Mobile, which currently supports Apple iPad 2, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, with more mobile devices to follow. The vendor currently provides audio and video conferencing products from the desktop up to the immersive telepresence room systems, […]

Xirrus has launched a new partner program and is focusing more heavily on building out a channel strategy while it launches its third generation of wireless products, the XR Wireless Array portfolio. According to Steve Wastie, CMO of Xirrus, the wireless technology vendor is past the startup point where companies take their products direct to […]

At Interop New York HP announced an expansion of its product portfolio for the FlexNetwork architecture it first unveiled at Interop Las Vegas in May. The new products are designed to solidify HP’s strategy to create a two-tiered, next-generation converged network that it’s pitting against competitors such as Cisco Systems. The new products stretch across […]

Cisco Systems is introducing a new enterprise video content strategy, along with new products that were designed to change the way enterprises collect, share and consume corporate video content. Video has changed the way people do business, and that’s showing in data collected by Cisco, said Guido Jouret, CTO of enterprise video at Cisco Systems. […]

Indoor and outdoor wireless technology provider EnGenius Technologies , looking to grow its channel partner ranks, has revamped its channel partner program to further reward its Authorized level dealers. The goal is to increase the number of U.S. Authorized and Elite dealers in total by 50 percent by the end of 2012. EnGenius wireless solutions […]

Finding the Right Web Conferencing Solution WebEx Acquired by Cisco in March 2007, WebEx is arguably the biggest fish in the web conferencing sea. Available via browsers and a variety of mobile devices (including Cisco’s Cius, naturally), WebEx provides voice, video and desktop sharing features that are free to use by guests. Pricing for hosts […]

CompTIA is organizing a “fly-in” advocacy forum in Washington that will connect its community members and partners with their representatives in Congress and the Senate to discuss a variety of issues important to technology companies and also to show that the IT industry is more than the Microsofts and Googles of the nation. The fly-in […]

Priorities and the way technology has certainly changed, even in the last several years. According to a new study from Cisco Systems, one in three college students and young employees around the world believe the Internet is a fundamental to their survival as the air they breathe, the food they eat, the water in their […]

Cisco Systems has made plenty of changes to the focus around its product lineup and key market segments this year, and now the company is introducing a new selling model that will put even more focus on its mid-market and SMB resellers. Cisco is calling its new initiative Partner Led, which is itself being led […]

With cloud being the hot topic on everybody’s mind, it’s no surprise that the major trends and news coming out of VMworld in Las Vegas this week have to do with what VMware has been calling the “journey to the cloud.” Even the Solutions Exchange exhibitor area is filled with IT vendors and channel partners […]

Following through on the virtualization strategy it announced two years ago at 2009’s VMworld, F5 Networks is launching new products that enable faster long-distance live migration between data centers and enhanced desktop virtualization.  In collaboration with VMware and EMC, F5 is introducing the third version of its BIG-IP technology to accelerate and simplify the migration […]

HP introduced at VMworld a new VirtualSystem optimized for the upcoming VMware vSphere 5 designed as a turnkey solution to speed virtualized infrastructure implementation and act as a foundation for private clouds. VirtualSystem was introduced at HP Discover in July with Microsoft and Citrix versions, and now HP is releasing a VMware-based version of the […]