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Avnet, Sun Announce Storage Partnership

Distributor Avnet is entering a new agreement with Sun Microsystems to sell the Santa Clara, Calif.-based vendor’s entire portfolio. The new agreement comes as Sun looks to continue growing its storage business in the wake of its purchase of StorageTek (Storage Technology) for $4.1 billion in 2005. Avnet had a long-standing relationship with StorageTek and […]

Jul 17, 2006
Tech Data to Help VARs Increase Their Cisco Service Business

Distributor Tech Data has trained more than 100 sales representatives in a Cisco Systems. incentive program to encourage solution providers to attach services to product sales. The program, called the ARM (Attach, Renew, Multiyear) Service Incentive Program, is designed to educate resellers on how to sell, renew, offer upgrades to and help lock in service […]

Jul 13, 2006
IT Operational Budgets at Highest Levels Since 1997

IT operational budgets, as a percentage of company revenues, are at their highest levels since the late 1990s, but that increase comes as large enterprises continue to outsource IT work, according to a recent survey by research firm Computer Economics. The survey, “IT Spending, Staffing and Technology Trends,” found that median operational budgets across the […]

Jul 10, 2006
Vitagliano to Oversee Enterprise Sales at Juniper

Five months after joining Juniper Networks to lead the company’s worldwide channels, Frank Vitagliano will now oversee its enterprise market as well. Vitagliano will hold the new title of vice president of Worldwide Sales/U.S. Enterprise Operations, a spokesperson for Juniper Networks, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., confirmed July 7. Juniper and Avaya unveil a marketing agreement. […]

Jul 7, 2006
Study: Security Breaches Hit Most Enterprises, Governments

In the past year, 84 percent of enterprises, as well as state and local governments, reported some type of security breaches, according to a new survey released by Computer Associates International. The survey also found that security breaches have increased 17 percent in the last three years, according to the survey released by the Islandia, […]

Jul 7, 2006
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