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The Cloud: Distribution`s Perspective
What is the role of distribution in the cloud world? That’s the question I posed to several distribution CEOs attending this week’s meeting of the Global Distribution Technology Council in New York. Not surprising, each of these chief executives has a different view of their role in the cloud, and their views are reflective of…
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Data Centers and Clouds to Add Huge Hard Disk Drive Capacity
A prominent IT researcher forecast May 3 that the hard-disk storage industry will be building and selling products at an unprecedented pace during the next five years. In fact, the world hard drive industry is predicted to deliver more than 300,000 petabytes of storage capacity through 2015 — mostly to enterprise data centers and cloud…
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IBM Targets Enterprise Hybrid Cloud with Cast Iron Buy
Bolstering its play in the cloud, IBM has acquired Cast Iron Systems, which enables IT organizations to create hybrid cloud environments. Creating such hybrid environments is considered by many to be a key in enabling more movement to cloud computing and software as a service (SAAS) by enterprise customers because those large organizations are unlikely…
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Finding Opportunity in Apple iPad Connectivity Problems
As anecdotal evidence of Apple iPad WiFi connectivity issues continues to mount, experts within the reseller channel believe that partners who make the effort to learn about workarounds stand to gain. The homework they do now will add to their iPad expertise which will lead to greater opportunities down the line when the iPad gains…
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Channel Insider’s Guide to Cisco’s and HP’s Dueling Channel Partner Events
HP Signals Call to Arms against Cisco, Dell HP’s channel leadership promised profitability, less complexity, better products and sales support in the increasingly tense battle for dominance against rivals in networking, data centers, PCs and services. Cisco Fires Back at HP, Talks Business Transformation Cisco Systems told channel partners at its partner summit in San…
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