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Westcon Places Big Bets on Managed Services
Networking specialist Westcon Group, Inc. is rolling out its Cisco Smart Care Service to selected U.S. VARs, following a successful program debut in Europe where it was launched last August and now has more than 300 participating solution providers. Restricted initially to Cisco-certified SMB resellers, the service is designed to help SMBs simplify network maintenance…
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Intel and Nokia’s Secret Mobile Device Plans
Intel and Nokia’s announcement this week of a long-term technology partnership around mobile devices of the future was long on vision and short on the product details that everyone wanted to hear. Intel and Nokia offered nothing in the form of product direction or timelines beyond a general statement of targeting devices that go beyond…
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Netbook or Notebook? Many Consumers Don’t Know the Difference
The target market for the current generation of netbooks is largely confused about how the new devices differ in functionality from traditional laptop computers. And that makes for a large set of unsatisfied customers. That’s according to a new report from NDP Group, a market research company, that further shows that many consumers who purchased…
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HP deal with Alcatel-Lucent Short on Details, Long on Potential
In a deal that could be worth billions of dollars over the next 10 years, HP has signed a "relationship agreement" with Alcatel-Lucent "to help customers leverage the convergence of telecommunication and IT." The yet-to-be-executed agreement will see the companies launch a program to transform mid- and large-size enterprise and public sector organizations’ communication networks…
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Tandberg Takes Video Conferencing to Small and Midmarket Business
As travel budgets have been cut to the bone, plenty of companies large and small have been considering the benefits of implementing video conferencing systems, a technology that can help them realize the new business mantra, “do more with less.” And video conferencing does seem to be on the precipice of more widespread adoption, driven…
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EMC Jumps into Professional, Managed Services
EMC Corp. says its’ full range of new consulting, implementation, education and managed services, dubbed EMC Global Services, is designed to integrate VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager into customers’ EMC business continuity environments to automate recovery of virtual environments. Moreover, EMC’s Velocity ASN partners can offer their own value-added services in the mix. "The new…