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Ruckus Vies for Enterprise Attention
Ruckus Wireless has introduced a dual-band 802.11n access point and other WLAN products designed to earn it some attention in the enterprise space. Ruckus, which found its sweet spot in the midmarket between vendors serving the large enterprise space such as Cisco Systems and Aruba Networks and the consumer market such as Linksys, has been…
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Juniper Unveils Next-Generation Data Center Program
Juniper Networks is developing a program to create a next-generation data center fabric with the goal of increasing scalability, performance and simplicity. For solution providers, the program could provide the ability to support fully converged and virtualized data center environments. Code-named Stratus Project, the program will be developed by a new Data Center Business Group…
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Free Citrix XenServer for Everybody
Citrix will make its XenServer virtualization platform free to all users for unlimited production deployment, hoping to kick off a new wave of server virtualization for SMBs and midmarket customers. While basic hypervisors have been available at no charge for years, most aren’t much use in an actual production environment, says John Humphreys, senior director…
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Spacenet Launches Out-of-this-World Services Program
Spacenet, a provider of network connectivity services via satellites orbiting Earth, has launched a new services program designed to give its channel partners an additional revenue stream and its end users better support during critical need. Spacenet, whose ConnexStar Reseller channel program is aimed at the small- to med-sized enterprise market, developed the Enhanced Support…
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IBM, Voltaire Seek Faster Data Centers
Voltaire has announced it will design a custom, high-performance 40GB per second InfiniBand switch module for IBM to accelerate performance of applications running on BladeCenter. The integrated product, expected to be released within the next six months, will help solution providers deliver faster, more efficient data center solutions. “Customers’ data centers are only as fast…
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Juniper Channel Program Changes Reflect Industry Growth Areas
Juniper Networks is following the money. After three-plus years of good marks with its pure-vanilla J-Partner program, Juniper is adding areas of specialization that reflect where its channel partners are migrating. The networking vendor this week added partner specialization programs aimed at the managed services, consulting and service provider sectors, in response to partners who…