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VMware Open Virtual Partner University
At this year’s VMworld Europe event, virtualization pioneer VMware unveiled a next-generation virtual campus to better train and educate partners to help them accelerate sales and boost revenues across the vendor’s extensive portfolio. Ben Matheson, VMware’s director of marketing, says the move will consolidate all available training, certification and education resources from VMware into one…
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The Toshiba Portege R600: Executive Jewelry?
To be a contender in the ultraportable market, one has to design a notebook computer that’s lightweight, powerful, feature rich and long battery life. Toshiba has accomplished that time and again with its Portege ultraportable notebooks. The latest model, the R600, is no exception. But, over the last year the market has changed – more…
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Voltaire’s New Switch Enables High-Performance Computing
High-performance switches and unified fabric software from Voltaire will power high-performance computing solutions for Hewlett-Packard, Rackable Systems and IBM. The new architecture will enable solution providers to deliver computing systems with lower latency, increase availability and streamline management. The Grid Director 4700 and UFM (Unified Fabric Manager) software optimizes throughput for multicore servers, improving the…
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CDW-G Survey: Unified Communications Gains Momentum
It has been touted for years as the Next Big Thing, yet unified communications has loped along virtually under the radar while it gathers fans and converts alike. Now a survey by CDW-G is proving unified communications’ momentum among certain verticals. CDW-G’s Unified Communications Tracking Poll, which surveyed 766 IT professionals who work on unified…
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Avaya Launches Service Specializations for Partners
Avaya is hoping its new group of services specializations will help its channel partners grow their customer reach and increase revenue. The Avaya Services Delivery Specialization (SDS) program, introduced this week, categorizes Avaya BusinessPartners and AlliancePartners by their level of expertise in implementation, maintenance support and application integration. “We’re actually calling it a specialization –…
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Tech Data`s Cisco Solutions Group Aims to Capitalize on Converged Networks
Tech Data’s Cisco Solutions Group aims to create a new breed of “data center savvy” solution providers, who will leverage knowledge and expertise in storage, networking, servers and virtualization to deliver converged network solutions. The new group will fall under Tech Data’s Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) Division and will help Cisco solution providers capitalize on…