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Cisco Gaining Ground in X86 Blade Server Market: IDC
Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell were among the familiar names at the top of IDC’s list of the top server vendors for the first quarter. Even Oracle, a year after buying Sun Microsystems, has become a known entity in the server space. However, new to the rankings is Cisco Systems, the networking giant that two years…
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Businesses Cutting Costs with Cloud Computing: Survey
CDW, a provider of technology products and services to business, government, education and health care, announced the results of its first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, an assessment of current and future cloud computing use in business, government, health care and education based on a survey of 1,200 IT professionals familiar with their organization’s use of,…
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Cisco Adds IPv6 Features to Routers, Switches
Cisco announced new products and services to help enterprises migrate their existing IPv4 infrastructure to the next-generation IPv6 standard. Cisco added IPv6-specific features to its routers and switches to make it easier to deploy and manage dual-stack environments, the company said May 24. The new capabilities address the challenges organizations face to “unify” IPv4 and…
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Businesses Not Keeping Up with New Security Threats: Report
Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of corporate network devices analyzed by Dimension Data during 2010 were carrying at least one known security vulnerability. This is almost double the 38 percent recorded in 2009. Dimension Data also found that a single higher-risk vulnerability, PSIRT 109444, which was identified by Cisco in September 2009, was discovered in a…
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Citrix Acquires Desktop Virtualization Specialist Kaviza
Citrix Systems announced it has closed its acquisition of Kaviza, maker of the all-in-one “VDI-in-a-Box” solution for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). The acquisition adds a VDI-only solution to the Citrix portfolio, and the Kaviza VDI-in-a-Box product complements the Citrix XenDesktop product line for enterprise-class desktop virtualization. Customers can continue to purchase VDI-in-a-Box from Kaviza…