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Ingram Micro Programs Finally Make Cell Phones a Moneymaker
The typical business would rather deal with only one supplier for all its IT needs, be it software applications, network maintenance or hardware procurement. And with the advent of voice and data technology, businesses-technology consumers increasingly expect the IT solution provider to also handle all its wireless and mobility activation needs, from cell phones to…
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Red Hat Defies Market Pressures, Jumps 32%
The first trading week of December was started with the official proclamation that the U.S. is in a recession—and has been for a year—and ended with the worst unemployment report in 27 years. While the overall market ended up for the week, trading remains chaotic as publicly traded companies find themselves caught in the center…
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FalconStor Aims to Swoop Down on Data Domain’s SMB Market
FalconStor Software’s newly announced file interface deduplication solution promises to shake up the disk-to-disk (D2D) backup space and bring the cost-saving technology to small and midmarket businesses. For years, there has been a considerable disparity between low-priced tape and expensive disk-based storage systems, according to a 2007 report from Enterprise Strategy Group, making tape backups…
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Drafting VARs Could Secure U.S. Digital Infrastructure
The sorry state of cyber-security in the United States has made the nation vulnerable to attacks on its entire infrastructure, from the Internet to the national power grid, according to a Washington-based think tank. Now it’s up to solution providers to help accomplish what the federal government has not been able to–lock down our cyber-borders.…
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Juniper Targets Cisco’s Data Center Dominance
If you could achieve “data center nirvana” for your customers, what would it look like? Analysts say a simple, scalable architecture based on a single, logical core device with unlimited ports, seamless server and storage connections, and a unified management solution would come pretty close to perfection. Fortunately for solution providers, most businesses’ data centers…
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Software Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SAAS Disruptive Threat
IT solution providers aren’t the only businesses keeping a watchful eye on the potential disruptive threat from software-as-a-service offerings. Software vendors have been watching the trend too, as companies such as Salesforce.com have made a splash in the SAAS market and put established business applications players such as SAP and Oracle scrambling for a defensive…