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HP ProCurve Proving its Mettle
Could Hewlett-Packard’s ProCurve networking line finally be getting some respect? While other areas of technology are limping along financially, sales of ProCurve products are growing by leaps and bounds. In HP’s third fiscal quarter of 2008, which ended in July, ProCurve revenue and port growth expanded to more than twice the rate of the networking…
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Contract Law: Check the Fine Print on Partner Agreements
Solution providers that want to do business with vendors typically have to sign a contract binding them to certain rules and regulations. In return, they receive special pricing and benefits from the vendor. While not always a true partnership, it’s the basic principle of the channel that works well … sometimes. A groundbreaking lawsuit last…
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Apple vs. Microsoft: Who Has the Greater Tax?
OK, so it’s not really a tax in the sense that governments levy upon us. But many solution providers, companies and individuals are raising the revolutionary flag against the compulsory fees and maintenance costs associated with their respective computing platform. Microsoft recently began pumping a public relations campaign that users considering Macs with OS X…
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Trend Micro, BigFix Team Up for Endpoint Security Management
A new partnership between security vendor Trend Micro and systems management vendor BigFix will give solution providers tools for managing and securing enterprise customers’ globally distributed endpoints. Trend Micro will license BigFix’s unified management platform software and extend it across all of Trend Micro’s endpoint security products, providing simplified management of mobile devices, remote office…
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DataCore, Tech Data Team Up on Storage Solution
Tech Data’s Advanced Infrastructure Solutions division has partnered with storage virtualization provider DataCore to give solution providers tools to help customers manage growing data volumes more effectively and leverage existing infrastructure more efficiently. The partnership will bring DataCore’s SANMelody and SANSymphony storage virtualization software to Tech Data solution providers whose customers are struggling to balance…
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EMC Cutting Workforce by 7 Percent, CEO Tucci Takes Pay Cut
EMC (NYSE: EMC) announced it will cut its workforce by 7 percent as the data storage giant looks to cut costs. The storage giant will eliminate 2,400 positions as part of an effort to reduce costs by about $350 million in 2009 and an additional $500 million in 2010. Despite the pending layoff plans, EMC…