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Bell Micro Launches Security Division
Value-added distributor Bell Micro has devoted an entirely new North American division to helping solution providers hone their security skills and fill a growing customer need for comprehensive solutions. Duncan Hume, who headed up Bell Microproducts’ U.K. security division and who will serve as director for the North American security division, says the new division…
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AMD Announces Fast, Energy-Saving Chip
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has started selling the new generation of its Opteron quad core processors for servers, AMD announced on Wednesday, nearly one year after Intel launched its own 45 nanometer chip. After a troubled launch of its earlier Barcelona chip, AMD waited until the new chip, called "Shanghai," was…
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IBM Channel Chief Pursues Dramatic Simplicity
Now that the new channel chief of IBMhas more than 100 days under his belt in the job, a relatively simple, yet profound, idea has started to take root. Like most channel chiefs, Rich Hume realizes that the whole business relationship between vendors and solution providers is overly complex. Hume attributes much of this complexity…
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SIMTone Puts the Silver Lining on Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is gaining greater appeal in these difficult economic times. Many startups and small businesses are looking for ways to contain their IT costs and budget appropriately. SIMtone is aiming to help solution providers meet those budgetary needs by offering a platform that can be used to create cloud-based environments at a fixed, subscription-based…
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Objectworld’s Unified Communications Hooks Up with Microsoft SBS
Looking to simplify complexity and also lower costs to help its channel partners make inroads into the small and midsize business market, unified communications vendor Objectworld will integrate its UC offering with Microsoft’s Small Business Server/Essential Business Server offerings. For Microsoft partners already selling Microsoft Small Business Server/Essential Business Server, the UC solution offers an…
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Can AMD Shanghi Intel Nehalem Users?
With the early arrival of AMD’s new Shanghai processor, right on the heels of Intel’s public unveiling of Nehalem, one has to wonder if we are on the verge of a renewed chip war. There is some interesting background behind each product launch here – Intel rushed to lift the NDA on Nehalem, so reports…
