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HP Overhauls Business, Consumer Notebook Lines
Nearly lost amid the clamor surrounding its launch of a new consumer touch-screen device, Hewlett-Packard on June 10 overhauled its notebook PC lineup with 16 new models in dozens of configurations aimed at both home and business users. The massive refresh from HP’s Personal System Group further distanced the world’s largest computer maker from rivals…
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Citrix Looks to Secure the Virtual Desktop
Citrix Systems is looking to offer a new layer of security around the virtual desktop. On June 9, the company released the latest version of its Access Gateway appliance—Version 8.1—now integrated with Citrix XenDesktop, which allows IT departments to create a virtual desktop infrastructure where the desktop images and applications are streamed to the PC…
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Distributor: IP Telephony Is Calling Out to VARs
HERSHEY, Pa.—Walking the show floor at D&H Distributing’s 10th annual Mid-Atlantic Technology Show, it’s clear as a bell that IP telephony is the hot topic for VARs this year, and the distributor believes the area is one that will continue to grow. Voice networking and IP telephony vendors made up a sizable portion of the…
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Avaya CEO Stepping Down
Avaya officials earlier this week confirmed that the networking vendor’s President and CEO Lou D’Ambrosio will step down for medical reasons. "Lou has been a guiding force at Avaya during his six-year tenure, the last two as CEO," said Dave Roux, co-founder of technology investment firm Silver Lake and non-executive chairman of Avaya, in a…
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VMware Prepares for Hyper-V
ORLANDO, Fla.—Eric Horschman knows that the once-cozy relationship that VMware and Microsoft once enjoyed is about to change in the next few weeks. “We’re clearly about to go into direct competition with Microsoft with its Hyper-V technology,” Horschman, the director of product marketing for VMware, said in an interview here at the Microsoft TechEd 2008…
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Symantec, Citrix Unveil New VI Package
LAS VEGAS—Symantec introduced its new Veritas Virtual Infrastructure enterprise product—developed in concert with Citrix—June 10 at the company’s Vision user conference here at the Venetian Hotel. Veritas Virtual Infrastructure combines Symantec’s Veritas Storage Foundation storage management capabilities with the server operations of Citrix XenServer. This combination of technologies will give data center managers centralized control of…
