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  • Intel Jumps Into Managed Services Market

    Intel’s new white-label managed services offering, which includes hosted Microsoft Exchange and Sharepoint, is ready for prime time, according to the company’s channel chief, and is available for partners to start offering to their end customers today. Steve Dallman, the chip giant’s vice president of sales and marketing and general manager of its worldwide reseller…

  • For Intel, Desktops Aren`t Dead

    The death of the desktop has been greatly exaggerated, according to Intel’s Tom Rampone. Rather, Intel partners should be excited about the market opportunities for small form factor desktop computers, Intel’s vice president of channel platforms told Channel Insider, and added that they should also look to VOIP (voice over IP) and high-definition video capability.…

  • Intel Channel Chief: Virtualization a Boon for Intel

    While it seems logical that virtualization would mean fewer servers, fewer processors and a negative impact on Intel’s business, the vendor’s worldwide channel chief says virtualization is actually helping Intel and its partners keep up with demand. Steve Dallman told Channel Insider that though IDC research purports to show that virtualization will decrease the number…

  • Cisco’s Data Center Luau

    While Cisco may be saying “Aloha” to its data center VARs, many at the Honolulu-based Cisco Partner Summit have been left wondering what there is to take away for Cisco’s smaller channel partners. The news that Cisco has developed what is basically a network connectivity consolidation switch for the data center for Fibre Channel over…

  • Fujitsu Ships Flip-the-Switch Storage Appliance

    Fujitsu Computer Systems announced a new storage appliance for the midrange market April 7, one that contains much of the same hardware and software that makes up the company’s high-end storage line. Fujitsu’s new Eternus 4000 Model 300 SAN Business Continuity appliance employs, on a much smaller scale, the company’s trademark storage system, replication software,…

  • IBM Puts the Social in SOA

    LAS VEGAS—IBM is taking service-oriented architecture to social networking—in essence, IBM is putting the social in SOA. At the IBM Impact 2008 conference here, Sandy Carter, vice president of WebSphere and SOA strategy, channels and marketing, announced the IBM’s Smart SOA Social Network, a new social network focused on advancing SOA (service oriented architectures). IBM’s…

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