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  • Tech Data Adds PolyServe to Catalog

    Tech Data will add PolyServe virtualization, consolidation and Unix replacement solutions to its line up of enterprise IT utility products, the distributor announced Feb. 27. To promote the new partnership PolyServe and Tech Data said that Tech Data VARs can offer free on-site installation to qualifying end users purchasing the PolyServe Database Utility, a $12,000…

  • The MSP’s Work Continues

    Users have become better attuned to managed services, it’s true, but that doesn’t mean providers can sit back and relax. Managed services providers, or MSPs, still must work tirelessly to pitch the model to customers. Users want the peace of mind of knowing their MSP has the right tools to deliver on a model that,…

  • Microsoft Aims to Make Health Care Systems Interoperable

    Microsoft in late February delivered what it claims is an extensible architectural foundation to simplify a problem that has plagued health care IT—interoperability and integration among a variety of health care solutions. The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant is offering the Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint as a free download, the company announced in…

  • HP Adds Yet Another New Storage Product for SMBs

    Hewlett-Packard’s engineers keep cranking out data storage product after product for small to midsize businesses and larger companies with small remote offices. On Feb. 26, the Palo Alto, Calif., computer/server maker introduced a modestly priced (under $3,000) disk-based backup and recovery system that automates backup to provide data protection for as many as four servers…

  • HP Offers Networking, Workstation Products

    Hewlett-Packard is looking to add an extra layer of virtualization to the data center. On Feb. 27, the Palo Alto, Calif., IT company will expand its Virtual Connect Architecture for its c-Class blade platform with new Ethernet and Fibre Channel modules. In keeping with its blade agenda, HP also announced that it will start to…

  • Dell Customers Say What They Want, Aren’t Getting

    Less than two weeks after PC maker Dell premiered Dell IdeaStorm, a Digg-like Web site focused on determining which improvements customers want made to Dell’s products and services, visitors have submitted more than 2,000 ideas and nearly 150,000 visitors have voted on those ideas. Visitors’ top concerns relate to the issues of open-source software and…

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