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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…
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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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Microsoft Forms Business Process Alliance, Develops BPM Roadmap
Microsoft is honing in on business process management with the formation of the Microsoft Business Process Alliance and the release of a BPM roadmap that will include a key standard—Business Process Execution Language—in the Windows Workflow Foundation. The company announced Feb. 26 at the Gartner BPM Summit in San Diego that it has formed the…
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Synnex Buys PC Wholesale from Insight
IT distributor Synnex has made its second acquisition in less than a week, announcing Feb 27 that it plans to acquire the assets of another IT distributor, PC Wholesale, a wholly owned division of Insight Direct USA, in a deal worth about $30 million. The deal gives Synnex, based in Fremont, Calif., a foothold in…
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Appro Launches AMD-Based Workstation
Appro International, an IT company known for producing high-density computer and server clusters, is taking a aim at vertical markets with a new workstation based on dual-core Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices. The workstation, which will be based on 64-bit, x86 architecture, will utilize AMD’s Opteron 8000 series dual-core processors. In addition, Appro will…
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Rocket Division Launches Partner Program
iSCSI storage software vendor Rocket Division Software is launching a new program for OEMs and channel partners. The company’s StarWind product runs on Microsoft Windows and allows any server, Microsoft or Linux, to access centralized storage. In addition, Rocket Division Software said, the product can enable easier backups, disaster recovery and simplified storage management. Xiotech…
