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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…
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Sun Burns Brightest in Latest IDC Server Study
In a year of comebacks for once-struggling Sun Microsystems, the company’s server revenue grew 15 percent in 2006, which jolted the company into a tie for third place among the top five vendors, according to the latest IDC study. The survey, which IDC released on Feb. 26, showed Sun increasing its server revenue 24.4 percent…
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Oracle Offers Free ILM Tool
Oracle announced Feb. 26 the general availability of Oracle Information Lifecycle Management Assistant, a free tool company officials contend will help users of Oracle Database 10g store and manage data in a more cost-efficient manner. “The reality is today organizations can no longer afford to use high-end storage for all the data in storage,” said…
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Hewlett-Packard to Acquire Virtualizer PolyServe
Hewlett-Packard said late on Feb. 26 it has agreed to acquire privately owned PolyServe, a Beaverton, Ore.-based provider of storage virtualization software for application and file-serving utilities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP expects the transaction to close within 60 days. PolyServe, which has 117 employees, will be integrated into…
