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Tech Data Launches Server and Storage Division
IT products distributor Tech Data has established an Advanced Infrastructure Solutions Division to provide solutions-oriented sales support to VARs. The company, based in Clearwater, Fla., said the new program is a response to changing market dynamics in the server and storage market. “We have seen some significant growth out of the server and storage segment…
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Ingram Micro Offers Credit for Recycling Cell Phones, Ink
Ingram Micro VARs can dispose of customers’ cell phones and printer cartridges as an added service, and earn credit to boot. Ingram Micro Outlet/Recycle is designed to provide a streamlined process for resellers to toss customers used cell phones, ink and laser printer and fax cartridges, an added service for the end-user and an extra…
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Levanta Appliance Leverages SANs for Linux Servers
Linux server management vendor Levanta on Jan. 24 will launch a new management appliance that allows users to leverage existing storage virtualization in the process of provisioning and updating Linux servers. Levanta, formerly Linuxcare, created the Intrepid X management appliance for large Linux data centers that already have SANs (storage area networks) based on Fibre…
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Lotus to Put Notes, Domino 8 into Public Beta
ORLANDO, Fla.—At its Lotusphere conference on Jan. 22 here, IBM’s Lotus division announced that it will soon release a public beta version of its Notes and Domino 8 technology. Company officials said the technology, formerly code-named Hannover, will enter public beta in February, and that will be the final beta testing phase of the product…
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AMD Announces Q4 Losses
Advanced Micro Devices, the world’s second largest maker of processors, rolled to a loss in the fourth quarter as the $5.4 billion acquisition of ATI Technologies and sluggish sales of server chips took their toll on the company’s bottom line. For the financial quarter that ended Dec. 31, AMD, which is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.,…
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IBM Lotus Takes Social Networking to New Heights
ORLANDO, Fla.—With collaboration as its legacy, IBM’s Lotus division went back to its roots and announced its plans to deliver social software for businesses. IBM’s announcements at the company’s Lotusphere 2007 show here represent the “most dramatic expansion of collaborative technology ever,” according to Michael Rhodin, general manager of IBM Lotus, particularly as opposed to…
