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  • Synnex Adds ‘Thin’ to the Line Up

    Synnex is thinking thin. The Fremont, Calif. distributor announced Oct. 18 that it would start to carry Wyse Technology’s line of thin-client products, including desktops, software and infrastructure. “This partnership allows us to strengthen our existing distribution channel, while opening the door for Wyse to explore new reseller relationships, and to expand our presence in…

  • Ten Reasons Vista Will Be Good for Business

    With the release of the business version of Vista about a month away, now seems like a good time to visit the Top 10 reasons solution providers should be excited about Vista. Realistically, it’s a bit much to expect that more than 20 percent of your customer base is going to have any immediate interest…

  • Autotask Stays Relevant with Monthly SAAS Updates

    Autotask, makers of a business management platform for IT service providers, keeps users engaged with its product and on the edge of their seats by pushing out monthly updates of its software, according to users. In April the company introduced support for live reports for managed services accounts. In May, it rolled out support for…

  • Sun’s Papadopoulos: Integrated Infrastructure Is the Future

    Sun Microsystems on Oct. 17 will unveil its Project Blackbox, an initiative designed to address such issues as power, cooling and infrastructure deployment for companies in such areas as Web 2.0 and high-performance computing. The plan calls for delivering all the technology traditionally found in a 10,000-square-foot data center—from servers to storage to software—pre-integrated and…

  • Microsoft’s Software Assurance Customers to Get New Tools

    Microsoft plans to deliver a set of new software tools designed to remove some of the pain enterprises experience when deploying and managing desktops and applications. The software giant is bundling four of the technologies it has acquired over the past few months into an offering known as the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software…

  • Sun Unveils Data Centers in a Box

    Sun Microsystems believes the answer to some of the problems of power, cooling and speed of IT deployment in enterprise data centers could be found in a standard shipping container. Sun President and CEO Jonathan Schwartz and other company officials on Oct. 17 will unveil Sun’s Project Blackbox, an initiative in which all the technology…

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