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Big IT Players Aim to Simplify Data Center with XML
Ten major IT vendors including IBM, Microsoft, Intel and Hewlett-Packard on July 31 launched a standards initiative to create a common method using XML for describing network elements, servers, applications and other IT resources. The group, which also includes BEA Systems, BMC Software, Cisco Systems, Dell, EMC and Sun Microsystems, published a draft specification for…
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Avnet Partners with Citrix
Avnet Partner Solutions this week inked a deal with Citrix Systems Inc. to bundle the software company’s enterprise solutions with IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. hardware. The partnership will give VARs and integrators that do business with the Tempe, Ariz.-based distributor a greater chance to expand their enterprise solutions portfolios, said company executives. “It’s a…
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Nortel: Strengthening Channel Sales Is Key to Growth
Nortel, the Canada-based telecom equipment supplier, is gearing up to push more of its products through the channel, increase its revenue through these sales and strengthen its relationship with its VARs. The new commitment to the channel comes after the Toronto company inked a new deal with Microsoft to develop telephone systems that will operate…
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Cheap Chips Deflate Dual-core Desktop Prices
Dual-core processor desktops are taking a dive. Price cuts on processors by Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, which lopped as much as 61 percent off the prices of its Pentium desktop chips on July 27, combined with lower costs on items such as LCD panels, are affording PC makers the ability to offer dual-core processor…
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Xandros Offers 50 Percent Rebate on New Linux Products
Xandros, hoping to capture what it calls “50 million disenfranchised Windows” users, is offering a 50 percent rebate on its Desktop Home and Home Edition Premium editions of its Linux operating system. The regular Home edition sells for $39.99, and the premium edition sells for $79.99. If users upgrade their operating system from Windows 98,…
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Intel’s Core 2 Duo Vendor Waltz
Intel’s largest product launch in 10 years, the Core 2 Duo, available en masse Aug. 7, required coordinating with more than 30 suppliers and vendors in North America to make sure the product has a home when it hits the market. “It’s one thing to say you have all the processors you need,” said Todd…
