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Seagate Launches 4TB GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive
Storage specialist Seagate announced the shipment of its 4 terabyte GoFlex Desk external hard drive, claiming the highest capacity hard drive in the industry. This latest addition to the GoFlex Family of external hard drives showcases Seagate’s new desktop design, with a streamlined industrial design for a smaller footprint. The new 4TB GoFlex Desk drive…
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Storage Software Revenues Post Seventh Consecutive Quarter of Growth: IDC
The storage software market experienced its seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth during the second quarter of 2011 (2Q11), according to the IT research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) and the company’s Worldwide Storage Software QView. The total market value approached $3.4 billion during the quarter, up 11.3 percent over the same period last year.…
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Credit, Money Strategy: IT Solution Providers Navigate Tight Financing Market
The indirect channel’s ongoing embrace of services and move away from warehousing physical products, coupled with downward pressures on the overall economy, have made it increasingly challenging for solution providers to get loan-approval from banks and other traditional money-lenders. “We are in a fairly esoteric biz and we sell an intangible product. There’s nothing physically…
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The iPhone 5 Is Launching This Fall
The iPhone 5 Is Launching This Fall The latest rumors suggest the iPhone 5 could launch in September or October. Apple hasn’t said if it will, but based on the fact that we haven’t seen it yet, the timing seems perfect for a new smartphone in the fall. So Is the iPad 3 Other rumors…
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ConnectWise Opens IT Nation to All MSPs, VARs
Professional services automation vendor ConnectWise is taking its annual IT Nation conference to the next level this year, opening it up to IT solution providers who are not ConnectWise partners. “IT Nation has served as an annual meeting of ConnectWise partners to get together and share their successes with one another,” said Arnie Bellini, ConnectWise…
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Yahoo CEO Bartz “Fired Over The Phone”
Yahoo, a Web services pioneer that has been beset with financial troubles for the better part of the last decade, made a change in leadership Sept. 6 when its board of directors removed CEO Carol Bartz and named Chief Financial Officer Tim Morse as interim CEO. It was the second announcement of a change at…