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Getting It Right in the Post-Managed Services Era
The IT channel is about to enter the post-managed services era. Much like modernism led to postmodernism in art and philosophy, the managed services model is evolving into a new IT consumption reality. At the heart of the change is the cloud, and more specifically, how managed services providers (MSPs) choose to proceed into a…
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Managed Services Offer SMBs Challenges, Opportunities: Survey
Technology VARs are increasingly focused on selling managed services to help small and midsize businesses monitor, manage and maintain their IT networks and equipment. However, according to a study released by CIT Group, a provider of vendor financing solutions, the benefits of offloading IT services — lower costs, increased available resources and reduced IT headcount…
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F5 Buys Crescendo Networks’ Assets
F5 Networks, which makes application delivery networking products, is buying some assets of bankrupt Crescendo Networks. Financial details of the deal, announced Aug. 15, were not disclosed. The nine-year-old Crescendo currently is in the process of liquidation, and its top engineers in its Israeli headquarters will be moved to F5’s Tel Aviv offices. The deal…
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Intel Won’t Cut CPU Prices for Ultrabooks: Reports
The issue of price for Intel’s ultrabook concept is being raised again, this time in regard to how much the chip maker is charging OEMs for its processors. According to the Taiwan news site DigiTimes, system makers asked Intel to cut the price of its CPUs by half in hopes of giving them a better…
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Should Microsoft Buy Nokia or RIM After Google, Motorola Merger?
Should Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility drive Microsoft to buy either Nokia or Research In Motion? That s the question zipping around the blogosphere after Google announced it would snatch up Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The search-engine giant and the handset maker already had something of a tight relationship, as exemplified by the latter’s…