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  • NetApp Beefs Up Cloud Storage Management

    Network storage provider NetApp on June 14 upgraded its OnCommand storage management software, which now includes the capability to automate and analyze shared storage infrastructures. NetApp, like its archrival EMC, comes at cloud management from what it considers the center of the data center universe: storage. Conversely, Cisco Systems comes at cloud-type systems from a…

  • Cisco, Polycom Put Focus on Telepresence for SMBs

    When Cisco Systems bought telepresence rival Tandberg last year for $3.3 billion, analysts said Cisco would be able to leverage Tandberg’s presence in the midmarket space to expand its video-conferencing offerings into that area. It was a market Cisco needed to access to continue growing its visual-communications business, the analysts said. That push down the…

  • Lenovo Expands ThinkServer Family

    Comptuer maker Lenovo announced two additions to the ThinkServer family – the TS130 and the TS430 – that are designed to give small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) and corporate branch offices a performance boost and manageability tools. Suited for businesses with few or no IT staff, they feature Intel Xeon processor technology, and also offer…

  • VMware Buys Business Management Software Maker Digital Fuel

    VMware made a move into the business-management software as a service sector June 13 by acquiring Israel-based Digital Fuel. Terms of the transaction were not released by either company, but Globes, an Israeli business Website that has covered the burgeoning IT scene in that country for a long while, reported that the deal cost VMware…

  • American Airlines to Offer Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 on Flights

    Samsung has found and interesting way to gain traction for its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computers: get them on airplanes as media entertainment devices. Samsung said June 13 it partnered with American Airlines to offer 6,000 Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets for premium class, in-flight entertainment on select flights later this year. The tablets will replace…

  • HP Launches Compaq 100B Desktop PC for Small, Midsize Businesses

    Featuring Advanced Micro Devices E-350 Dual-Core processors, integrated AMD Radeon HD 6310 Discrete-Class Graphics and AMD Vision Technology, the Compaq 100B from Hewlett-Packard is less than half the size of a traditional PC tower, the company said, and offers an array of productivity, security and servicing tools. It can handle up to 4GB of DDR3…

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