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Data backup and recovery
Data backup and recovery 39 percent Security applications 37 percent Virtualization solutions 30 percent Content management solutions 24 percent Unified communications 18 percent Cloud computing 18 percent PCs 51 percent Laptops 48 percent Servers 37 percent Printers 33 percent Operating systems 32 percent Productivity suites and software 28 percent Network infrastructure 27 percent Smartphones 23…
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Government Budget Spending Opportunity for VARs
Even amid budget shortfalls and tightened bureaucratic belts, there remains quite a bit of opportunity for channel players catering to the government market according to the recently released CompTIA Second Annual Government IT Purchase Plans survey. “Though budget challenges and the burden of bureaucracy can slow the pace of change, government technology spending will continue,…
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HP, IBM Lead Worldwide Server Market Demand: IDC Report
Revenue in the worldwide server market increased 12.1 percent year over year to $11.9 billion in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), according to IT research firm IDC. This is the fifth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth, as server market demand continued to improve around the world. The company’s report found server unit shipments…
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Avaya Adds Mobile Enhancements to Avaya-one X Platform
Avaya officials are bulking up the company’s Avaya-one X solutions to offer greater communications capabilities to mobile workers. At its International Avaya User Group event in Las Vegas May 23, Avaya announced the new enhancements to Avaya-one X, which include support for a wide range of mobile devices—including Apple iPhones and smartphones running Google’s Android…
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Google, Microsoft Battle for Business Cloud Customers
For more than a year, Microsoft has been pushing an aggressive “all in” cloud strategy. The reason behind it is simple: Although desktop-bound software such as Windows and Office continues to dump tons of cash at the company’s front door, a paradigm shift is underway—one that threatens to leave Microsoft behind as consumers and businesses…
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Amazon Planning to Launch Android-Based Tablet PC in 2011: Analyst
Amazon.com is aiming to release at least one tablet computer based on Google’s Android operating system in time for the holiday 2011 season, said an industry analyst May 23. Creative Strategies analyst Tim Bajarin, who spoke to sources in Tapiei where many computers are manufactured, said in a PC Magazine piece that the bookseller-turned-mobile-device maker…
