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NetApp Acquires LSI’s Large-Scale Storage Business
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Just as there is a trend toward convergence of functionality in data center systems these days, there is an equal amount of convergence among entire companies in the data-storage sector. NetApp on March 9 joined the ranks of companies adding “big data” storage capabilities when it announced the acquisition of LSI…
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Dell Debuts Desktop Virtualization Offering
Technology giant Dell announced the availability of Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions, which utilizes prepackaged services with configured and tested hardware and software. DDVS was developed to ease the design and implementation complexities inherent in deploying virtualized desktop environments and accelerate the adoption of desktop virtualization. Dell offers four delivery models designed to address specific customer…
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The Difference Between Average and Top Performers
In preparation to speak at a sales award banquet this week I was thinking about what kind of message I wanted to leave with the audience. After thinking through a variety of ideas I realized a common concept that all sales leaders must reinforce to their teams. Whether it is a January Kick Off event,…
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Dell to Release Ultra-Slim Laptop, Shipping Sandy Bridge PCs
Dell is shipping more systems with the new Intel "Sandy Bridge" processors and updated “Cougar Point” chipset hardware "than just about anyone else," according to a company spokesman, and that trend will only continue. In a March 7 blog post, Lionel Menchaca said that over the next six weeks, the company will expand the systems…
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Enterpoid Separates Work, Personal Data on Android
Even though its U.S. smartphone market share is shriveling, Research In Motion still commands the bulk of the enterprise mobile handset market. The problem is that while RIM has spent a decade grooming corporations to get BlackBerrys into the hands of corporate road warriors, Apple iPhone and Google Android handsets are popping up like mushrooms…
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Microsoft Releases Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft has announced the release of Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1 (Visual Studio SP1) along with some new Feature Packs for .NET developers. In a March 7 blog post, S. “Soma” Somasegar, senior vice president of Microsoft’s developer division, said starting on March 8, Microsoft Developer network (MSDN) subscribers will be able to download…