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Infrastructure-as-a-Service Adoption Growing, Report Finds
Software as a service’s younger sibling just got an ego boost, according to a report from IT research firm Yankee Group. A company survey found 24 percent of large enterprises with cloud experience are already using IAAS (infrastructure as a service), and an additional 37 percent expect to adopt IAAS during the next 24 months.…
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HP Counters Dell Offer for Data Storage Vendor 3PAR
NEW YORK Aug 23 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) launched a $1.6 billion bid for data storage company 3PAR Inc (NYSE:PAR) on Monday, topping an offer by technology rival Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL). HP bid $24 a share for 3PAR, about 33 percent more than Dell planned to pay in a deal announced a week ago.…
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Intel, McAfee Deal: What Channel Partners Are Saying
As Wall Street analysts and security insiders have been abuzz over the implications of the mega-acquisition by Intel of McAfee for $7.7 billion, many within the security vendor’s channel have hardly broken a sweat over the deal. Collectively, many partners see the deal as a non-issue for their short- to medium-term sales strategy as Intel…
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Virtualizing Your Business
I have this crazy idea. The idea of breaking apart a business and reforming it into something new is fascinating, and leads to some new critical thinking. Could you imagine a service provider in a cloud world that employs no service personnel? I suggested this once in a room of solution providers and was practically…
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Lenovo’s Enterprise Stronghold 10 Ways the Laptop Maker Continues to Surprise
Lenovo’s Enterprise Stronghold 10 Ways the Laptop Maker Continues to Surprise 1. Sticking With the EnterpriseLenovo is perfectly content with sticking with the enterprise. The company knows that there is a big and profitable consumer market out there, but it continues to deliver an experience to corporate customers that is making it successful. By focusing…
