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HP Confirms WebOS for Tablet Devices
After months of rumors, HP officially announced it would be using the mobile operating system it acquired along with smartphone specialist Palm, webOS. The acquisition, completed this week for approximately $1.2 billion, puts HP in place to challenge operating systems such as Google Android or Microsoft’s Windows 7 mobile operating system. The decision could be…
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Cisco Transforms Channel Executive Team
Cisco is shaking up its channel executives promoting Wendy Bahr to senior vice president of Global and Transformational Partnerships, and Cisco is actively seeking a replacement for her in the role of senior vice president of the US and Canada Theater for the channel. Edison Peres is serving as senior vice president of Worldwide Channels,…
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Lenovo Names New America Channel Chief
Lenovo has appointed Chris Frey as its America Channel Chief. Frey had served as acting channel chief since earlier in 2010. Frey has taken the channel team to continue to enhance channel partner operations and programs, Lenovo said in a statement. Frey will report to Jay Parker, vice president and general manager of Transactional Business.…
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Lenovo Services Sales to be All Channel-Led
Lenovo has introduced a new partner services program called Blueprint that the PC maker says distinguishes it as a channel friendly vendor, even as other hardware vendors such as Dell and HP, which have acquired their own services businesses such as Perot Systems and EDS, have created concern about channel conflict. “There’s a lot of…
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Cisco Prepares Potential Customers for the Cloud
Cisco is providing a menu of cloud system components, including products of its own and from partners such as EMC, NetApp, VMware, Microsoft and BMC. On June 30, that’s what the company did, launching a set of what it calls Cloud Enablement Services to go with its growing Data Center Solutions Portfolio. The idea is…
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IT Spending to Suffer Due to European Debt Crisis
Gartner analysts trimmed their worldwide IT spending forecast for 2010, saying they now expect spending increases to reach 3.9 percent, not the 5.3 percent predicted earlier this year. The European debt crisis is the primary culprit. The economic woes in Europe will have a negative impact on worldwide IT spending for the rest of the…