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IBM Rolls Out Cloud IT Certification Program, WebSphere Enhancements
LAS VEGAS—IBM used its Impact event for SOA (solutions-oriented architecture) and BPM (business process management) to roll out more than 30 new products and services to the 6,000 partners that attended the conference here. As more customers and partners look to cloud computing as a potential answer to their IT headaches, IBM has valued the…
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Intel Targets Lower Power Consumption with New Atom Chip for Smartphones
(Reuters) – Intel, the world’s largest semiconductor company, unveiled a new version of its Atom platform, promising lower power consumption, cheaper cost and smaller size to better target smartphones. "Intel has delivered its first product that is opening the door … in the smartphone market segment," Anand Chandrasekher, general manager of Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group,…
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The Cloud: Distribution`s Perspective
What is the role of distribution in the cloud world? That’s the question I posed to several distribution CEOs attending this week’s meeting of the Global Distribution Technology Council in New York. Not surprising, each of these chief executives has a different view of their role in the cloud, and their views are reflective of…
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HP Introduces New PCs with AMD Chips
(Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co is rolling out a back-to-school lineup of notebook personal computers in what will be its largest single launch of laptops featuring processors from Advanced Micro Devices. HP said it refreshed or overhauled its Envy, Pavilion and Mini netbook consumer lines, and ProBook enterprise PCs. They will go on sale later in…
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Nokia, Microsoft Launch Mobile Software
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia and Microsoft unveiled on Wednesday the first result of their new software collaboration aimed at breaking the dominance of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry in wireless services for corporations. Nokia and Microsoft, at one time fierce rivals in the mobile telecommunications business, announced the alliance in August 2009. They expect to offer…
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CDW Gets EMC’s Iomega Network Storage Array Appliance First
Iomega, EMC‘s small and medium business storage arm, will be launching a new Network Storage array rack-mount appliance next week that will significantly expand its market reach. Jay Krone, Iomega’s GM of network solutions, tells Channel Insider that the Iomega StorCenter ix12-300r Network Storage array will be exclusive to CDW until mid-June, when the product…