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Xiotech Aims to Disrupt Enterprise Storage Market
A privately held company based in Eden Prairie, Minn., Xiotech wants to solve the growing application/storage conflict with what it calls the market’s first and only solution for intelligent application storage. Originally spun off from Seagate, the company believes that storage vendors focusing on adding management software—i.e., Dell, EMC, HDS, HP, IBM and NetApp—don’t understand…
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HP Partners Prep 3Com Arsenal in War Against Cisco
Hewlett-Packard completed its acquisition of 3Com this week, and laid out the overarching plan in terms of the product integration that will take it to war against Cisco’s stronghold in the networking market. And HP’s partners, still waiting for the final word on the integration of HP and 3Com’s channel partner program, say that they…
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CTERA Rolls Out Channel-Friendly Cloud Storage Portal
Hybrid cloud-based storage and data protection vendor CTERA Networks is reaching out to service providers, including MSPs and resellers, with a cloud platform that is a turnkey solution for delivering cloud-based storage and data protection services, from creating service plans to remote maintenance of appliances, including the CloudPlug and C200. Available immediately in SaaS and…
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Microsoft Upgrades Dynamics ERP
Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, an ERP platform for midsize businesses, on April 20. The software includes business intelligence reporting tools, functionality for streamlining approval scenarios for daily workflow, and interoperability with Microsoft Office Unified Communications and other software. Using the software, a warehouse manager could detect any depletion in supplies and reprovision with…
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HP Storms Networking Market with 3Com Buy
Technology giant Hewlett-Packard drew attention to the company’s commitment to open standards and the importance of newly acquired network infrastructure specialist 3Com’s presence in China during a conference call detailing HP’s plans for a comprehensive networking portfolio. David Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager of HP’s Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking business unit, opened…
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Amazon to Shine Light on Cloud Computing Myths
As the 5th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (Cloud Expo) opens in New York City on April 19, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is tapping into the attention the event is placing on cloud computing to address some of what the company views as the more persistent myths related to the cloud. Despite being among…