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Avnet Adds Storage Muscle with Bell Micro Acquisition
Distribution giant Avnet (NYSE:AVT) has announced a definitive agreement to buy storage-centric distributor Bell Microproducts (NASDAQ:BELM), marking the largest acquisition in Avnet’s history and one that will expand the company’s product offerings and geographies. Specifically, Avnet will get Bell Micro’s stronghold—its hard disk drive business—plus a range of other products and geography expansions. Wall Street…
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Stop Blaming Users for Security Woes
I felt like the dumbest kid in the class. And that’s a good thing. I had the opportunity this week to help out the NPR station WAMU in Washington, D.C., by serving on their Community Advisory panel as an IT professional talking about Cyber Security. The panel was quite distinguished. The Director of the SANS…
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HP Targets LTO-3 Customers With LTO-5 Blitz
While representing only a fraction of disk sales — $4 billion versus $16 billion in 2009 — tape sales continue to grow, led by the Linear Tape Open (LTO) format, which accounted for 83 percent of total tape sales. HP, market leader of this segment with 32 percent share, is refreshing its entire lineup with…
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Apple’s iPad Already a Flop?
Apple channel partners have told Channel Insider that their customers are plenty interested in Apple’s iPad, asking to buy the $500-plus tablet-sized device through the channel. Certainly Apple’s iPhone has been making more inroads into business strongholds. But a new report from market research company NDP Group shows consumers who are most aware of the…
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AMD Shoots Back at Intel with Server Chips as Dell, HP Announce Support
Looking to beat Intel in performance per watt, Advanced Micro Devices has announced the availability of its most recent server platform, the first eight- and 12-core x86 processors for high-volume 2P and value 4P servers. Server makers HP, Dell, Acer, Cray and SGI immediately announced support with new systems based on the new AMD Magny-Cours…
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Green with Frustration
Green with Frustration It’s hip to be green, and the buzz is big around Smart Grids because of their purported ability to reduce consumption with intelligent technologies aimed at streamlining and conserving. But, the survey of top utility honchos shows the lack of standards, definitions and realistic price estimates have utility companies moving slowly and…
