Recent Articles
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CompTIA Certification Change Creates Problems
In December, the Computing Technology Industry Association decided lifetime A+, Network+ and Security+ certifications were going to retroactively require renewal every three years. The response from the IT community was particularly thorny, and rightfully so. Why the changes? According to Ars Technica, CompTIA was getting its accreditation process evaluated by several larger accreditation organizations, including…
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Google Voice Available for iPhone As HTML5 App
Google Jan. 26 rolled out an HTML5-based version of its popular Google Voice application for Apple’s iPhone several months after Apple rejected Google’s original submission to its App Store. Google Voice is a Web-based phone management application that lets users route calls to their home, work and mobile phones from a special Google granted number.…
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HP Takes Energy, Thermal Efficiency Audit to Channel
Two years after it bolstered its data center services offerings with the acquisition of data center consulting firm EYP, Hewlett-Packard has rolled out to its channel partners the energy efficiency analysis and thermal assessment service it gained from the deal. The move comes at just the right time, as customers are looking at energy and…
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Oracle-Sun Combo Focuses on Direct Sales, Integrated Stack
Call it “Back to the Future,” or perhaps déjà vu. After months of regulatory uncertainty and wide-ranging speculation about the life of the deal, Oracle went public Jan. 27 with long-awaited details about its mega-acquisition of Sun Microsystems and the strategy it plans to initiate for business and product integration and a go-to-market model. One…
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Dell and EqualLogic Two Years Later
Despite its off-and-on-again relationship with the channel, it wasn’t until two years ago that Dell got its first real channel business when it bought EqualLogic, acquiring an iSCSI storage line and a channel-only business model. Celebrating its second anniversary with the company that’s slowly branching out from its direct roots, the EqualLogic business unit has…
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PC to Thin Client, a Transition Strategy for Desktop Virtualization
Greater energy efficiency, centralized management savings, lower acquisition costs and a longer lifetime. When you put it that way, what’s not to like about desktop virtualization and thin clients? But many companies have balked at the idea of what they see as some trimmed-down terminal model of computing. Users want their familiar PC desktop. Tell…