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Cisco Cozies Up to BT on Unified Communications Soon After Polycom-BT Deal
BT and Cisco Systems announced Dec. 9 that they will collaborate to put unified communications in the cloud, letting customers buy UC services on a per-user utility basis, a service available in the United Kingdom now and in the United States and Europe, Middle East and Africa in 2010. The companies say the "scalable, business-grade,…
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Microsoft, NetApp Ink Alliance for Private Clouds
After years working collaboratively behind the scenes, Microsoft and NetApp formalized their partnership this week, inking a three-year agreement around product integration and compatibility and joint sales and marketing activities. The catalyst for the partnership is the momentum behind dynamic data center development, especially in the areas of virtualization, cloud computing and storage management, according…
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IBM Targets SMBs with Cloud-Based IT Monitoring
IBM is reaching out to small-medium businesses with online software intended to help monitor, predict and prevent IT outages. Tivoli Live Monitoring Services is being offered on a monthly subscription basis and Big Blue’s channel partners can sell it either as an agent or as a host, says IBM’s Dave Mitchell, Director of Strategy and…
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IT Jobs Gaining Ground Again
Even though the overall economy is still shedding jobs instead of adding them, IT job creation seems to have turned a corner. U.S. employment numbers released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor showed a third straight month of improvement in IT-related employment. Categories that grew included those in professional and technical services businesses…
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EMC Delivers on Storage Tiering Vision
Originally announced by EMC in April, the fully automated storage tiering (FAST) vision ‘to revolutionize the way storage is managed’ is now ready for prime time, says Scott Delandy, senior product manager, EMC. He likens today’s storage environment to that of a jet. "If you think about aviation and flying jets, years ago you had…
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MSPSN Sold to Investment Group
High Street Technology Ventures, a consortium of investors, is buying MSPSN, one of the more active networks of managed service providers founded by MSP maven Amy Luby, for an undisclosed amount. The announcement of the sale is happening this morning in Washington, D.C., at the CompTIA MSP Business Simulation Experience, a managed services training program…