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Bull’s Eye Awards: Time Is Running Out
Channel Insider has received dozens of nominations for the Bull’s Eye Awards, which will recognize excellence among vendors, solution providers, MSPs, distributors and channel services companies. Nominations are still open, but time is running out. Nominations must be received by Friday, Nov. 20, for consideration. The Bull’s Eye Awards will recognize individuals and companies in…
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Quantum Offers Differentiated Tape Solution
The storage market is changing with new demands and technologies, but at $3.5 billion (2008), tape is still a large segment and Quantum is releasing an entry-level tape automation library that is channel-friendly. HP owns the biggest slice of the tape drive market, with 55 percent of all factory-out tape drive shipments in 2008 (IDC),…
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Microsoft Unveils Windows Azure Cloud Platform
Microsoft will turn on its Windows Azure cloud platform as of January 1, 2010, said Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie in a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009 here. In his speech on November 17, Ozzie said Microsoft would continue to offer Windows Azure as a Community Technology Preview (CTP)…
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Building Brand through Social Networks
Building Brand through Social Networks Small Social Network BudgetsAccording to the study, 4 out of 5 (84%) of chief marketing officers (CMOs) allocate less than 10% of their budgets to experimenting through social media and non-traditional communications channels, with more than 55% allocating 5% or less. No Title Social Network PopularityThe number of adult Internet…
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Putting the HP in HPC
While other segments of the IT industry have been suffering along with the economy, high-performance computing (HPC) has been relatively recession-proof says HP, which is making significant additions to its Extreme Scale-Out (ExSO) portfolio. These new offerings, including the HP ProLiant G6 blade, ‘skinless’ server technology, storage, software and interconnect/networking products, are intended to reduce…
