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Laptop Sales Boost AMD Quarter Results
By Ian Sherr and Clare Baldwin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Strong notebook processor sales helped Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NYSE: AMD) post a narrower than expected loss and turn its core chipmaking business profitable, but the results failed to excite investors, who sold off its shares. The stock of the chip maker — which has…
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Oracle’s Ellison Talks Up Sun Acquisition
By Jim Finkle SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison talked up his company’s prospects after a planned purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc, saying he hopes the deal will help more than double revenue within five years. Ellison, who co-founded the company 32 years ago and built it into the world’s No. 2…
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Take 2: N-Able’s CEO Goes On the Record
Gavin Garbutt talks with Channel Insider Editor Carolyn April at N-Able’s partner conference this, waxing on topics from the managed services market to cloud computing to the company’s latest investments in partner enablement. Click here to view the video.
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Dell CEO Forecasts ‘Powerful’ Computer Hardware Refresh
SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) – Dell Inc Chief Executive Michael Dell said the business climate was improving and repeated his expectation for a "powerful" hardware refresh cycle beginning next year. While noting that there are still obstacles to the recovery, Dell sounded optimistic about the upcoming year as the tech sector makes its way out…
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N-Able Offers Free License, Security Module to Spur Sales
Kicking off its annual partner conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., N-Able CEO Gavin Garbutt took the wraps off a set of new enablement initiatives aimed at helping his MSP partners transition existing customers to the managed services model. In advance of the upcoming launch of the company’s flagship N-central 7.0 remote monitoring and management platform, N-Able…
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Avaya Revamps Channel Program
Avaya has announced a major revamp of its channel program at the 2010 Avaya Americas Partner Conference being held in Nashville, with the announcement of Avaya Connect, a brand new global program. Avaya Connect represents a major overhaul of the company’s existing channel programs into a globally consistent framework that streamlines processes, pricing, training and…