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IBM Quarterly Results Due amid Cautious Hope for Recovery
When IBM (NYSE: IBM) announces its third-quarter results today after market close, they will arrive in a market that is cautiously hoping that the positive signs it has seen recently are hinting of more good news to come. And analysts have been fueling that cautious optimism. For example, this morning Bernstein Research raised its forecast for…
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Avnet Teams with Scale Targeting Small Business End of Data Storage Market
Data storage startup Scale Computing scored a major coup this week by landing Avnet as its first distributor in North America. Scale Computing provides what it calls Intelligent Clustered Storage (ICS) systems for midsize and small businesses. The product runs on both IBM and Scale-branded commodity hardware and is designed to bring enterprise-level storage solutions…
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Ingram Micro and VAR Resources Offer End-User Leasing to Channel
Ingram Micro announced late last week that it is joining forces with VAR Resources to offer a new end-user leasing program that it hopes will enable the IT channel to close more deals through a wider selection of financing options. In addition to providing a range of leasing offerings through the new program, the distributor…
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Microsoft, Danger, T-Mobile Outage Highlights Need for Backup, Even in the Cloud
It’s been an interesting time for services. Microsoft/Danger/T-Mobile lost some of their user’s data recently when an outage turned into a data loss. Users who hadn’t backed up their Sidekick data were out of luck. Many users assumed that because it was a cloud service, it didn’t need a backup. I think this event highlights…
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Oracle Says Specialization Program to Benefit Channel Partners
Oracle is taking its partner enablement initiative a step further with the announcement of about 50 different specializations for its channel partners, called Oracle PartnerNetwork Specialized. The goal? To create better ways for partners to differentiate themselves and to help end customers find highly skilled channel partners. Partners will find specializations available to them in…