Recent Articles
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ConnectWise Upgrades Partner Community Platform
Hot on the heels of a major hardware failure that disrupted service for almost 200 of its 2,400 customers, professional service automation (PSA) vendor ConnectWise is launching its second-generation partner collaboration platform. ConnectWise Network 2.0 offers significant new features and enhancements to its partner community of IT service providers, said Jeannine Edwards, Director of the…
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Vendors Enhance the Case for Solid State Disks
Two new vendor initiatives are attempting to strengthen and enhance the business case for solid-state storage and the opportunities available to the channel. Texas Memory Systems has set new SPC-1 records for flash storage performance and value, and Dataram Corporation (www.dataram.com) has released a tech alert outlining the business benefits of solid-state storage appliances. Together,…
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Juniper Unveils Strategic Direction, Products at NYSE
At a well-heeled event at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 29, Juniper Networks unleashed a torrent of new products that company executives say will drive innovation and scalability to meet the demands of a network traffic explosion. The ambitious rollout, which spans the company’s silicon, routers and software products, also gave a big…
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Ubercool, Uber-fast, Uber-tired — Trends for This Century
If your customers seem to be moving at a more frantic pace, they are not alone. Overall, everyone is more pressed for time these days, says uber-cool trend spotter Michael Tchong, who spoke to VARs about the quickening pace of all things and how that fits into the uber-trend of being unwired. Tchong, founder of…
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Nirvanix Extends Cloud Storage Reach With Channel
The size of the cloud services market may be in dispute — Gartner predicts it will surpass $56.3 billion this year and hit $150 billion by 2013, while IDC finds the market far smaller, believing it won’t pass the $42 billion mark until 2012 — nobody disputes that it exists and that there is opportunity…
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Yankees vs. Phillies: Two Solution Providers Place Bets
The folks at Alteva, a Philadelphia-based unified communication solution provider, are really hoping that their Phillies can successfully defend their World Series championship against the dreaded Bronx Bombers, the New York Yankees. A series loss would not only wound the Philly faithful, but force the Alteva staff to don Yankee pinstripes and deliver authentic Philadelphia…