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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…
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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…