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Troubled Telephony Integrator Transcend Picked Up by Fastech
In a sign that could mark a shift toward greater stability in the IP telephony and networking market within the channel, Minneapolis, Minn.-based Transcend Communications announced that it will be acquired by Philadelphia, Pa.-based Fastech Investment Group at the end of the month. A VAR and system integrator of IP telephony, network and video solutions,…
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Cisco’s Data Center Ambitions Stir the Pot
In an industry ripe with vendor rivalries, the latest battleground is notable for its many-against-one flavor. Alliances have been forming in what appears to be a mission with a singular goal: Anyone but Cisco. Clearly, Cisco’s breaking beyond its networking roots in a quest for dominance in the data center space has rattled more than…
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10 Biggest Blogging Bungles
10 Biggest Blogging Bungles Yes, your blog may be a marketing vehicle. But people don’t follow blogs to be sold or pitched. They visit to be informed, entertained and occasionally even titillated. Sex sells. Version 2.1 of Vendor X’s product does not. No Title This one may be a know brainor. But speeling and grammer…
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Google Mail Outage Sparks User Concern
(Reuters) – A majority of Google mail users were unable to access the service on Tuesday afternoon, in a rare widespread outage of the popular Gmail service. Google said at 5:37 p.m. edt (9:37 GMT) that it fixed the problem but was still investigating the cause of the outage, which lasted for over an hour.…
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Some Friend, Some Foe: Virtualization Vendors Join Fray at VMworld
SAN FRANCISCO: VMware kicked off the sixth VMworld with product, program and results announcements, but a number of its partners, including the don’t-turn-your-back-on-duo Microsoft and Citrix, had their own news to spread. Here’s a sampling of some of the announcements made just prior to or at the event. Microsoft really jumped the gun, with its…
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VMware Makes Noise at VMworld
SAN FRANCISCO: VMware kicked off its sixth annual VMworld with a flurry of announcements including new products, partnerships and performance data. The virtualization event, which runs until Thursday, is expected to draw more than 10,000 attendees and over 200 sponsors and exhibitors. This year’s theme is ‘Hello Freedom’, and ‘goodbye to the limitations of the…
