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VMware Gets Set for VMworld
SAN FRANCISCO: Virtualization takes center stage this week as VMware, the reigning champion, marshals its forces at VMworld. However, while the company may be on top of the virtualization heap, competitors like Microsoft and Citrix are marshaling their forces for a shot at the crown. VMware still carries advanced management options for virtualization such as…
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VARs Say Customers Opening Wallets for New Wireless Standard 802.11n
As the IEEE prepares to finally ratify the 802.11n wireless standard in early September, VARs are jockeying to position themselves with the right mix of products and services to meet an expected uptick in wireless projects. According to a report released by ABI Research, analysts project that by 2011 Wi-Fi chip-set vendors will ship 1…
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Cisco Eyes SMBs with Revamped MSP Program
Cisco Tuesday officially launches its revamped Managed Services Channel Program to feature several changes that the company hopes will boost participation by its partners. The primary change to the program addresses a serious barrier to entry problem Cisco has grappled with since the program’s first incarnation. Cisco is doing away with the previous requirement that…
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VMware, Others Unveil New Virtualization Technology at VMWorld
While most technology vendors have been socked with double-digit declines in sales during the ongoing economic recession, virtualization technologies have been named by many VARs and vendors as something that’s been immune to budget cuts. That’s because virtualization is widely viewed as fulfilling this recession’s mantra: "Do more with less." And judging by the interest…
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IBM Sets Sights on Sun’s Partners
It’s been one of the longest standing IT cross-town rivalries for decades. Innovative, irreverent, scrappy Sun Microsystems maneuvering to compete with big, formal, complex IBM, most loudly beginning back in the early ’90s. A more stark contrast in cultures and marketing campaigns had never before been seen. In the wake of Oracle’s recent winning bid…
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Keep the Funny Stories Coming
Have you heard the one about the college student who couldn’t understand why her PC’s warranty was voided because it didn’t cover accidental or intentional emersions in swimming pools? How about the one about the executive who berated her service provider because they couldn’t provision her email to automatically deliver messages without her having to…