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NetApp Unveils Data ONTAP 8, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure
NetApp has unveiled Data ONTAP 8, the latest version of its platform now specifically designed for a model of IT delivered as a service (ITaaS) that will serve as the cloud infrastructure. "This is the next step in the evolution of a trend in virtualization," said Patrick Rogers, VP Solutions Marketing at NetApp. "It began…
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Star Wars Big Time Vendor Rivalries
Star Wars Big Time Vendor Rivalries This one’s been kicking up for some time now, beginning years’ back when several prominent Microsoft executives defected to Google when it was still a young upstart. The battle royale takes place on several fronts, most publicly in the search market where Google owns 65 percent market share. Microsoft’s…
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Vendor Incentives: What Have You Found You Can Live Without?
Vendor-based incentives have long been an integral part of the channel business model. The recession, however, has caused many vendors to rethink how they reward and incent partners, resulting in reductions in front-end discounts and rebates to more stringent requirements for the use of such resources as marketing development funds. These actions are a cost-cutting…
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Wyse Technology C Class Thin Client Offers Enhanced Multimedia and Energy Savings
Wyse Technology will offer a sub-$350 thin client that offers a separate hardware graphic accelerator to deliver better video and multimedia playback all the way up to 1080p HD. Wyse’s new Wyse C class thin client features a processor and graphics accelerator from Via and uses VMware View 3.1 and Wyse’s TCX solutions on VMware,…
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Apple Says Google Voice App Alters iPhone
(Reuters) – IPhone maker Apple Inc told U.S. regulators it has not approved Google Inc’s Voice application, which could challenge the wireless industry’s giants, because it interferes with the iPhone "user experience." Apple told the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) on Friday that the Google app appears to replace the iPhone’s core mobile telephone functionality and…
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SAP Updates Growing Partner Program
SAP AG announced that it has successfully transitioned all software solution partners to the SAP PartnerEdge program, and is now leveraging the company’s partner program framework to provide an array of innovative business services and tools to additional partner types that make up the SAP partner ecosystem. Launched in May 2005, the PartnerEdge program is…
