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ATandT Leaps into Cloud-Based Storage
BOSTON (Reuters) – AT&T Inc, the biggest U.S. telephone company, plans to offer Web-based data storage services for corporations using "cloud computing" technologies developed by data storage equipment maker EMC Corp. The telecommunications giant will join International Business Machines Corp, Amazon.com Inc, Symantec Corp, Iron Mountain Inc and others in offering storage as a…
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Cisco’s Chief: I’m Here to Stay
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) Chief Executive John Chambers said on Monday that he would probably stay in his position for at least another three to five years. Asked at a JP Morgan technology conference about his future plans — for example, if he would move into politics — the 59-year-old head…
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Small Businesses Launch With or Without Outside Funding
LONDON (Reuters) – Venture-capital investments have been falling in a depressed economy but this is not necessarily stifling technology start-ups, as it becomes easier to get firms off the ground without outside investment, Microsoft says. "With the advent of relatively cheap computing, relatively cheap bandwidth for communications, the cost of setting up a start-up has…
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Zyxel Aims UTM Appliance at Midmarket Business
Zyxel Communications has introduced a new unified threat management appliance to round out its portfolio, giving solution providers the opportunity to reach larger midmarket customers with increased throughput for better network performance, according to Zyxel. "When all security services are enabled, the UTM throughput can be a bottleneck," says Shawn Rogers, product marketing manager at…
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Distributor Tech Data to Show VARs the (Economic Stimulus) Money
For months IT resellers and solution providers have been looking for answers about how to access economic stimulus funds available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help pay for IT projects at client sites. In answer to that, several vendors and distributors have been working on programs to help their…
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FalconStor, Idera Partner on Dedupe, Backup and Recovery Solution for Microsoft SharePoint
Virtual tape library and deduplication software provider FalconStor has teamed up with Microsoft Office SharePoint management and administration software vendor Idera to help solution providers tap into the growing need for efficient storage and management of data generated by SharePoint Server. Microsoft’s SharePoint Server has seen incredible growth and adoption, says Rick Pleczko, President and…