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Is Lenovo Getting into Security Appliances?
Amid the noisy and crowded aisles of the RSA Conference in San Francisco April 20 to 24 was a curious exhibit, a small booth with a backdrop picture of the Great Wall of China and the declaration, "Lenovo: The leader of Information Security in China." On a folding table sat a Lenovo-branded 3U (5.25-inch) security…
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When Channel Elephants Fight
Now that the initial surprise of the planned acquisition of Sun by Oracle is starting to wear off, the time might be at hand to take a look at some of the more serious channel conflicts associated with this merger. Oracle has already signaled its intent to stay in the hardware business once the merger…
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EMC Says Oracle-Sun Deal is a Game Changer, Asks For Salary Reductions
EMC’s (NYSE:EMC) CEO says Oracle’s bid to buy Sun Microsystems will be a game changer in the data center market, and has asked employees to take a 5 percent pay cut as the vendor struggles with lower demand for its storage products. Earlier this week, Oracle Corp. made a surprise proposal to acquire Sun Microsystems…
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IT Distributor Avnet’s CEO: Software, Solutions Sales Stabilize
Technology sales and inventories showed signs of improvement for electronics and IT distributor Avnet (NYSE:AVT) in its fiscal Q3, but Avnet’s electronics business continued to struggle, Avnet says in reporting its earnings issued today. Avnet’s Chief Operating Officer Rick Hamada believes the impact of Oracle’s (NASDAQ:ORCL) acquisition of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:JAVA) will likely have a…
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Establishing Better Partnerships with Technology Vendors
More than $500 billion in IT goods and services is sold and delivered through North America channel partners—solution providers, managed service providers, systems integrators, custom systems builders, ISVs and VARs. Most vendors are dependent upon solution provider and reseller partners to reach and manage segments of the IT marketplace that they simply can’t reach with…
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AMD: Computer Sales Slump Not Over
Computer hardware resellers looking for chipmakers to signal an end to their slumping sales will have to just keep looking. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) CEO Dirk Meyer dashed the hopes that Intel had raised last week saying that there’s no way that the computer hardware business had hit bottom yet. AMD, like its larger rival…
