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HP Adds Virtualization to Business Service Automation Suite
HP has added virtualization enhancements to its Business Service Automation (BSA) software suite and created a social network to go with it. HP Storage Essentials optimizes capacity allocation and utilization to help manage the increased storage requirements of virtualized data centers and HP Operations Orchestration now offers better provisioning and repurposing of servers and storage…
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Making Money around the Data Center
Even before the economy turned sharply downward, selling servers had become a tough proposition thanks largely to the advent of virtualization. Every where you turn these days, customers are focused on getting more out of their existing assets so that means the order of the day is to increase the utilization rates of servers that typically…
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Cheap Viagra Loses Luster with Spammers
Those unsolicited e-mails promising low-cost Viagra, cheap herbal alternatives for sexual health or “male enhancement” pills are losing their luster among spammers, according to a new security study by Microsoft. In the second half of 2008, the volume of spam for sexual medications fell a dramatic two-thirds from the first half of the year. Spam…
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Cisco’s Tidal Software ERP Deal to Boost Reseller-Led Services
Cisco plans to acquire privately held Tidal Software, a maker of application management and automation software, paying about $105 million in cash plus retention-based incentives. Cisco says that the acquisition will create significant opportunities for both Cisco and its partners through the delivery of partner-led services that leverage Cisco’s application management capabilities. Although privately held,…
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5 Tech Deal Closing Strategies
5 Tech Deal Closing Strategies 5 Tech Deal-Closing Strategies Hardware vendors are expected to be among the hardest hit by the recession. So it’s not a surprise to see them come up with some creative tricks to boost sales and help their solution provider partners close more deals. Here are a few tricks tactics that…
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U.S. Electrical Grid Cyber-spy Threat Could Mean Security Opportunity
As legislators and regulators highlight the threat of cyber-spies exploiting computer and network security weaknesses to attack the U.S. electrical grid, there may be an opportunity for reseller solution providers to help protect it. This week the Wall Street Journal reported that cyber-spies from China, Russia and other countries have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid…
