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EMC Adds VMware to Proven Solutions Portfolio
EMC will add VMware to its portfolio of EMC Proven vendors to help solution providers more easily virtualize their customers’ data centers and increase efficiency and cost savings. EMC’s Proven solutions are packages that incorporate EMC technology with that of other vendors to help solution providers address customers’ most common solutions needs, says Todd Pavone,…
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CA Sets Sights on Displacing Symantec, McAfee
To say the company formerly known as Computer Associates—now known simply as CA—has a tainted reputation is a bit of an understatement. For years, customers and partners complained about poor quality of service. Market analysts and media would joke about CA being a place where good products go to die. And the lasting impression of…
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Tech Data Forecasts 20% Quarterly Decline
Tech Data is forecasting a first-quarter revenue drop of 20 percent, even as the technology distributor hangs onto strong margins. The forecast came as part of Tech Data’s earnings announcement this week. But what follows the forecast in the quarters to come remains a murky mystery as Tech Data and its solution provider partners say…
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Tuning In Free Videoconferencing
Reduced travel budgets, cheap technology and ample broadband connections have helped to create interest in simple videoconferencing solutions. Skype has led the way in building that interest, and its video service is being used by popular TV shows, such as Oprah Winfrey, Millionaire and others. With a renewed emphasis on video, it only makes sense…
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How eBay Is Alienating Selling Allies
eBay was once king when it came to selling and buying used and overstocked products. Many solution providers and end users would turn first to eBay to locate bargain items, hard-to-find products and low-cost supplies. Just as important was the horde of sellers that saw the giant auction house as a way to unload goods…
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HP Opens Deal Registration To All Channel Partners
Hewlett-Packard is placing a strategic bet on the SMB market in 2009 by opening its deal registration program to even its smallest channel partners, and separately creating an SMB Elite certification. The maker of servers, PCs, storage devices, printers and other computing technology made the announcement during its PartnerOne conference today in Cupertino, Calif., and…