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Ingram Micro on The Lighter Side of the Cloud
Image via Wikipedia Everybody is talking about the cloud, but what is the cloud really? Ingram Micro executives sought to explain the phenomenon in this video during the company’s VTN Invitational this week for partners in Chicago. Take a look at the lighter side of the cloud.
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Cisco Shakes Up Partner Training, Specializations
Cisco Systems is introducing new architecture specializations that will have a direct impact on the requirements needed to attain and maintain Gold and Silver partner level designations. The new specializations will also affect Premier partners but to a lesser extent. Going forward, Gold and Silver partner levels within the Cisco Channel Partner Program will be…
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Tablets The Small Business Secret Weapon
Tablets The Small Business Secret Weapon SMB tablet penetration is only at about 3 percent at the moment. No Title However, firms that do embrace tablets and other mobile devices tend to generate 40 percent higher revenue growth than their non-mobile counterparts. No Title AMI expects tablet prices to decrease by close to 50 percent…
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Apple Consultants Question Joint Venture Quality
Members of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN)have a name for Joint Venture, the $499 SMB service offering Apple unveiled two weeks ago. ACN members call it the J.V. squad, short for junior varsity and a knock on the program’s capabilities. Members describe Apple’s Genius Bar employees, the likely foundation of a Joint Venture staff, as…
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Seagate Unveils Pulsar, Savvio, Constellation SSD and HDD Drives
Hard disk drive and storage solution specialist Seagate Technology launched two new members of the Pulsar solid-state drive family, two next-generation Savvio 15K and 10K hard disk drives, and the latest Constellation ES.2 3TB HDD. The Pulsar.2 and Pulsar XT.2 automatically detect and correct a multitude of data errors that can occur during normal drive…
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Apple iPad 2 Lighter Thanks to Thinner Battery: Report
Apple managed to significantly reduce the thickness and weight of the iPad 2 compared to the first edition iPad by trimming the dimensions of several key components, most notably the battery, an IHS iSuppli teardown analysis revealed. The total thickness of the iPad 2 is 8.8 millimeters (0.35 inches), down 34 percent from 13.4 millimeters…
