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Infrastructure-as-a-Service Adoption Growing, Report Finds
Software as a service’s younger sibling just got an ego boost, according to a report from IT research firm Yankee Group. A company survey found 24 percent of large enterprises with cloud experience are already using IAAS (infrastructure as a service), and an additional 37 percent expect to adopt IAAS during the next 24 months.…
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Rise Launches Cloud Services for Channel Partners
Rise, a division of U.K.-based Web hosting company Fasthosts Internet, announced it has expanded its channel-focused cloud computing offerings for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) in North America. The company also announced its first U.S.-based channel partner, Titanium Ant, an IT consultancy and technology management company based in Seattle. Rise has more than 1 million…
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How the Intel Acquisition Will Affect McAfee’s Channel Parters
What will Intel’s acquisition of McAfee mean to McAfee’s channel partner program? It’s still early days on this deal, so no one knows for sure yet, but the smart money is that Intel is unlikely to change it much for a couple reasons. First, Intel said in its statement announcing plans to acquire McAfee that…
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Ubicom Announces DDR3 and USB 3.0 Network Processors
Networking and multimedia processor solutions specialist Ubicom announced the introduction of its IP8100 family of network processors. The processors are targeted toward solutions for consumer, SOHO and small to medium-size business (SMB) applications for both retail and service provider deployments. The IP8100 processors provide routing, security and advanced services. The multiprocessing solution allows line rate…
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Dell to Acquire Virtualized Storage Specialist 3PAR
Dell has signed an agreement to acquire 3PAR, a provider of virtualized storage solutions with data management features, including dynamic tiering and thin provisioning, for multitenant cloud-computing environments. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.15 billion, net of 3PAR’s cash. The board of directors of each company approved terms of the acquisition, a company release…
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SugarCRM Adds 50 Partners Through Open+ Partner Program
Open-source customer relationship management software developer SugarCRM touted the success of its Open+ partner program, noting the company added 50 partners from around the globe in the first half of 2010. In addition, the company noted channel partners continue to account for approximately 70 percent of new SugarCRM billings. Open+ program membership provides access to…