Tag: application

  • Study: Virtualization Deployment Goes Prime Time

    Study: Virtualization Deployment Goes Prime Time

    Peter Galli

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    Virtualization technology has gone “prime time” and is being deployed in application server and Web server environments in addition to test and development scenarios, said a research report by Enterprise Management Associates released August 31. More than two-thirds of the 126-page report, which was written by EMA senior analyst Andi Mann and titled “Virtualization: Exposing… Read more

  • Microsoft/Citrix Deal Sets Up Cisco Showdown

    Microsoft/Citrix Deal Sets Up Cisco Showdown

    Paula Musich

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    Microsoft’s expanded partnership with Citrix Systems to deliver a joint branch office box appliance, announced on Aug. 23, signals a brewing battle with longtime partner Cisco Systems. The Citrix partnership, announced at the same time that Microsoft and new IP telephony partner Nortel Networks outlined more details in their alliance to deliver VOIP (voice-over-IP) software… Read more

  • Ingram’s IMSN to Run on Autotask

    Ingram’s IMSN to Run on Autotask

    John Hazard

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    Ingram Micro Services Network, distributor Ingram Micro’s labor service provider community, will use Autotask to manage and automate the group’s partnering and dispatching programs, both companies announced Aug. 14. Beginning Oct. 1, IMSN will use a specially designed version of Autotask called IMOnsite as its project management application to administer and dispatch across the 700-member… Read more

  • Microsoft Enlists Partners in Team Tools Battle

    Microsoft Enlists Partners in Team Tools Battle

    Darryl K. Taft

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    BOSTON—Microsoft has set its sights on IBM Rational, and the software giant is hoping its partners can help it overcome the market leader in the application lifecycle management tools space. Ian Knox, Microsoft’s group product manager of Visual Studio Team System, told eWEEK that Microsoft’s primary message to partners is to focus on IBM’s Rational… Read more

  • HP Should Make Doing Business Easier

    HP Should Make Doing Business Easier

    Michael Vizard

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    As the still relatively new captain of Hewlett-Packard, Mark Hurd is definitely making his presence felt in a positive way. For the most part, HP is in dramatically better shape than it was a year ago and the significant changes that HP has made in its approach to the channel are being generally well received… Read more

  • Tech Data Deal Marks Shift for Cisco’s SAN Market Strategy

    Tech Data Deal Marks Shift for Cisco’s SAN Market Strategy

    John Hazard

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    Cisco signed a deal the week of April 24 with distributor Tech Data to bring its storage area network family of products to market, a shift in the vendor’s strategy. Cisco will distribute its MDS 9000 Family of SAN line to a limited number of ATPs (Advanced Technology Partners) through Tech Data, leveraging the distributor’s… Read more