Tag: IBM

  • IBM Acquires Its Own Online Storage Provider

    IBM Acquires Its Own Online Storage Provider

    Chris Preimesberger

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    IBM announced Dec. 6 that it will acquire 10-year-old Arsenal Digital Solutions USA, a privately held online storage services and data protection company, matching moves by EMC and other storage players to add online storage services. Based in Cary, N.C., Arsenal Digital and all 100 employees will become part of IBM Global Technology Services, based… Read more

  • Arrow Adds IBM ISS and Healthcare Expertise

    Arrow Adds IBM ISS and Healthcare Expertise

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Arrow Electronics enterprise computing solutions group Dec. 6 announced it will distribute IBM Internet Security Systems solutions and has added in-house health care expertise to help resellers servicing midsize health care customers. The addition of the ISS solutions rounds out Arrow ECS’s portfolio of solutions aimed at midmarket customers, announced Nov. 12. According to Arrow… Read more

  • HP Takes Aim at IBM Storage

    HP Takes Aim at IBM Storage

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Hewlett-Packard is hoping to go head to head with IBM in the storage arena as it looks to shift position from its number three spot in the sector. Speaking in a pre-recorded video played at Avnet’s HP partner summit, Mark Hurd, HP CEO, stated that the storage market would be a big focus area for… Read more

  • Top 10 Vendors in the Midmarket

    Channel Insider Staff

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    In the 2007 Vendor Value and Satisfaction Survey, conducted by Ziff Davis Enterprise Research, 472 qualified respondents were asked to rate vendors on value, reliability and loyalty. Of these respondents, 170 were from companies with revenues of between $ Read more

  • IBM Exec Moves to Rival HP

    IBM Exec Moves to Rival HP

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Kevin Hooper, formerly IBM’s vice president of worldwide business partner strategy, will join Hewlett-Packard as general manager for Americas commercial SMB, according to HP. Sources said that Hooper will work with HP’s Technology Solutions Group Americas, which focuses on the direct sales channel, but will also work closely with solution providers that partner with TSG.… Read more

  • IBM Takes Cognos for Next-Gen Business Intelligence

    IBM Takes Cognos for Next-Gen Business Intelligence

    Michael Hickins

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    IBM announced that it intends to acquire business intelligence software vendor Cognos, a publicly held company based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, for approximately $5 billion in cash. IBM said the acquisition of Cognos will help it deliver the “next generation” of BI (business intelligence) tools that customers will require as markets become increasingly global and… Read more