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  • VARs Use Voltaire VMA to Battle Technology ‘Arms Race’

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Originally developed for use in financial services, Voltaire’s high-performance switches and InfiniBand technology can help VARs bring increased networking speed and power to customers looking for an edge over their competition. Voltaire’s Grid Director is a  high-bandwidth, low-latency switch based on the InfiniBand standard. It can be used to create high-performance computing clusters from industry-standard… Read more

  • Ten Tips to Launching an MSP Practice

    Channel Insider Staff

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  • Avnet, HP Team to Offer Backup Vaulting as a Service

    Jessica Davis

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    Solution providers can now add a hardware-as-a-service data vaulting service to their portfolios and a monthly recurring revenue stream to their top line thanks to a new alliance between Hewlett-Packard and distributor Avnet. Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of the distributor, has announced the collaboration with HP that offers a new managed service, HP… Read more

  • Citrix Looks to Secure the Virtual Desktop

    Scott Ferguson

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    Citrix Systems is looking to offer a new layer of security around the virtual desktop. On June 9, the company released the latest version of its Access Gateway appliance—Version 8.1—now integrated with Citrix XenDesktop, which allows IT departments to create a virtual desktop infrastructure where the desktop images and applications are streamed to the PC… Read more

  • Distributor: IP Telephony Is Calling Out to VARs

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    HERSHEY, Pa.—Walking the show floor at D&H Distributing’s 10th annual Mid-Atlantic Technology Show, it’s clear as a bell that IP telephony is the hot topic for VARs this year, and the distributor believes the area is one that will continue to grow. Voice networking and IP telephony vendors made up a sizable portion of the… Read more

  • Three Oil-Shocking Challenges to Hit the Channel

    Lawrence Walsh

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    If you’re worried about the rising cost of gasoline and crude oil on your business, start thinking beyond basic transportation costs. Analysts are now saying that the cost for raw materials derived from crude oil will start following the same trajectory as gas prices at the pump. Setting aside the entire foreign dependency for energy… Read more