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  • Seagate to Acquire EVault for $185 Million

    Seagate to Acquire EVault for $185 Million

    Chris Preimesberger

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    Disk drive sales leader Seagate Technology continued its expansion-by-acquisition strategy Dec. 21 with the announcement that it will acquire privately held EVault, a provider of online backup services, in an all-cash transaction for about $185 million. With the deal, Seagate significantly augments its service business, which includes data recovery, online backup/recovery and archiving for SMBs… Read more

  • D&H: Multicore, Mobile to Be Major 2007 Drivers

    D&H: Multicore, Mobile to Be Major 2007 Drivers

    Jessica Davis

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    With a handful of blockbuster new products recently making their premiere, plus several other market drivers on their way down from the enterprise into the small and midsize business space, 2007 looks to be a strong year for SMBs. That’s the forecast from D&H Distributing, a Harrisburg, Pa.-based distributor catering to the SMB VAR market.… Read more

  • Dell Issues Recall Reminder to Users

    Dell Issues Recall Reminder to Users

    Scott Ferguson

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    Just a few days before the Christmas holidays, Dell has issued a reminder to its customers to check their notebooks and return any lithium-ion battery packs that were listed under the voluntary Aug. 14 recall. On Dec. 21, a spokesperson confirmed that the Round Rock, Texas, PC maker had issued the reminder to its customers… Read more

  • CIOs Point the Way to Value

    CIOs Point the Way to Value

    Michael Vizard

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    While some folks in the channel may find it troubling that a December survey by CIO Insight, a sister publication of Channel Insider, found that CDW provided the most value of all the vendors they deal with, solution providers might want to take heart over the long-term implications of that ranking. CDW, one of only… Read more

  • IBM: Partners Turning Back to Mainframe Solutions

    IBM: Partners Turning Back to Mainframe Solutions

    Scott Ferguson

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    For IBM and its partners, mainframes are back in style. The Armonk, N.Y., IT giant announced Dec. 19 that nearly 400 of its partners and ISVs have begun to offer more than 1,000 applications based on its System z mainframes that run Linux. The reason for ISVs turning to Linux-based mainframes vary, but Buell Duncan,… Read more

  • Cisco to Buy Digital Signage Startup

    Cisco to Buy Digital Signage Startup

    Jessica Davis

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    Adding digital signage to its portfolio of digital media products, Cisco Systems has announced plans to acquire Tivella. The acquisition will enable Cisco to extend its digital media system, launched in September, to work with plasma and LCD televisions and other displays not attached to PCs. Cisco’s initial digital media system product enables video on… Read more