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CA, Microsoft Partner on New Cloud Platform
CA Technologies and Microsoft, which have been partners on various products for two decades, revealed May 10 they have signed an agreement to partner on a new cloud platform. Starting in the second half of 2011, CA’s ARCserve SAAS (software-as-a-service) data protection offering will use Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud platform as its home base. The…
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HP FlexNetwork to Undercut Cisco on Price
HP (NYSE:HPQ) is tying together existing, new and future products into a new networking architecture the company is called FlexNetwork, and pricing it lower than comparable products from Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO). During the press conference for the launch of FlexNetwork, HP had some tough words for networking giant Cisco, which positioned its own networking architectures recently…
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Dell Launches New Virtualized Data Center Server, Networking Products
Dell is rolling out a host of server, networking and storage offerings designed to give businesses more tools as they look to increase their virtualization capabilities. Key among the new products is the PowerEdge M915, which is powered by Advanced Micro Devices’ Opteron 6100 Series processors, which offer up to 12 cores. The core count…
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Microsoft in Trouble Why Its Worse Than You Think
Microsoft in Trouble Why Its Worse Than You Think 1. Windows Vista Is Still A FactorWhether Microsoft likes it or not, the corporate world still looks back at the days of Windows Vista and worries that they’re coming back. It’s why there is still an inordinate number of Windows XP boxes in the wild. It’s…
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Microsoft, Skype Deal Creates UC Juggernaut
Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of VOIP and video conferencing company Skype may just be the first move to creating the unified communications juggernaut that has been the Holy Grail for so many technology vendors. And the move may also redeem Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) which has fallen prey to competitive moves by other technology giants Google and…
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Xerox, Cisco Partner on Cloud-Based Managed Print Services
Xerox and Cisco announced they intend to form an alliance to deliver cloud-based services and technology solutions that combine network intelligence and print. The alliance plans to bring Xerox’s managed print and cloud IT outsourcing services to customers over Cisco’s intelligent network infrastructure. Both companies will arm channel partners with solutions that help businesses extend…
