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Dell, VMWare Partner on Virtual Health Records Platform
Dell has rolled out its Mobile Clinical Computing platform, which runs Meditech’s electronic health record applications, as well as VMware’s Sphere and View virtual desktop infrastructure. Dell will provide hardware such as laptops or tablets for the MCC platform, while its partners provide the software, virtualization and security technology. Meditech has about a 30 percent…
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Cisco Data Center Focuses on Cloud, Green IT
Cisco Systems is opening a new data center that is going to take on multiple roles for the networking giant, from acting as a showcase for its wide-ranging data center technologies to driving down costs through its multiple environmentally-friendly features. The facility, which officially opened April 15 in Allen, Texas, will serve as a key…
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Dell Launches New Server, Storage Systems for SMBs
Dell is rolling out new servers, storage systems and networking devices designed to help small and midsize businesses that company officials say are getting overrun by the rapidly rising tide of data. In addition, many of these smaller businesses are trying to keep up older servers or desktop PCs that have been set up as…
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HP Users Urge Oracle to Continue Intel Itanium Support
Hewlett-Packard’s largest user community is the latest group urging Oracle executives to reconsider their decision to discontinue support for Intel’s Itanium platform. In a statement released April 13, the board of directors of the HP user group Connect said it would continue to support HP and Oracle customers running applications on Itanium-based systems despite Oracle’s…
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Cisco, Verizon Move UC Cloud Service to Beta Testing
Cisco Systems and Verizon in July 2010 kicked off field tests of a hosted unified communications service built around new offerings from Cisco. That partnership evolved further last month, when the two businesses unveiled their Unified Communications and Collaboration as a Service offering during the Enterprise Connect conference. At a recent briefing for analysts and…
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IBM to Offer Business Process Management Consulting Services
LAS VEGAS – IBM announced a new global consulting and services practice to help companies improve the performance of core business processes such as marketing, human resources and finance, as well as industry-specific processes such as insurance claims, campaign management and compliance. Announced at the IBM Impact 2011 conference here, the new IBM Business Process…