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Ciscos Spending Spree 18 Acquisitions
Ciscos Spending Spree 18 Acquisitions newScale – March, 2011• Software that offers a service catalog and self-service portal for cloud services. • Privately held. Terms not disclosed. No Title Inlet Technologies – February, 2011• Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) digital media processing platforms to strengthen Cisco’s Videoscape TV platform.• Privately held. Price: $95 million cash No…
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10 Things Dell Doesn’t Get About the Mobile Market
10 Things Dell Doesn’t Get About the Mobile Market 1. It’s Apple’s MarketIf nothing else, it’s time Dell realizes that the mobile market is Apple’s. That company is simply delivering the best devices and value to customers. Considering Apple has sold over 100 million iPhones since launch and 15 million iPad units last year alone,…
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IBM Pricing Help Offered to ISVs Pursuing Cloud
Looking to make it easier for systems integrators and ISVs to provide cloud services, IBM is offering two pricing and financing programs that will enable them to pay for services the same way customers consume them — as they go. For SAAS providers that offer IBM software in their monthly subscriptions to clients, IBM will…
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Cisco Shakes Up Partner Training, Specializations
Cisco Systems is introducing new architecture specializations that will have a direct impact on the requirements needed to attain and maintain Gold and Silver partner level designations. The new specializations will also affect Premier partners but to a lesser extent. Going forward, Gold and Silver partner levels within the Cisco Channel Partner Program will be…
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The Streak Isn’t Performing Well
The Streak Isn’t Performing Well When Dell first broke into the tablet market, it did so with the Dell Streak, a 5-inch device that was running an outdated version of Google’s Android operating system. As some might suspect, given how small the tablet’s screen was, it didn’t sell very well. Now, Dell has a 7-inch…
