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Cisco Prepares Potential Customers for the Cloud
Cisco is providing a menu of cloud system components, including products of its own and from partners such as EMC, NetApp, VMware, Microsoft and BMC. On June 30, that’s what the company did, launching a set of what it calls Cloud Enablement Services to go with its growing Data Center Solutions Portfolio. The idea is…
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HP Acquisition of Palm Complete, webOS Developments Ahead
HP, the world’s top-selling PC maker, with access to Palm’s webOS mobile platform and Pre and Pixi smartphones, will now be able to “participate more aggressively in the highly profitable, $100 billion smartphone and connected mobile devices markets,” HP said in a statement July 1. However, the real draw for HP was Palm’s webOS mobile…
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HP Data Vault Series Gets Level Platforms Managed Workplace
Managed services software specialist Level Platforms (LPI), which offers software for IT solution providers servicing small and midsized end customers, announced its remote monitoring and management software, Managed Workplace, would now be available on the HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault Series. The company said the expansion would help allow managed service providers (MSPs) address the…
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Cisco Data Center 3.0 Strategy Advances Against HP
LAS VEGAS — Cisco is using its Cisco Live! 2010 event to announce advances in energy management, data center virtualization, cloud computing and collaboration. The networking company says high-end data-center customers are looking for massive scalability, high-bandwidth, low latency and compatible switching solutions, and that’s what they’re getting with three of the announcements: the new…
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HP, Avaya Team on Unified Communications Against Cisco
HP and Avaya have struck a three-year agreement to jointly sell and service Avaya unified communications hardware and software. The deal is one in a series of HP partnerships with other UC players such as Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent that aim to eat away at UC market leader Cisco’s market share, and boost its overall managed…
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Faulty Computer Lawsuit Against Dell Alleges Employees Covered Up Problems
Dell sold millions of computers with faulty components that caused failures, but employees at the company tried to conceal these problems from customers. Buyers of the machines included Wal-Mart, the University of Texas and Wells Fargo. That’s according to a report this week in the New York Times which gained access to recently unsealed documents…