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AMD Shoots Back at Intel with Server Chips as Dell, HP Announce Support
Looking to beat Intel in performance per watt, Advanced Micro Devices has announced the availability of its most recent server platform, the first eight- and 12-core x86 processors for high-volume 2P and value 4P servers. Server makers HP, Dell, Acer, Cray and SGI immediately announced support with new systems based on the new AMD Magny-Cours…
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HP Preps More Products for Microsoft Communications Server 14
HP is building on a unified communications and collaboration partnership it announced in May 2009 with Microsoft by announcing the next batch of products in a continually growing line-up of Microsoft Communications Server-ready offerings. The new products, which will be released at about the same time Microsoft Communications Server launches this fall, reflect two categories…
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Cisco’s Smart Care Networking Managed Services Defies Recession
Got customers who run call centers? It’s an environment where networking becomes mission critical, and when the network is down so is the business. While plenty of managed services platforms provide the kind of proactive monitoring to reduce server downtime, it can be a real specialty to provide the same kind of proactive monitoring for…
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Dell Crafts Private Cloud Offering, Intros ISV Partner Program
Dell is introducing a new Cloud Partner Program that works with ISVs looking to offer customers “easy-to-buy and -deploy cloud solutions and blueprints optimized for Dell platforms.” Dell discussed the program in an announcement about a new specialized cloud computing infrastructure, including a handful of new servers. The Cloud Partner Program’s inaugural ISV partners include…
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Dell Sets New Course For Data Management
The OEM/reseller relationship with EMC has been a lucrative one for both Dell and EMC, but there have been signs that the relationship isn’t what it used to be. Case in point: Dell’s announcement today of homegrown data management solutions, which seems to signal that the co-opetive relationship is leaning a lot more towards competition…
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Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks Market cap: $15.9 billionAnnual revenue of $3.3 billionIf You Are Betting at Home: Juniper’s product portfolio includes routers, switches and security products, among others, but this company is financially out of Dell’s league. Brocade Communication Systems Market cap: $2.58 billionRevenue: $1.9 billionNet loss: $76.58 million (compared with a net income of $167.1 million…
