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IBM Tools Up For Mainstream Cloud Computing
Most everybody in IT is talking about cloud computing, and a number of companies — including major players like Microsoft, Google and saleforce.com — are rolling out cloud offerings, but it’s IBM that is shooting to be top gun, focusing on cloud computing workloads and partner ecosystems. Launching next quarter will be Big Blue’s Smart…
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Delays Decimate Microsoft`s Enterprise Mobile Market Share
After multiple delays, leaks and blogger predictions, Microsoft unveiled Windows Phone 7 Series last month at Mobile World Congress to hearty and honest “Oohs and ahhs.” Most pre-release critical complaints were silenced, and anticipation of the first devices is growing. However, the fact remains that devices running version 7 won’t ship until October and, Microsoft…
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Tech Data, HP Make Health Care Tech More Channel Friendly
Technology offerings for the channel around health care may have been slow to start, but now more vendors and distributors are launching special programs and partnerships that target the health care vertical, designed to help VARs target economic stimulus funds and get into the broader market. Cases in point are announcements from two big companies…
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Arranged Marriage for IT, Facilities as Power, Cooling Come to Fore
Image via Wikipedia Power and cooling and IT naturally go together, right? They directly impact each other, sure. And they ultimately should be managed together. But at most companies those functions have typically fallen under the purview of two different departments, reporting to different business leaders with different objectives and different perceived value to the…
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Cisco CEO: Video the Killer App, Cisco CRS-3 the Conduit
Cisco has developed a new carrier-grade routing system that it says will form the foundation of the future Internet, capable of delivering enormous quantities of data at very high speeds, enabling widespread delivery and use of high-quality video applications for businesses and consumers, among other functions. The networking giant announced the CRS-3 during a TelePresence…
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Google DocVerse Acquisition End Game: A Microsoft Office, Google Apps Bridge
Image via Wikipedia Can partners and customers hedge their bets in terms of creating pilot projects of Google Apps? Google’s acquisition of DocVerse last week makes it more likely than ever, offering the promise of enabling a bridge between Microsoft Office and Google Apps. (Google celebrated the year anniversary of its Google Apps channel partner…
