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Dell and EqualLogic Two Years Later
Despite its off-and-on-again relationship with the channel, it wasn’t until two years ago that Dell got its first real channel business when it bought EqualLogic, acquiring an iSCSI storage line and a channel-only business model. Celebrating its second anniversary with the company that’s slowly branching out from its direct roots, the EqualLogic business unit has…
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Adobe, Cisco, Microsoft Join Level 3 Network Partner Program
Fiber-based communications network provider Level 3 Communications (NASDAQ: LVLT) is launching a new Content Delivery Partner (CDP) program for direct resellers, VARs and device vendors, with inaugural partners such as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), aimed at expanding the reach and value of Level 3’s broadcast and content delivery services. Billing itself as a telepresence-ready network provider, Level…
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Cisco, VMware, NetApp Join Forces
Just over a year ago Cisco fired a bold shot across the data center market with its Project California initiative and its intent to enter the server market. Following various product announcements and sweeping realignments by competitors like HP and Brocade, Cisco created a new alliance called the Virtual Computing Environment coalition with VMware and…
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Cisco Revamps CCNP Certification, Adds New Track
Cisco this week revamped its flagship CCNP certification requirements and added a new certification option aimed specifically at network service provider operations. The changes reflect Cisco’s desire to map certification and training skills more directly to proving capability in a given individual’s job role rather than simply exercising technical acumen in specific products, according to…
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IBM Debuts Partner Benefits for LotusLive
LotusLive is gaining traction, securing more than 18 million subscribers since the on-demand collaboration services became available in 2009, but IBM partners have, for the most part, been left out of the deals. At last week’s Lotusphere 2010, Big Blue unveiled its LotusLive Labs and a slew of new partner benefits to make it easier…