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  • Cisco, EMC, VMware Take Pre-Packaged Data Center Solution Vblock to Channel Partners

    Looking to make it easier for channel partners to deploy data center and cloud technology at customer sites, Cisco has formed a coalition with EMC and VMware which will create reference designs for an infrastructure architecture it calls Vblock which incorporates technologies from all three companies including Cisco’s Unified Computing line up of products. The…

  • IBM Unveils Government IT Framework

    VARs and ISVs looking to enter or expand their presence in the government solutions marketplace now have an industry-specific IBM platform for building and deploying an array of public sector applications. On Oct. 30, Big Blue released its Government Industry Framework, a combination of software and services targeting the federal, state and local space. The…

  • Making the Kace for XP-to-Windows 7 Migration

    Like Vista before it, Microsoft’s Windows 7 will capture a significant portion of the operating system market just because it will ship on the majority of new PCs sold over the next few years. However, for the installed PC base that isn’t planning to move over to Apple’s resurgent Macintosh platform, the question isn’t are…

  • Westcon’s Comstor to Offer Cisco’s Unified Computing System

    When Cisco Systems first introduced its Unified Computing System—a collection of data center products sold as a complete and integrated solution—the networking giant said initial sales would be direct only. But the game is changing and on Nov. 2 IT networking distributor Westcon Group announced a partnership with Cisco that will enable it to offer…

  • Symantec vs. McAfee: A Rivalry Renewed

    When solution providers and enterprise customers arrived in Las Vegas last month for the McAfee Focus conference, they were greeted at McCarron Airport by a sea of yellow signs—from the gate to the door—extolling the superiority of Symantec products. It was a marketing coup that didn’t sit well with the McAfee execs, who didn’t appreciate…

  • Ingram Micro CEO Says Windows 7 Not Panacea, but Still Positive

    They aren’t pouring the champagne at IT distribution giant Ingram Micro, but it’s not a drought anymore either. Ingram Micro attributed a better-than-expected third quarter to improving demand, better currency conditions, and its efforts to engage customers and vendors. Those more proactive efforts yielded better results in the third quarter, CEO Greg Spierkel tells Channel…

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