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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…
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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…
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AmberPoint Offers Tips for Navigating Big Blue
During Channel Insider’s recent interview with WebSphere General Manager Craig Hayman, he told us IBM tapped a group of a select software partners to provide feedback and build out products that enhanced WebSphere Version 7. AmberPoint was one of the companies on Hayman’s very short list. In this Q&A with AmberPoint’s chief marketing officer Ed…
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Cisco Buys ScanSafe, Ups Security SaaS Reach
Cisco continued its recent shopping spree on Tuesday, snapping up security software-as-a-service player ScanSafe for approximately $183 million in cash and retention-based incentives. The acquisition of the privately held ScanSafe marks the latest in a recent spate of acquisitions made by networking behemoth Cisco, included among them the purchase of video conferencing giant Tandberg for…