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Cisco to Buy Video Firm Tandberg for $3 Billion
(Reuters) – Cisco has agreed to buy Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg for $3 billion, the latest in a series of bets taken on using video to drive demand for its core data transmission gear. The world’s dominant maker of Web routers and switches said buying Tandberg would strengthen its position in a $34 billion market…
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Cisco Partners See Big Upside in Tandberg Acquisition
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) channel partners may be excited about the networking vendor’s acquisition of video conferencing stalwart Tandberg (OSLO: TAA.OL) and the addition of that company’s technologies to their portfolio of products to sell, but Tandberg reseller partners may not get as sweet a deal. Cisco announced plans this week to acquire Oslo, Norway-based Tandberg…
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Efficiency Key to Recovery
In an memo to customers and partners posted on Microsoft’s Website this week, company CEO Steve Ballmer says that the economic recession has resulted in fundamental change in how the economy and business will operate, the so-called “new normal.” The new normal reflects changes in behavior that are going to value cost-cutting, less debt and…
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HP rolls out new SMB bundle in Total Care offerings
HP has announced new additions to its SMB-focused HP Total Care portfolio. The new solutions include security, storage and networking offerings, a new notebooks, and online marketing solutions. HP also announced related services and financing offers for the U.S. "AMI has surveyed thousands of SMBs in over a dozen countries over the last four quarters,…
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HP Adds Virtualization and Networking Elite Designations
HP’s annual overhaul of its channel program features enhancements for Elite partners who work with virtualization and data centers; improved demand generation resources; and special compensation opportunities for partners selling HP ProCurve networking products. The enhancements become effective Nov. 1 and are intended to boost key focus areas for the computing giant, including networking and…
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Rumored HP PC and Print Merger a Boon for Channel Partners?
Hewlett-Packard’s reseller channel partners could stand to gain if the giant computing vendor merges its PC and print divisions, as the Wall Street Journal reports HP is considering. Lagging printer and ink sales industrywide have meant tougher times for the industry overall, HP’s channel partners included, as much of those sales of print consumables such…