Recent Articles
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Hosted UC Market Poised for Fast Growth
Recognizing the value of offering hosted unified communications, a handful of industry giants—Microsoft, IBM and Cisco—have taken the plunge to offer such services, and many solution providers have also pursued that path. Even as managed service providers rate Microsoft’s cloud initiatives as the biggest threat to their businesses, plenty of solution providers are already cashing…
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Cisco Creates ‘Ph.D’ Technology Certification
Many vendor and industry technical certifications—such as the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and the Cisco Certified Network Professional—reflect a person’s mastery of technical domains, but not necessarily the mastery of technology in a business and design context. Today, Cisco unveils its newest and most advanced certification, the Cisco Certified Architect, a designation Cisco dubs “a…
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Technology Resellers Get Credit Help from Fujitsu, GE Capital
Resellers now have another option when it comes to obtaining financing for Fujitsu America-branded products. GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance arm is offering extended distribution financing programs—60-day payment terms—for resellers who source Fujitsu America products through distributors D&H, Tech Data or Synnex. Fujitsu isn’t the first to launch such a program. Several vendors and distributors have…
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Accenture: Price Under Pressure, Outsourcing Stronger than Consulting
Technology outsourcing and consulting giant Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) financial results fell very much in line with that of other technology companies during this phase of the current recession—declines across the board, but characterized as strong when considering the current economic environment. For Accenture that has meant pricing has come under pressure for both systems integration…
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Video MSP Provides Live Feeds for 2009 NBA Draft
For basketball fans watching tonight’s 2009 NBA Draft live on television to see which team gets Blake Griffin, there’s no tolerance for lost video signals, dropped video or audio or anything else going wrong with the broadcast. For the fifth year in a row, video conferencing managed service provider Glowpoint service will be making sure…