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HP Intros New LeftHand SAN and Blade Solutions for SMBs
Hewlett-Packard has introduced new shared storage solutions based on LeftHand Networks’ products that HP says will improve reliability and reduce costs by simplifying server virtualization deployments. Ben Bolles, product manager for HP/LeftHand Networks says solution providers deploying virtual environments often overlook customers’ increased storage requirements, which can lower levels of data availability and decrease utilization…
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AMD: Computer Sales Slump Not Over
Computer hardware resellers looking for chipmakers to signal an end to their slumping sales will have to just keep looking. Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) CEO Dirk Meyer dashed the hopes that Intel had raised last week saying that there’s no way that the computer hardware business had hit bottom yet. AMD, like its larger rival…
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AMD Launches 3.2GHz Version of Phenom II CPU
The latest Advanced Micro Devices CPU to hit the market relies on the good old trick of increasing the clock speed to raise performance levels. AMD’s new champ is the Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition, which is set to supersede the Phenom II x4 940 Black Edition as AMD’s new top-of-the-line processor. We took…
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VMware vSphere 4 Brings Virtualization to Small Business
VMWare’s vSphere 4 cloud operating system will allow solution providers to bring virtualization to their small and midsize business customers for as little as $166 per processor. While large enterprises have been the traditional target for solution providers bringing instant ROI with virtualization deployments, SMBs have focused on using the technology for business continuity and…
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Prostor Systems Brings Inexpensive, Removable Archival Storage to the Data Center
As first glance, someone may assume that Prostor Systems’ Infinivault Model 3 is just another run-of-the-mill network-attached storage unit. After all, the Infinivault series does attach to a network and it does offer disk storage and it could even be used as an NAS device, but that would mean ignoring the unit’s advanced features. The…
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Microsoft Intros Quick-Ramp for Services Partners, Consultants on Virtualization, UC
Microsoft is rolling out a series of "Services Ready" offerings to its top services reseller channel partners to help them get up to speed quickly on technologies such as virtualization, unified communications and desktop deployment. The new services, unveiled yesterday, will cost, however. Partners will spend $20,000 per technology services offering. But Microsoft contends the…