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HP, McAfee Ink Global Reselling Agreement
McAfee has entered into a global reseller agreement with HP. Through this agreement, HP will sell McAfee’s entire line of enterprise security products and services globally. "This agreement underscores the importance of delivering comprehensive security solutions to meet the needs of our customers," said Roger King, executive vice president of worldwide channel operations at McAfee.…
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HP Adds Virtualization to Business Service Automation Suite
HP has added virtualization enhancements to its Business Service Automation (BSA) software suite and created a social network to go with it. HP Storage Essentials optimizes capacity allocation and utilization to help manage the increased storage requirements of virtualized data centers and HP Operations Orchestration now offers better provisioning and repurposing of servers and storage…
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Latest Windows Version Could Be Lucky 7 for Microsoft
A new survey suggests that Microsoft’s Windows 7 could enjoy the fastest enterprise adoption rate of any version of the software giant’s operating systems when it’s released this fall. A poll conducted by ChangeWave and reported by ZDNet found that 44 percent of the 68 corporate users testing Windows 7 were “very satisfied” with the…
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Cisco’s Tidal Software ERP Deal to Boost Reseller-Led Services
Cisco plans to acquire privately held Tidal Software, a maker of application management and automation software, paying about $105 million in cash plus retention-based incentives. Cisco says that the acquisition will create significant opportunities for both Cisco and its partners through the delivery of partner-led services that leverage Cisco’s application management capabilities. Although privately held,…
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Netbook Performance Lagging? Intel Intros New Atom CPUs for Mobile
Does that netbook need better performance? Intel today announced two new versions of its Atom processors that have powered for smartphones, portable computers, netbooks and mobile internet devices (MIDs). The Z550 and Z515 are both designed to deliver better performance than what’s currently available on the market. Intel says these new processors will serve the…
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Businesses May Skip Vista Upgrade Entirely
Good early reviews of Windows 7 beta is prompting some enterprises to cancel version migration plans from XP and skip over Vista, according to a new report by ChangeWave. In the survey of 2,000 corporate IT buyers, 53 percent said they were planning to skip Vista altogether and wait for Windows 7’s general availability. Only…