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Dell`s PC Pricing Conundrum
Has Dell learned its lesson about pricing products for the channel? Since the computer manufacturer re-entered the channel nearly 18 months ago, it’s dodged issues of conflict for what it offers registered partners for prices on products and what customers can find by shopping direct on Dell’s Web site. Now Dell is engaging the channel…
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Open Cloud Manifesto Ensures Migration, Not Identity Management
The controversial “Open Cloud Manifesto” is intended to ensure users of Web-based applications such as those offered by Salesforce.com, IBM and Microsoft have the ability to port their data to new providers should they choose to switch services. However, the limitation of cloud services is the lack of secure inter-cloud communications and data exchange between…
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Intel`s Xeon 5500 Greens Servers and Conquers Virtual Worlds
With the launch of Intel’s new Xeon 5500 processors, it’s obvious that data centers will turn to the latest CPU to consolidate servers and embrace virtualization in the data center. But, what isn’t so obvious is what the Xeon 5500 means to the traditional desktop infrastructure. A Xeon 5500 based server has the potential to…
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Intel Nehalem Xeon Processor Could Hurt Server Sales
Intel’s Nehalem Xeon processor launch March 30 could potentially make Intel a leader in the hardware virtualization space and spur more virtualization projects, but it’s not likely to sell any more server hardware. That could be bad news for server vendors such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM. IT solution providers that sell into large businesses…
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IBM, Phase 2 Deliver Lotus as a Service
Software-as-a-service provider Phase 2 International will team up with IBM to bring Big Blue’s Lotus software suite, previously aimed at larger enterprises, to the hard-to-reach small enterprise market. Phase 2 CEO Kevin Doherty says that although solution providers servicing the midmarket have been clamoring for this type of solution, working through pricing negotiations and hashing…
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Dell Enhances EqualLogic Storage Line
In its first product refresh since acquiring EqualLogic’s SAN storage line in more than a year, Dell will roll out enhancements to hardware, software and services that will help solution providers take advantage of customers’ need to consolidate their data centers and deploy virtualization and SSD technology. Data center technologies including virtualization and storage solutions…