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Dell Denies Problems with Solid State Drives
Dell says its solid state drives are working just fine. Officials with the PC vendor are denying a report released by Avian Securities that the SSDs the company offers as an option with many of its PCs have a high rate of failure and suffer from performance problems. Dell also denied that the return rate…
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Channel Exec Shake Up at Intel?
Intel may be losing four of its top channel executives, according to published reports. The executives are reportedly taking retirement packages as part of Intel’s ongoing and widely reported restructuring plan. The reports say that the departing executives are Shirley Turner, director of North American channel marketing; Nick Davison, director of North American channel sales;…
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HP Embeds Citrix XenServer in ProLiant Systems
Hewlett-Packard is adding another virtualization option to its line of ProLiant systems. Company officials announced March 19 that they will begin embedding a co-developed version of Citrix’s XenServer virtualization software into 10 different ProLiant systems starting March 31. They also have developed a set of management tools that will create and control the various virtual…
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HP Preloading Novell`s Desktop Linux on Some Machines
SALT LAKE CITY—Hewlett-Packard will start shipping some of its notebook and desktop computers with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 preinstalled later this year. “We are really excited by this deal because of the power that the HP distribution channel brings, the reach they have and their commitment to interoperability. I am very enthusiastic about what…
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Dell: PowerEdge Offers Low Cost, High Performance
Dell on March 19 announced two new PowerEdge servers for the SMB market, but it declined to say what percentage would be sold through the channel and what percentage would be handled by Dell’s direct sales force. "The new PowerEdge Servers are focused on SMBs and there’s also an enterprise play targeting branch offices," said Sally Stevens, director…
