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Cisco`s New N. American Channel Chief Takes Web 2.0 to Cisco`s Partner Ranks
After joining Cisco just before the dot-com bust, Wendy Bahr, the company’s new channel chief for North America, is ready to take on new challenges. At the top of the agenda is a Web 2.0 system for partners, as those same partners look at new business models and the technologies they require. Bahr sat down…
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Virtual Iron 4.2, Ready to Take On All Comers?
Whenever the word "virtualization" is mentioned, most people immediately think of VMware’s well-known stable of products, but VMware isn’t the only game in town; other virtualization companies are waiting in the wings to steal some of VMware’s thunder. Case in point: upstart Virtual Iron has challenged VMware in the enterprise data center and by leveraging…
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Channel Pays Off for Dell
LOS ANGELES (Reuters)—Dell Inc returned to double-digit percentage growth in global PC shipments in the fourth quarter as its new retail sales strategy began to pay off, while rival Hewlett-Packard Co’s growth slowed, technology researcher IDC said on Wednesday. Overall, global personal computer sales rose a healthy but less-than-expected 15.5 percent in the fourth quarter,…
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Avnet Gets SAASy with Exchange and Offline Storage
Avnet is introducing hosted Microsoft Exchange Services and within 30 days will introduce a hosted offline storage service, or "e-vaulting"—the first in a series of software-as-a-service offerings the IT distributor plans to roll out this year. The moves mark Avnet’s initial foray into the SAAS space, according to Charlie Babb, vice president of managed services…
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HP Takes Aim At NetApp
Hewlett-Packard said its StorageWorks EFS Clustered Gateway is ready to go head-to-head with Network Appliance in the high-end servers and NAS space, but some partners don’t believe the hype. In April 2007, HP finalized its acquisition of PolyServe, a provider of file system server and storage software, and that technology has now been rolled into…
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Code Green Prevents Red Alerts with DLP Appliances
Data security has become a complex endeavor for most any business. Most IT administrators have turned to a multitude of appliances and software solutions to build layered security from outside threats. This proves to be a good start, but while many focus on protecting corporate data from the outsider, the threat from the insider is…
