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IBM zEnterprise System to Bring Windows to the Mainframe
IBM has made good on its promise to deliver Windows integration with the IBM mainframe via the zEnterprise System. When IBM introduced the zEnterprise in July 2010, the company also announced plans to deliver additional general-purpose blades for the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension including IBM System x-based blades running Linux in 2011. IBM also suggested…
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F5 Networks Reduces Complexity of Enterprise Storage With ARX Platform
Many IT professionals are wondering if the exponential growth of disk storage and the associated management chores will ever slow down. Regrettably, for those charged with the day-to-day administration of enterprise storage, the answer is likely no. Several factors are forcing the growth of storage pools, ranging from basic drivers, such as robust applications, to…
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Neutral Tandem Offers Cisco Partners Cloud UC Service Opportunity
Looking to get into offering cloud-based unified communications services to your customers, but unable or unwilling to make a big capital investment? Neutral Tandem has developed a cloud-based collaboration that Cisco channel partners can white label and resell. Based on Cisco unified communications infrastructure, the service lets Cisco partners get into the UC game without…
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Cisco Updates Business Edition 3000, 6000 Platforms
Unified communications and networking specialist Cisco Systems introduced innovations to the company’s Business Edition 3000 and the Cisco Business Edition 6000 (formerly known as the Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 3000 and 6000, respectively). The Business Edition 3000 server makes available IP telephony for as little as $100 per user for a 100-user organization, while Business…
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IBM Brings Data Analytics, Intelligence Capabilities to Security Services Solutions
IBM unveiled enhancements to its security services portfolio, promising customers improved data analytics and deeper real-time analysis of security threats. Customers can analyze data from multiple sources across the enterprise and determine how to tweak their security strategies and make sure security and business needs are aligned using new intelligence tools and services, IBM said…
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AMD to Cut 10 Percent of Workforce in Cost-Cutting Push
Advanced Micro Devices will lay off 10 percent of its workforce as part of a larger effort to cut more than $200 million in expenses in 2012. Executives with the world’s second-largest chip maker said Nov. 3 that the cost-cutting moves–which include not only the layoffs but also other efforts aimed at streamlining the operations…