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Virtualization, Private Clouds Driving Data Center Upgrades
Security specialist McAfee announced the results of a commissioned study conducted by Network World on behalf of McAfee and Brocade. The study, which surveyed 100 IT professionals and security decision makers in North American companies with 500 or more employees, found that IT departments are now turning to virtualization, with half of the respondents having…
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Trust in Cloud Computing Grows: AMD Survey
Semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices announced the results of a global research study on adoption, attitudes and approaches to cloud computing, surveying IT decision-makers in public and private sector organizations across the United States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The findings revealed global and regional trends in cloud computing adoption and usage, highlighting the importance of both…
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Ingram Micro Unveils Cloud Marketplace, Partners
IT distribution giant Ingram Micro used its Cloud Summit in Phoenix this week to demonstrate its Cloud Marketplace, a transactional online marketplace where IT solution providers can shop, procure, provision and obtain invoices for their cloud services directly from Ingram Micro. “Ingram Micro stands alone as the IT industry’s leading services aggregator and strives to…
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Wyse, Kaviza Deal Enables $99 VDI Client
Thin-client giant Wyse Technology has teamed up with recent Citrix acquisition, Kaviza to offer a $99 per seat VDI implementation. The offering enables small and midsized businesses to repurpose existing PCs with Wyse PC Extender software and Kaviza VDI-in-a-box enabling the ultra-low price point for cloud/thin client computing. For SMB-level companies wanting improved performance with…
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Intel Corp. Ultrabooks to Premiere By End of 2011
A new category of thin and light mobile computers in the sub $1,000 price range called Ultrabooks will grab 40 percent of the consumer laptop market by the end of 2012, according to Intel Corp’s Sean Maloney, executive vice president. Maloney was speaking at the Computex Taipei 2011 event in Taiwan, calling these new Ultrabooks…
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Cloud Services: Who Owns The Customer?
As the proliferation of cloud services continues and more channel partners are getting into reselling the services of others, there’s a big question mark forming, and there’s no real answer yet: Who owns the customer? In a traditional hardware or software resale deal, resellers make their money off of resale margins, hopefully followed by service…