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Watching Old Friends Become Enemies
In a global virtual press and analyst roundtable, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior said blade servers being developed by Cisco for its Unified Computing Systems are not intended to compete with existing servers offered by IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard or Sun Microsystems. Rather, she says, the UCS strategy is to put the assets in place to help…
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Technology Spending Growth to Return in Q4
Waiting for an end to the recession? Wondering when your customers’ delayed projects will finally get the green light again? Forrester Research now says IT spending growth will return in the fourth quarter of this year and continue in 2010. That forecast aligns with a recent report from Gartner, which is now forecasting a return…
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Hosted UC Market Poised for Fast Growth
Recognizing the value of offering hosted unified communications, a handful of industry giants—Microsoft, IBM and Cisco—have taken the plunge to offer such services, and many solution providers have also pursued that path. Even as managed service providers rate Microsoft’s cloud initiatives as the biggest threat to their businesses, plenty of solution providers are already cashing…
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Cisco Creates ‘Ph.D’ Technology Certification
Many vendor and industry technical certifications—such as the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and the Cisco Certified Network Professional—reflect a person’s mastery of technical domains, but not necessarily the mastery of technology in a business and design context. Today, Cisco unveils its newest and most advanced certification, the Cisco Certified Architect, a designation Cisco dubs “a…
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Sprint Touts Clutch Mobile Messaging Device
Sprint Makes Clutch Announcement Push to talk thumb, meet texting thumb. In an effort to appeal to Nextel loyalists interested in messaging-friendly devices, Sprint today introduced a new candybar device from Motorola for its iDEN line. Sprint announced that when the Motorola Clutch i465 hits Sprint’s sales channels this summer, it will become the first…
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Accenture: Price Under Pressure, Outsourcing Stronger than Consulting
Technology outsourcing and consulting giant Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) financial results fell very much in line with that of other technology companies during this phase of the current recession—declines across the board, but characterized as strong when considering the current economic environment. For Accenture that has meant pricing has come under pressure for both systems integration…
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