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VMware Debuts Toolkits, Certifications at Partner Conference
Virtualization and cloud infrastructure specialist VMware announced new specializations, certification, solution competency and toolkits at the company’s annual Partner Exchange conference, designed to help partners deliver enterprise hybrid cloud solutions. In an effort to further increase partner revenue streams, VMware introduced specializations, certification and solution competency, including academic and federal specializations, desktop certification and virtualization…
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IT Certifications Grow in Hiring Importance: CompTIA Report
Employers are inclined to rely more heavily on professional certifications when hiring information technology (IT) workers, but are challenged by credential evaluation and validation issues, research from CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the information technology (IT) industry, suggested. The study indicated certifications would grow in importance as organizations seek to fill tech jobs. Among…
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Polycom UC Intelligent Core Enables Cisco Video Conferencing Interoperability
Cisco users longing to integrate Polycom products into their unified communications infrastructures need wait no longer. Polycom’s UC Intelligent Core solution now enables interoperability with other vendors’ solutions, including the closed Cisco telepresence system based on the Telepresence Interoperability Protocol (TIP), the company announced. The UC Intelligent Core platform lets users deploy multi-vendor UC solutions…
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HP Updates Pavilion Line of Notebooks
Small businesses or small office/home office (SOHO) workers have a refreshed option for mobile business with HP’s updated line of Pavilion notebooks, which builds on HP’s MUSE (materials, usability, sensory appeal and experience) design philosophy. At the forefront of the redesigned lineup, the HP Pavilion dv6 and dv7 incorporates HP CoolSense Technology, which automatically adjusts…
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Cisco Quarter Pressured by HP Competition, Other Rivals
NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) – No longer Wall Street’s top over-achiever, network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) must persuade wary investors it can fight off rivals such as Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE:HPQ) and soothe concerns about public sector spending cuts. Although most investors forecast modest year-over-year revenue growth, some said they were approaching Cisco’s…
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Oracle Introduces Cloud File System for Private Clouds
To help organizations deploy their applications, databases and storage in the cloud, Oracle has introduced the Cloud File System, giving businesses a platform that extends cloud characteristics to their storage by enabling more effective storage pooling through a network-accessible elastic storage cloud. The Cloud File System is available now and is priced at $5,000 per…