Recent Articles
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The Challenges of Being IT’s Middle Child
Being in the middle is no fun. Just ask a middle child or the passenger in the middle seat. Sure, plenty of people are out there looking for the middle ground, but just as many or more are stuck in the middle. For solution providers, being in the middle is a way of life, and…
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ICF Makes Internet Safer, Easier for Consumers
Microsoft, Oracle, Novell, PayPal and Google are among the IT industry luminaries that have joined together under the banner of the Information Card Foundation to make the Internet safer, more secure and at the same time more open for users. While the ICF isn’t calling itself a standards body, ICF Chairman Paul Trevithik and ICF…
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Cisco Extends Virtualization Reach
Cisco Systems wants to take the mystery out of virtualization. With virtualization spreading quickly from its roots as a server consolidation play into almost every aspect of IT—from storage to applications to desktops—Cisco is looking to rapidly grow its networking virtualization offerings. At its Cisco Live user conference June 24 in Orlando, Fla., company officials…
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Cisco’s Chambers Touts the Power of Collaboration
ORLANDO, Fla.—Cisco’s John Chambers has a bold vision for how to not only revolutionize IT but to fundamentally upset the way global business gets done. It’s an inspiring message on a number of levels, not the least of which is the fact that the plan won’t work without a great deal of support from a…
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Dell Starts a PartnerStorm
Once a victim of negative publicity in the blogosphere, Dell seems to have digested those lessons and recently has been lauded as a company that effectively leverages Web 2.0 for its own purposes. For example, Dell created a program to reach out to those who were complaining about Dell on blogs and connect them with…
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Rackable to Seed the Cloud
Rackable Systems is providing new ways for enterprises to build out the cloud. The company, which is known for its high-density server and storage products and has been one of the leading advocates for building mobile data center containers, launched five new systems June 23 aimed at businesses looking to build out their computing capacity…