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Mainframes Make Their Comeback
Only a few years ago, mainframe computers were considered an endangered species about to be replaced by fast, interconnected and cheaper commodity systems. Fast-forward to this year, and the picture is entirely different. IBM has seen revenue from mainframe sales grow, and while Unisys Corp. officials say their company’s mainframe business isn’t growing as fast…
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HP, IBM Bundles Target SMBs
Top-tier OEMs are looking to bundle hardware, software and services as a way of winning customers in the highly competitive and rapidly growing SMB space. The result will be that users will get access to the latest technology packaged in a way that won’t strain their tight budgets or small IT staffs. At the TechXNY…
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Oracle Taps Channel For E-Business Launch
Oracle and channel harmony are words that haven’t always been mentioned in the same breath. But there’s nothing like a clean start. Oracle has reformulated its channel approach to support the recent North American launch of Oracle E-Business Suite Special Edition, a product tailored for the SMB (small and medium business) space. Special Edition is…
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HP, Microsoft Take Tech on the Road
NEW YORK—Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp. are taking to the road with a new initiative to bring technology to small and midsize businesses in remote parts of the country. At the TechXNY Expo in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center here this week, the duo showcased a large RV outfitted with technology from servers to…
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A Pain in the Backup
A year ago when I was testing 10-Gigabit Ethernet switches at the University of Hawaii, several things became clear. The first was that those switches were really fast. They really can pump data at their rated speeds, and that means sometimes three or four parallel 10-gig channels. That’s a lot of data. At the time…
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SP2 Preload Nets Mixed Reseller Reactions
The announcement that Windows XP with SP2 (Service Pack 2) will be preloaded on computers when they’re delivered to customers is causing some concern in the reseller community. The concern isn’t about SP2’s importance. Rather, it’s about custom applications that reseller customers may want to run on those computers. “I guess it’s really mandatory,” said…
