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Sun Revamps Sales as IBM Buyout Looms
Sun Microsystems has finalized significant changes to its sales and service structures, resulting in a more centrally structured chain of command—a significant move away from the distributed regional model it has used for years. Employees were informed of the changes through an internal memo issued April 2. Under the new plan, Sun’s top salespeople will…
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Asigra Advises Startups on Storage, Backup Pitfalls
Backup and storage vendor Asigra has been a player in the midmarket and enterprise online backup market for more than 15 years, and it has some advice for neophytes and startup vendors—be flexible, embrace vendor neutrality, avoid proprietary solutions and, above all, don’t underestimate the power of the channel. “We’ve been doing this for quite…
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ParaScale Intros Low-Cost, Easy Cloud Storage
ParaScale has released its ParaScale Cloud Storage software for general availability, giving solution providers a cost-effective, simple-to-install cloud storage solution that leverages commodity servers to deliver to customers massive capacity. The software-only solution can be downloaded from the Web and applied to any standard Linux platform, says ParaScale CEO Sajai Krishnan. PCS clusters hundreds of…
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EMC Introduces Archiving, E-Discovery Products
EMC’s new SourceOne solutions aim to ease management of multiple content types, making data consolidation and storage more efficient for solution providers. The SourceOne product family will integrate easily with solution providers that have an existing storage practice, or for those who work with customers in the legal, health care, financial or large enterprise sector,…
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Dell Enhances EqualLogic Storage Line
In its first product refresh since acquiring EqualLogic’s SAN storage line in more than a year, Dell will roll out enhancements to hardware, software and services that will help solution providers take advantage of customers’ need to consolidate their data centers and deploy virtualization and SSD technology. Data center technologies including virtualization and storage solutions…
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Compellent Intros Killer App for SSDs
Compellent Technologies has developed a ‘killer app’ that allows solution providers to deliver solid-state disk (SSD) technology at a minimum cost, aiming squarely at SSD competitors like Dell, EMC, Hewlett-Packard and Texas Memory Systems. SSD technology offers a middle ground between high-performance, high-priced but low density RAM and slower, cheaper but higher capacity hard disks. …