Recent Articles
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Citrix Builds Out Its Delivery Center
Citrix Systems is looking to combine its traditional application delivery technology with its recently developed virtualization offerings into a new way to deliver applications to a fleet of corporate desktops, whether in the main office or at a remote site. At the company’s Synergy user conference, which starts May 20 in Houston, Citrix will offer…
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Client Virtualization Comes to the Fore
Virtualization hasn’t always been kind to solution providers. On the one hand, it’s an important element of any server consolidation effort, which usually leads to additional IT services opportunities and the sale of a few larger servers to replace a whole host of under-utilized smaller servers. But the flip side of the virtualization coin is…
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Fujitsu, OnStor Take Swipe At NetApp
Network Appliance might want to prepare for a brawl. Fujitsu’s strategic alliance with OnStor, announced today, will allow the vendor to sell OnStor’s Bobcat NAS Gateway with its own Eternus storage products. Fujitsu and OnStor say the partnership will help wean customers from the pricey licensing and lengthy contracts of market leaders NetApp and EMC…
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2008 Channel Insider Product of the Year Awards
The moment that everyone in the channel has been waiting for has arrived. After weeks of deliberation and vote tallying we proudly unveil the winners of our 2008 Channel Insider Product of the Year Awards. With 27 products sets, ranging from power management to MFPs, and network security to software as a service, our awards…
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Dell: 80% of Deal Registrations Approved
Since Dell formally launched its channel partner program in December, about 7,200 U.S. VARs and 700 Canadian VARs have logged onto the OEM’s partner portal and filled out the application to become one of the company’s channel partners. That’s according to Dell Channel Chief Greg Davis, who recently shared a channel program progress report with…
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Cognos Restricts Entry for IBM VARs
IBM VARs hoping to sell Cognos software following IBM’s acquisition of Cognos may have to think again, as Cognos officials told Channel Insider that the company is going to heavily control the number of new VARs entering its channel program. Mel Zeledon, vice president of Global Alliances and Channel at Cognos, said despite IBM buying…
