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Cisco Partner Summit Report: Big Private Cloud Growth Ahead
NEW ORLEANS — Cisco told channel partners gathered here this week for the Cisco Partner Summit that it’s not looking to become a cloud provider itself. Rather, Cisco executives said, the company wants to enable channel partners to build cloud architecture and develop cloud services to sell to customers using Cisco gear. To help, Cisco…
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HP Simplifies SMB Partner Experience with New Portal
It’s tough for a small VAR to get the most out of a relationship with a big vendor. Who do you talk to when you have a question? What products will make you the most money? Where do you find the information you need when there’s so much of it? HP is looking to make…
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Verizon Unveils Cloud-Based Unified Communications Platform
Communications giant Verizon announced the rollout of cloud-based commercial Unified Communications & Collaboration-as-a-Service (UC&C) offerings, with capabilities including seamless call transfers from fixed to mobile phones and the use of “presence” technology, such as instant messaging, to initiate audio, Web and intra-company video conference calls both in and out of the office. The offerings, available…
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IBM: We Don’t Want To Be Google
LAS VEGAS – IBM has the capability to compete with Google or Microsoft’s Bing in the search arena, but the company has no interest in moving in that direction despite the strong showing IBM made in answering a variety of complex questions with its Watson supercomputer in a Jeopardy! quiz show competition. At IBM’s Pulse…
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Cisco at a Crossroads: Back to Basics or Continued Expansion?
(Reuters) – For years, the question at Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was what to buy next, expanding from routers and switches into consumer electronics in an effort to keep its revenue rising by double digits. Now, the question may be what to cut or sell off. Since Cisco reported a weak outlook and lower-than-expected margins…