Recent Articles
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Channel Exec Shake Up at Intel?
Intel may be losing four of its top channel executives, according to published reports. The executives are reportedly taking retirement packages as part of Intel’s ongoing and widely reported restructuring plan. The reports say that the departing executives are Shirley Turner, director of North American channel marketing; Nick Davison, director of North American channel sales;…
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HP Embeds Citrix XenServer in ProLiant Systems
Hewlett-Packard is adding another virtualization option to its line of ProLiant systems. Company officials announced March 19 that they will begin embedding a co-developed version of Citrix’s XenServer virtualization software into 10 different ProLiant systems starting March 31. They also have developed a set of management tools that will create and control the various virtual…
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HP Preloading Novell`s Desktop Linux on Some Machines
SALT LAKE CITY—Hewlett-Packard will start shipping some of its notebook and desktop computers with SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 preinstalled later this year. “We are really excited by this deal because of the power that the HP distribution channel brings, the reach they have and their commitment to interoperability. I am very enthusiastic about what…
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Dell: PowerEdge Offers Low Cost, High Performance
Dell on March 19 announced two new PowerEdge servers for the SMB market, but it declined to say what percentage would be sold through the channel and what percentage would be handled by Dell’s direct sales force. "The new PowerEdge Servers are focused on SMBs and there’s also an enterprise play targeting branch offices," said Sally Stevens, director…
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Vista Projections Leave a Lot to Be Desired for the Channel
After marketing Windows Vista for more than a year, Microsoft has made little headway in driving adoption of the operating system among corporate customers, according to new research. Worse yet, Microsoft will fare only marginally better with Windows Vista in 2008, according to the survey of 232 IT managers conducted by Ziff Davis Enterprise, the…
