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Rackspace Intros Virtual Desktop Platform
Rackspace Hosting is launching a Rackspace hosted virtual desktop platform, enabling companies to gain the benefits of centralized infrastructure and data but without the capital investment, and enabling resellers to offer virtual desktop solutions to their end-user customers. Rackspace’s Chris Zagorski, director of Enterprise Product Development, told Channel Insider that the adoption of mobile devices…
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Ingram Micro Launches Integrated Virtualization Solutions for SMBs
IT distributor Ingram Micro announced a lineup of fully integrated virtualization solutions and complementary marketing enablement resources for channel partners selling to small and midsize businesses. The Ingram Micro Virtualization (IM-V) bundles include EMC VNXe storage systems, designed for simplicity, efficiency and affordability for smaller businesses, VMware’s vSphere and the Cisco Catalyst, Nexus and Unified…
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Cisco Plans $1B in Cuts by October, Layoffs Likely
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) plans to cut $1 billion in costs from its fiscal 2012 run rate as it seeks to right itself, according to CEO John Chambers who addressed analysts in a conference call following the company’s third quarter earnings release May 11. Most of the $1 billion in cost cutting will be executed by…
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Citrix CEO: Don’t Fight the Consumerization of IT
The consumerization of IT will force more change in the next 10 years than any other trend in business or technology, and part of that change will be a continued drive towards cloud computing service models. That’s according to Citrix Systems’ CEO Mark Templeton, who addressed the issues around the consumerization of IT and its…
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Dell Launches New Virtualized Data Center Server, Networking Products
Dell is rolling out a host of server, networking and storage offerings designed to give businesses more tools as they look to increase their virtualization capabilities. Key among the new products is the PowerEdge M915, which is powered by Advanced Micro Devices’ Opteron 6100 Series processors, which offer up to 12 cores. The core count…
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CA Technologies, VCE Team Up on Vblock Technology
CA Technologies (NASDAQ:CA) and VCE (a Cisco, EMC joint venture with investments from VMware and Intel), are teaming up to deliver integrated private cloud solutions for VCE’s Vblock Infrastructure Platforms, the companies have announced. CA and VCE said that the new platforms will help customers increase agility, reduce risks and lower costs. The partnership will…