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Virtualization Ramps in Enterprises
IT departments battered by the global recession last year are increasingly adopting a “virtualize first” mentality, according to research firm IDC. In a report April 28, IDC analysts said that 18.2 percent of all servers shipped in the fourth quarter of 2009 were virtualized, an increase from 15.2 percent in the same period in 2008.…
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Cisco Fires Back at HP, Talks Business Transformation
Even as HP was turning up the heat on Cisco Systems at its partner summit in Las Vegas, held April 26 to 28, Cisco was also acknowledging a new era of intense competition between the two companies during its own partner conference in San Francisco, held the same week. "We know you had a choice…
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Lack of virtualization knowledge abounds
Lack of virtualization knowledge abounds Federal executives seem to be playing catch-up when it comes to virtualization. Thirty-three percent of survey respondents say they have no knowledge of the concept of virtualization. Thirteen percent describe themselves as "very familiar," while 54 percent have some intermediate level of understanding. Federal executives see the benefit of virtualization…
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EMC Sees IT Storage Recovery
IT solution providers looking for sales of IT storage solutions to recover after the deep recession of 2009 need not look any further than EMC’s (NYSE:EMC) earnings report released in April 2010. The technology giant saw 28 percent growth year over year for its Symmetrix line, and 32 percent growth for midrange products including Celerra,…
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Protecting Business from the Next Disaster
The world is digging its way out of Iceland’s volcanic ash, but the costs are expected to run into the billions of dollars, with the airline industry already out $1.7 billion after the cancellation of more than 100,000 flights since last week. As VAR Dave Sobel, founder and CEO of Evolve Technologies, notes in his…
