Recent Articles
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Winning Over CIOs to Desktop Virtualization
While desktop virtualization offers the promise of lower costs and simplified management, the technology is still in its early stages of adoption and CIOs may still be resistant. That’s because they perceive plenty of problems with the technology that is such a stretch from the client/server architecture that IT managers work with today, and there…
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Cisco’s Biggest Partners Win in Cisco, HP Rift
As Cisco breaks off its longstanding partner relationship with HP, the big winners are likely to be Cisco’s largest channel partners who may find themselves taking over implementing technologies that HP used to resell and implement on Cisco’s behalf. Cisco to HP: Hit the Road, Jack Cisco’s Channel Chief Keith Goodwin this week announced in…
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Virsto Tackles Storage Virtualization
VMware remains by far the market leader in server virtualization, and many VARs have told Channel Insider that they wouldn’t put production servers on anything else, even if their customers may be testing Microsoft’s Hyper-V somewhere in the enterprise. But storage virtualization startup Virsto is placing its initial bet on Microsoft’s Hyper-V. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based…
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VMware, Mitel Collaboration Creates Virtualized VOIP Appliance
VOIP communications vendor Mitel has collaborated with virtualization giant VMware to create a virtualized appliance version of its Mitel Call Director VOIP solution. By offering the VOIP solution as a virtualized appliance, IT managers can now include voice in their server consolidation efforts, the companies told Channel Insider. According to Mitel’s Stephen Beamish, vice…
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VMware 2010: Hosted Apps, Desktop Virtualization
If you are looking for a clue about VMware’s strategy going forward, take a look at the moves it’s making with its channel partners today and for the rest of 2010. Hosted applications and desktop virtualization are front and center for the technology company that derives 85 percent of its revenues from the channel. For…
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Citrix Posts Solid Fourth Quarter, Awaits Desktop Virtualization Breakout
At the beginning of the year that many are saying will be the year desktop virtualization is finally ready for prime time, virtualization vendor Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS) is off to an auspicious start. Citrix reported fiscal 2009 fourth quarter revenue of $451 million compared to $416 for the same period a year ago – growing…