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HP Takes Energy, Thermal Efficiency Audit to Channel
Two years after it bolstered its data center services offerings with the acquisition of data center consulting firm EYP, Hewlett-Packard has rolled out to its channel partners the energy efficiency analysis and thermal assessment service it gained from the deal. The move comes at just the right time, as customers are looking at energy and…
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VMware Reports Revenue Growth for Quarter, Year
Virtualization giant VMware’s (NYSE:VMW) focus for 2010 will be to “strengthen and widen” its private cloud value proposition for customers at the same time it invests in strengthening desktop virtualization offerings to help customers get the full value from that private cloud. That was the message from VMware CEO Paul Maritz speaking to analysts during…
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Avnet Helps Resellers with Sales Opportunity in Network, Security
Looking to help resellers take their customers’ data centers to the next level, distributor Avnet’s (NYSE:AVT) Technology Solutions organization has introduced a networking practice comprising the top technologies for modern data centers—virtualization, security, storage and networking. Avnet’s NetworkPath is designed to help resellers gain specialized expertise for the data center through services, tools and training…
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Huge Opportunity Remains In Server Virtualization
Huge Opportunity Remains In Server Virtualization No Title More than 90 percent of businesses have implemented server virtualization at some level. However, even organizations reporting that they have ‘fully deployed’ server virtualization also report that only 37 percent of their industry-standard server infrastructure consists of virtual servers. More than half – 54 percent –…
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Wyse Eases Thin Client Desktop Virtualization Transition
Thin client vendor Wyse Technology is introducing three products designed to make thin client computing a more attractive option to end-user companies – bundling TCX extensions into a single, less expensive package; making end points, whether they are iPhones or repurposed PCs, look the same to the server; and introducing a mobile thin client powered…
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VMware to Acquire Zimbra
VMware (NYSE:VMW) has announced it will acquire open-source e-mail and collaboration software company Zimbra from Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), paving the way for a potential rival to Microsoft’s Exchange e-mail and collaboration empire. The deal follows a week of rumors that VMware was targeting the open-source company amid speculation that if the deal went through it could…
