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Netbooks, Nettops Threaten 2010 PC Refresh Cycle
Plenty of industry-watchers say that netbooks are cannibalizing sales of traditional notebooks and sacrificing average selling prices of portable PCs. But could that just be the tip of the iceberg? While PC giants such as Dell and HP are forecasting a significant PC refresh cycle for early to mid-2010 as pent up demand and the…
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Wyse Technology C Class Thin Client Offers Enhanced Multimedia and Energy Savings
Wyse Technology will offer a sub-$350 thin client that offers a separate hardware graphic accelerator to deliver better video and multimedia playback all the way up to 1080p HD. Wyse’s new Wyse C class thin client features a processor and graphics accelerator from Via and uses VMware View 3.1 and Wyse’s TCX solutions on VMware,…
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Storage Technology Vendor Isilon Guns for NetApp
It’s only been a year since Leonard Iventosch’s surprise departure from NetApp as head of channels there, but the channel veteran as been busy ever since building out the reseller and solution provider channel program of storage upstart and NetApp rival Isilon. He’s increased the channel mix for the company, built a partner discount model…
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Former Virtual Iron Channel Exec Leads Akorri with New Program
Bill Simpson hasn’t wasted time this summer. In May, Simpson joined Littleton, Mass.-based Akorri as vice president of worldwide sales, just a few weeks after Oracle acquired Simpson’s then-employer Virtual Iron. A month or so later, Oracle cut loose Virtual Iron’s sales and marketing staff and extinguished reseller agreements to sell new Virtual Iron licenses,…
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Taking the Fast Track to Custom Data Center Deployments
The words "quick and easy" don’t typically come to mind when one thinks about data center deployment. But as more companies and organizations are building out data centers and consolidating servers, the need for simplification has probably never been greater. Looking for a simpler way and something that is now on the GSA schedule, solution…
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Finding the IT Skills That Command Premium Pay
The value of IT certifications declined again over the last 12 months, but bucking that trend, IT security skills led all categories in terms of value of IT skills for both certified and non-certified workers in terms of pay. The value of IT certifications fell by 4.1 percent over the past 12 months while the…