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Oracle Reportedly Shuts Down Virtual Iron
Virtual Iron resellers have just days left to sell products under extremely restrictive terms before Oracle, the company’s new owner, shut down the virtualization software company. According to a report by The Register, Oracle is prohibiting partners from selling Virtual Iron products to new customers and is restricting sales outside of existing customers after June…
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Virtualization Is Just a Tool, Says Expert
A new state program in Virginia provides $35,000 grants to businesses that allow employees to telecommute. With virtualization, small businesses can extend applications and data to remote workers, providing the same user experience and productivity capabilities as if they’re in the office. But virtualization is not the solution that enables small businesses to participate in…
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Could LG and NComputing Partnership Mean the End of Desktop PCs?
The seismic shift away from desktop PCs to laptops, netbooks and mobile device computing struck fear into the hearts of desktop PC hardware vendors, but a new partnership between global electronics vendor LG and desktop virtualization provider NComputing could completely eliminate the need for desktop PCs altogether. The partnership will create a low-cost, high-efficiency, all-in-one…
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EMC Jumps into Professional, Managed Services
EMC Corp. says its’ full range of new consulting, implementation, education and managed services, dubbed EMC Global Services, is designed to integrate VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager into customers’ EMC business continuity environments to automate recovery of virtual environments. Moreover, EMC’s Velocity ASN partners can offer their own value-added services in the mix. "The new…
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Arrow to Aim for Multivendor Deal Registration Portal
Distributor Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions business unit is looking to create the holy grail of deal registration—a multivendor deal registration portal that allows reseller channel partners to register deals in just one place, yet reap the points from multiple vendors. For IT vendors the portal could potentially increase the number of deals that actually get…
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Desktop Virtualization Seize Your Opportunity
Desktop Virtualization Seize Your Opportunity ‘Do more with less’ is the new corporate mantra in today’s turbulent economic climate. While virtualization has reduced the need for server and storage hardware, leading to the first storage-industry slowdown in over two years, desktop virtualization is poised to breathe new life into both the traditional desktop PC market…
