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IT Outsourcing Firm CSC Launches Cloud Computing with Security Focus
IT consulting services company CSC (NYSE: CSC) is getting into the cloud computing game with a three-part offering for companies looking to send some of their computing into the cloud. Partnering with Cisco and its Unified Computing effort, EMC, and VMware, CSC will offer what it is calling “Cloud Orchestration” and “Trusted Cloud” services, designed…
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Caught Up in Data Center Convergence
One of the major new trends in enterprise computing that solution providers have to tread carefully is the push to lower the total cost of computing in the data center by converging network, server and storage technologies. On paper, the whole concept is pretty compelling. By creating a new generation of systems, vendors are allowing…
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Apple’s iPhone, Mac Seeing Higher Sales to Business
Apple has never been known for its strong reseller channel partner program or its efforts to woo the channel with discounts and back-end rebates. But over the years as Apple’s Mac platform has made inroads into small businesses and workgroups within larger enterprises, the channel has come along for the ride, with or without Apple’s support.…
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Tech Data Opens Apple Lab for iPhone, iPod and Apple Computers
While consumers may be the ones buying the iPod, iPhone and Apple computers, many businesses have become more open to integrating these devices into their IT environments, and that spells opportunity for resellers. That’s why IT distributor Tech Data is launching an Apple Lab to help its reseller channel partners and their end customers to…
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Citrix Unveils ‘iTunes-Simple’ Products for Enterprise Data Centers
Citrix this week unveiled a plethora of new products, applications and services aimed at helping solution providers, their customers and even consumers achieve greater control over their virtualized environments. During a Webinar and press briefing from the vendor’s annual Synergy 2009 users conference in Las Vegas, vice president and chief marketing officer Wes Wasson detailed…
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Vyatta Takes Virtualization Out of the Box
Virtualization has impacted nearly every aspect of corporations’ data centers, save one – the network. While server and storage virtualization have increased efficiencies and allowed for consolidation across the board, the networking piece of the puzzle has remained anchored firmly in the physical world. Virtualization vendor Vyatta is poised to change all that with an…