Anybody selling IT infrastructure in the channel these days knows that great change is upon us. There is a shift towards pre-integrated servers that come complete with storage and switches that are being heavily promoted under the concept of data center convergence. The basic idea is that if all these IT infrastructure components are pre-integrated, [...]
On January - 19 - 2010 Blogs Channel Tech Outlook Data Center
There have been a lot of advancements in the area of telepresence that has gotten a fair amount of attention from customers. After all, the idea of being able to hold meeting using high-definition video conferencing systems that can be used to reduce travel time and budget has universal appeal. The issue, of course, has [...]
On December - 3 - 2009 Blogs Channel Tech Outlook Infrastructure Networking Unified Communications
In a sign of the dominant role that technology specialization has come to play in the channel, Oracle today is kicking off an entire Oracle Partner Network online event dedicated to helping channel partners understand how to better navigate Oracle by specializing in various technology sectors.
By and large, being a partner of a large corporation [...]
On December - 2 - 2009 Blogs Business Applications Channel Tech Outlook
Over the years IT organizations have deployed appliances to handle all kinds of specific tasks on the network, ranging from security to application acceleration. But too much of a good thing has resulted in a Byzantine maze of appliances at the edge of the network that have become cumbersome and costly to manage.
In the meantime, [...]
On November - 19 - 2009 Blogs Channel Tech Outlook Infrastructure Networking
In response to HP’s acquisition to 3Com, today brings news that Cisco is upping its bid on web conferencing company Tandberg to $3.41 Billion dollars, equivalent to $30.75 per share.
On November - 17 - 2009 Managed Services Mobile Squawk Unified Communications
It is more than likely that HP’s channel partners will be on the front line engineering HP’s conquests.
On November - 12 - 2009 Profitable Technology
Unless you’re been away somewhere for a very long time, you’re aware that VMware and Citrix are now locked in mortal combat over which company is going to control the future of desktop virtualization.
Arguably, Citrix is the incumbent because of its long history with terminal services. But VMware has been coming on strong in its [...]
On November - 11 - 2009 Blogs Channel Tech Outlook Data Center Infrastructure Networking Virtualization
Although the economy may have just started to recover, there have been some fundamental advances in data center technology driven by virtualization that all the major system vendors are in the process of addressing.
Just this past week we saw Cisco line up with VMware and EMC to create pre-packaged sets of offerings for the data [...]
On November - 6 - 2009 Blogs Channel Tech Outlook Data Center Infrastructure Networking Virtualization
For years now, SMC has been associated with the likes of D-Link, Netgear, Linksys and many other vendors that offer networking products to both the consumer and to the small and medium business market. A market that has gotten a lot harder to compete in, thanks to the commodity status of consumer level networking products [...]
On November - 3 - 2009 Profitable Technology
Whether it’s because of the current state of the economy or simply the number of competitors it faces in this space, Cisco next week is looking to jumpstart sales of 802.11n wireless network gear.
The assumption is now that the 802.11n standard has been formally ratified, there should be a lot more interest in upgrading to [...]
On October - 15 - 2009 Blogs Channel Tech Outlook Networking Wireless
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