Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet really ready for primetime?
Profile: rivkalittle
Ask Cisco executives about Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) deployment in data center and storage networks and they’ll tell you it’s a no-brainer. The technology will be ready for volume deployment by next year or 2010, and the channel should gear up and start training now.
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HP’s mini-data center in a box: No partner play yet
Profile: rivkalittle
HP has introduced a data center in a box. Or a pod. Well actually a shipping container.
The mini data center, called Performance Optimized Data Center or POD, is a 40-foot shipping container that houses more than 3,500 computer nodes, or 12,000 large-hard drives, and delivers the...
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Belden-Trapeze deal complete
Profile: rivkalittle
Belden Cable announced this week that its $133 million acquisition of one of the largest privately owned Wireless LAN (WLAN) providers Trapeze Networks is complete. Published statements from Belden still don’t make clear how, or even if, Trapeze’s 200 partners will be worked into Belden’s...
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Citrix names new channel chief
Profile: Bcournoyer
Citrix has named Tom Flink its new vice president of worldwide channel and sales strategy. Flink will take over for Al Monserrat, who was promoted Friday to senior vice president of sales and services. Flink...
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VARs and ISVs top ‘recession-proof’ job list
Profile: Bcournoyer
Good news for IT channel pros: Your jobs are safe in a recession. That's according to Jobfox, a job search website that just released its Top 20 Most...
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Quite a useful tool for short-circuiting information overload, if you’re willing to pay for it
Profile: Heather Clancy
I've been pretty vocal in the past about the need for an application or system that helps solution providers consolidate all the different information feeds they receive (or could receive) from their preferred vendor partners. Well, such an animal exists in the form of a SaaS application from 0 Comments
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CDW: IT spending plans relatively stable
Profile: Heather Clancy
Hello kids, time for the latest round of spending data from national computer products reseller CDW! With the stock market bouncing all over the place, how comfortable REALLY are businesses about spending on information technology? Certainly there is no cause for great celebration ... or depths of...
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Cisco worldwide channel chief: Partners are about more than fulfillment
Profile: rivkalittle
Cisco senior vice president of worldwide channels Keith Goodwin gave a mini state-of-the-channel address during a web conference with Wall Street analysts Wednesday. Goodwin painted a picture of an evolving channel that is based more on selling integrated technology and services than on pushing...
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Another Microsoft exec, another hosted ERP story
Profile: Bcournoyer
HOUSTON -- Microsoft executives aren't exactly toeing the company line when it comes to vendor-hosted ERP. In fact, the more people that talk, the more it's becoming evident that there may not even be a company line. Yesterday here at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, senior news editor...
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Microsoft roadmap tidbits from WPC
Profile: badarrow
Microsoft execs talked some roadmap stuff at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference. SQL Server 2008 continues its dance with destiny. On Wednesday, Microsoft corporate vice president Bob Kelly, said the much-delayed database will be on the August price list. And, hr pointed out...
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