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Distributors define role in the cloud economy
The traditional role of IT distributors will be just as relevant in the new cloud-computing era as it has been for the past three decades, according to established players in the market - though some admit challenges lie ahead. Battle plans are bein... News | 03 Feb 2011
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Citrix buoyed by cloud and desktop virtualisation demand
The shift towards the cloud, consumerisation of IT and the customer demand for greater consolidation has benefited virtual infrastructure specialist Citrix. The vendor has delivered a solid set of fourth quarter results, for the three months ended 31... News | 27 Jan 2011
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Education needed to get more resellers selling the cloud
The gap between the cloud message from vendors and the ability of the channel to service the demand that is being stoked up is one causing some concern. Last week research from ComputerLinks revealed that although 22% of companies are using the cloud... News | 24 Jan 2011
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Computacenter takes on giants of cloud
Computacenter is making a defensive play against the likes of Atos Origin, Unisys and Fujitsu Services by launching into the cloud market with hosted mail, soon to be followed by collaboration and virtual desktop services. Under the auspices of the ... News | 20 Jan 2011
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Aerohive acquires cloud networking outfit
WLAN architecture specialist Aerohive has handed over an undisclosed sum for privately-held cloud-based networking firm Pareto Networks, which released the world's first cloud-based routing and VPN solution last year. It plans to integrate Pareto's t... News | 18 Jan 2011
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Resellers lack coherent cloud plan
The vast majority of resellers have stilled not yet developed a cloud offering for customers. According to a survey from security distributor ComputerLinks around 64% of resellers are still not selling cloud services. The survey also showed that 22% ... News | 17 Jan 2011
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Ingram Micro picks up Anomalous contract
Ingram Micro has added another networking firm to its expanding comms portfolio in the shape of cloud networking software developer Anomalous Networks. The Canadian start-up, which has been going since 2009, offers a cloud-based network management an... News | 17 Jan 2011
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Public sector voices challenges of moving to the Cloud
Public sector organisations' migration to cloud-based services is being held up bybudget cuts, lingering doubts over data security and complex application environments. This was according to a Trustmarque roundtable that gathered talking heads from ... News | 14 Jan 2011
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Cloud build out to drive server sales for years, says Intel
Intel squeezed out a bumper set of fourth quarter financials last night and declared that the corporate refresh has plenty of legs left yet with the cloud and Windows 7 expected to drive PC and server sales. The industry bellwether pushed up sales 8... News | 14 Jan 2011
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Cloud services set to be more widely adopted by SMEs
Among all of the predictions about the growth of cloud computing this year are expectations that the technology will become more widely adopted by SMEs. The move towards cloud by the channel heartland is being tipped as one of the main features of t... News | 05 Jan 2011