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Extreme Networks Engages Outer Edge Connectivity

With its ReachNXT switch and EPICentre 7.0 management console, Extreme Networks provides a solution that allows users to make better hard-wired connections at the periphery of business networks where wireless just won’t do.

INX Hosts Cisco Unified Computing Summits

Systems integrator INX will partner with Cisco Systems, NetApp, VMware for a three-city event to educate end users on the architecture and benefits of Cisco’s new unified computing and virtualized blade server offerings.

Why Is IBM, Not Cisco, Buying Sun?

An IBM acquisition of Sun Microsystems would solidify IBM’s market lead in servers. But it would also give IBM a lot of technology it already has on the books. Cisco Systems, with its ambitions for dominance in the data centre, seems like a much better suitor for Sun.

Motion Computing`s Tablet: A Superior Choice

The Motion J3400 shows that versatile tablet PCs still have their place among the numerous netbooks, notebooks and convertibles—especially in health care and other vertical markets.

Data Centres Are Bright Spot in Troubled Economy

Even as IT budgets are slashed, data centre spending remains steady, signaling a bright spot for solution providers delivering data centre optimisation technology for customers.

Competitors, Analysts Scratch Heads at Cisco Unified Computing

While many applaud the networking giant’s entry into the server market, some competitors and analysts are failing to see the wisdom or benefits of Cisco becoming the one-stop data centre shop.

Cisco Begins Unified Computing Push

Networking giant Cisco may be muscling in on the high-end x86 server market with its Unified Computing System offering for data centres, but that’s not the big news. Cisco’s UCS is designed to simplify the complex tasks around data centres and virtualization that prevent many IT organisations from taking advantage of the virtualization benefits.

Juniper Unveils Next-Generation Data Centre Program

Juniper introduces a new division, a new switch and new strategies to help solution providers deliver and support next-generation converged data centre networks.

Cisco, Trend Micro Partner to Tackle SOHO Market

Cisco’s absorption of Linksys has created—with help from Trend Micro—a new series of products that meld services with security hardware to create hybrid products for the small office. But the first effort doesn’t create a lot of opportunities for partners.

IBM Global Financing to JumpStart IT Spending

Think you can’t benefit from President Obama’s US Stimulus Spending Bill because your customers are leasing technology and computer equipment rather than buying it? Think again. IBM Global Financing’s JumpStart lease rates are designed to pass along the benefits to lease customers and their VARs.

Free Citrix XenServer For Everybody

Citrix hopes to spur further adoption of virtualization technology in SMB and midmarket customers by offering its XenServer platform for free.

Juniper Channel Program Changes Reflect Industry Growth Areas

The networking and security company is creating three partner specialties that it says reflects the way customers want to buy its products.

WeRecoverData.com Does Heavy Lifting for e-Discovery

In new channel program, WeRecoverData.com looks to provide solution providers with quick and profitable e-discovery and data recovery services.

Voltaire’s New Switch Enables High-Performance Computing

HP, IBM and Rackable Systems are just a few of the major vendors taking advantage of Voltaire’s new switch and unified fabric management technology to accelerate high-performance computing.

Adder Proves KVM Still Has Relevance

The next-generation KVM doubles as a remote support appliance by incorporating TCP/IP, HTTP Server and VNC support into a single unit that can support as many as 16 servers locally or over the Web.

Critical Links’ EdgeBox Creates Ample Opportunities for Solution Providers

By combining the best bits of open-source software into a VOIP appliance, Critical Links brings convergence to a new milestone and creates what may be the must-have appliance for most any SMB.

Tandberg’s RDX Breathes Life into Backup Hardware Market

Hosted storage has been slowly replacing tape as a means of backup for the SMB market, denying solution providers their instant profits of hardware sales. Tandberg is looking to revitalise those backup hardware sales with the RDX series, which is cheaper and faster than hosted solutions, and eliminates all the hassles of tape.

Lenovo Cranks Up the Green with M58p PC

The M58p ThinkCentre promises to be the greenest, most manageable and the most secure PC to date from Lenovo, but does it live up to the hype?

Server Wars: AMD`s Opteron VS. Intel`s Xeon

In the battle for 45 nanometer dual-process supremacy, AMD’s Opteron 2384 is pitted against Intel’s X5492 Xeon. The winner comes down to the classic factors of power consumption vs. performance.

SpiceWorks Simplifies Network Management for Free

SpiceWorks offers full-fledged network management that incorporates social networking for administrators looking to simplify their network management without giving up control.

AMD Guns for Intel`s Nehalem with the Phenom II

AMD brings lessons learned from Shanghai to create the 45nm Phenom II, a CPU bred for overclocking and high performance. But can it outperform Intel’s blazing Nehalem chip?

IPEVO TR-10 Makes Phone Conferencing Portable

The TR-10 offers big features in a diminutive package for workers on the go who need to host conference calls from most anywhere and makes a great add-on product to notebook computers.

Cisco Pads Router, Switch Profitability with Rebates

Under new program, solution providers will receive incentives for closing sales of commodity infrastructure gear. Cisco estimates that the refresh opportunity totals more than $40 (£28) billion.

The Network Effect

Your customers think they can delay network infrastructure improvements to save money. It’s up to solution providers to explain why that’s a penny wise, but a pound foolish.