In Depth
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Opennet offers SMB-focused open source support packages
Opennet Middle East & Africa, the master distributor and authorised Certified Training Centre of Red Hat Linux products for Middle East &...
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A technology pioneer
Brocade as a networking company prides on its focus which is on emerging technologies for the datacentre. "We don’t make phones, we...
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Riding on hope
No surprises in the fact that the first half of 2009 has been among the most testing times for the industry. According...
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Lead generation on Lenovo’s channel agenda
Despite the global economic downturn having impacted IT hardware and software sales in 2009, technology vendor Lenovo has taken this period of...
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A battle looms ahead
HP’s ProCurve networking unit painted the target there early in the decade, when they began gunning for Cisco, whose strength, analysts say,...
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Setting sail
It is a tough market out there and perhaps tougher if you are a new entrant. It helps of course if you...
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IBM’s smart mid-market strategy
In most verticals, the market is evolving into a more matured phase of utilising converged IT infrastructure as a business enabler. According...
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In search of specialist VARs
Motorola as a company has considerable consumer recall as a mobile phone manufacturer. But the same may not hold true for its...
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A one-stop solution shop
The launch of the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE) multi-vendor alliance program on January 26th this year signalled HP’s...
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A fierce competitor
Redington over the past decade has manoeuvred its way into a position of great strength in the otherwise fiercely competitive distribution market....
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Commvault scripts a compelling plot
CommVault, the company that has made its name selling data backup and recovery solutions and has forged successful technology relationships with leading...
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Taking aim at Cisco
Brocade is already the top player by market share in the modular SAN switch market, ahead of second-place Cisco. Acquiring Foundry and...
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Desktop Linux: Why it may have lost its chance
Year after year, breathless pundits announce that the open source OS is on the verge of a tipping point, a critical mass...
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Dell challenges HP, IBM
In keeping up with stiff competition in the data centre and server space, technology powerhouse Dell has launched new server, storage and...
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SSD performance — is a slowdown inevitable?
The recent revelation that Intel Corp.’s consumer-class solid-state disk (SSD) drives suffer from fragmentation that can cause a significant performance degradation raises...