Recent Discussions - crn http://forums.crn.com/discussions/feed.rss Sat, 25 May 2013 23:58:46 +0000 Recent Discussions - crn en-CA Dell 1Q Disappoints, But Points To Successful Move From PC To Enterprise Focus http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85923/dell-1q-disappoints-but-points-to-successful-move-from-pc-to-enterprise-focus Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:00 +0000 CRN Community System 85923@/discussions
imageDell 1Q Disappoints, But Points To Successful Move From PC To Enterprise Focus

Dell's first fiscal quarter 2014 revenue and earnings were below expectations, but strong enterprise systems growth and a drop in PC sales shows the company is shifting to a business solutions model.

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]]> Intel's NUC: The Little PC That Could? http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85920/intels-nuc-the-little-pc-that-could Thu, 23 May 2013 00:27:04 +0000 CRN Community System 85920@/discussions
imageIntel's NUC: The Little PC That Could?

At the Intel Solutions Summit, Intel showed off its Next Unit of Computing or NUC, which can be used for digital signage, kiosks and other uses.

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]]> IBM To Offer Partners Free Access To Online Marketing Applications http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85922/ibm-to-offer-partners-free-access-to-online-marketing-applications Thu, 23 May 2013 23:57:56 +0000 CRN Community System 85922@/discussions
imageIBM To Offer Partners Free Access To Online Marketing Applications

IBM will announce at its IBM SmarterCommerce Global Summit that it is offering free one-year use of its IBM Marketing Center cloud software.

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]]> Stayin' Alive? Intel's Plan To Resuscitate The PC System Builder Channel http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85921/stayin-alive-intels-plan-to-resuscitate-the-pc-system-builder-channel Thu, 23 May 2013 19:24:45 +0000 CRN Community System 85921@/discussions
imageStayin' Alive? Intel's Plan To Resuscitate The PC System Builder Channel

Intel made it clear at the Intel Solutions Summit that it's trying to revive the white box PC system builders channel despite gloomy PC market forecasts.

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]]> Huawei Enterprise Comes Out Swinging At Cisco, Others Over Their Lack Of Innovation http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85919/huawei-enterprise-comes-out-swinging-at-cisco-others-over-their-lack-of-innovation Wed, 22 May 2013 01:54:28 +0000 CRN Community System 85919@/discussions
imageHuawei Enterprise Comes Out Swinging At Cisco, Others Over Their Lack Of Innovation

Huawei Enterprise is fighting back against Cisco and other vendors over negative campaigns against Huawei by showing how it has taken the initiative from them in terms of innovation.

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]]> Battle Of The Titans: HP's ProLiant DL380p Vs. Dell's PowerEdge R720 http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85918/battle-of-the-titans-hps-proliant-dl380p-vs-dells-poweredge-r720 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:12:09 +0000 CRN Community System 85918@/discussions
imageBattle Of The Titans: HP's ProLiant DL380p Vs. Dell's PowerEdge R720

Benchmark Battle: HP ProLiant DL380p, Dell PowerEdge R720 leapfrog each other in a war over benchmark performance.

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]]> Avaya, Partners See Midmarket Momentum With IP Office 8.1 http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85917/avaya-partners-see-midmarket-momentum-with-ip-office-8-1 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:49:36 +0000 CRN Community System 85917@/discussions
imageAvaya, Partners See Midmarket Momentum With IP Office 8.1

Avaya says its entry into the midmarket space with IP Office 8.1 has been a successful venture, so far, and Avaya partners agree.

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]]> Dell Special Committee To Icahn: Where's The Info We Need http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85916/dell-special-committee-to-icahn-wheres-the-info-we-need Mon, 20 May 2013 23:34:24 +0000 CRN Community System 85916@/discussions
imageDell Special Committee To Icahn: Where's The Info We Need

Dell's special committee still wants more information from Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management before it can consider any offer to be superior to the current leveraged buyout.

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]]> Review: Dell C3765dnf Workgroup Color Printer http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85915/review-dell-c3765dnf-workgroup-color-printer Fri, 17 May 2013 12:55:26 +0000 CRN Community System 85915@/discussions
imageReview: Dell C3765dnf Workgroup Color Printer

Dell rules the requirements of the small office with its color laser multifunction printer.

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]]> HP Begins Shipping Its All-In-One Z1 Workstation http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85914/hp-begins-shipping-its-all-in-one-z1-workstation Wed, 15 May 2013 18:39:32 +0000 CRN Community System 85914@/discussions
imageHP Begins Shipping Its All-In-One Z1 Workstation

HP's new Z1 workstation, which can run multi-threaded applications, comes with Xeon E5-2600 processors, and it is aimed at digital media, entertainment, and engineering firms, is now available.

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]]> VMware's vCloud Hybrid Service: Key Issues For Partners http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85913/vmwares-vcloud-hybrid-service-key-issues-for-partners Tue, 14 May 2013 20:12:43 +0000 CRN Community System 85913@/discussions
imageVMware's vCloud Hybrid Service: Key Issues For Partners

VMware's upcoming vCloud Hybrid Service, its infrastructure-as-a-service offering, presents VMware partners with a lot of issues to weigh.

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]]> My Laptop Hinge Broke, So Geek Squad Replaced My Hard Drive http://forums.crn.com/discussion/79612/my-laptop-hinge-broke-so-geek-squad-replaced-my-hard-drive Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:31:56 +0000 CRN Community System 79612@/discussions Bill Gates Trashes Apple iPad, Lauds Microsoft Surface Tablet http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85911/bill-gates-trashes-apple-ipad-lauds-microsoft-surface-tablet Fri, 10 May 2013 12:35:34 +0000 CRN Community System 85911@/discussions
imageBill Gates Trashes Apple iPad, Lauds Microsoft Surface Tablet

Microsoft's Bill Gates trashed the iPad and said Microsoft's Surface tablets offer a richer experience with more functionality than Apple's iPads, and Microsoft's trying to gain share with Windows 8.

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]]> CIO Road Test: Microsoft Surface Pro Beats Apple iPad http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85910/cio-road-test-microsoft-surface-pro-beats-apple-ipad Fri, 10 May 2013 11:40:21 +0000 CRN Community System 85910@/discussions
imageCIO Road Test: Microsoft Surface Pro Beats Apple iPad

Microsoft Surface Pro is put to the test by CIO Kevin Pashuk, who writes that Microsoft Surface Pro performance and ease of use surpasses Apple's iPad in the enterprise market.

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]]> It's No Magic Touch: VARs Say Training Requirements Are Killing Windows 8 Sales http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85907/its-no-magic-touch-vars-say-training-requirements-are-killing-windows-8-sales Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:13:58 +0000 CRN Community System 85907@/discussions
imageIt's No Magic Touch: VARs Say Training Requirements Are Killing Windows 8 Sales

Customers aren't buying Microsoft Windows 8, which is optimized for touch screens, due to end-user training requirements, solution providers say.

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]]> VMware Exec: Don't Confuse Our Public Cloud Trial With Production Service http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85909/vmware-exec-dont-confuse-our-public-cloud-trial-with-production-service Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:00:46 +0000 CRN Community System 85909@/discussions
imageVMware Exec: Don't Confuse Our Public Cloud Trial With Production Service

VMware executive says public cloud trial service and its upcoming production public cloud offering, called Hybrid Cloud Service, are not the same thing.

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]]> The 2013 Big Data 100 http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85906/the-2013-big-data-100 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:19:56 +0000 CRN Community System 85906@/discussions
imageThe 2013 Big Data 100

Check CRN's Big Data 100 list, highlighting vendors in the categories of business analytics, data management, and infrastructure and services.

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]]> IBM In Talks To Sell x86 Server Business To Lenovo http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85905/ibm-in-talks-to-sell-x86-server-business-to-lenovo Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:12:35 +0000 CRN Community System 85905@/discussions
imageIBM In Talks To Sell x86 Server Business To Lenovo

IBM is in talks with Lenovo to sell its x86 server hardware, known as the System X Line, which includes rack and blade servers, CRN has learned.

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]]> HDS CEO Jack Domme Becomes Hitachi Ltd.'s First Non-Japanese Corporate Officer http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85904/hds-ceo-jack-domme-becomes-hitachi-ltd-s-first-non-japanese-corporate-officer Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:43:57 +0000 CRN Community System 85904@/discussions
imageHDS CEO Jack Domme Becomes Hitachi Ltd.'s First Non-Japanese Corporate Officer

Jack Domme, CEO of Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), was appointed the first non-Japanese corporate officer for Hitachi Ltd.

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]]> Microsoft Acknowledges Botched Security Update http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85903/microsoft-acknowledges-botched-security-update Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:58:06 +0000 CRN Community System 85903@/discussions
imageMicrosoft Acknowledges Botched Security Update

Microsoft has acknowledged a botched security update that causes some Windows systems to fail to boot and disables Kaspersky antivirus.

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]]> OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Developer Cloudscaling To Intro First Channel Program http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85902/openstack-cloud-infrastructure-developer-cloudscaling-to-intro-first-channel-program Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:03:51 +0000 CRN Community System 85902@/discussions
imageOpenStack Cloud Infrastructure Developer Cloudscaling To Intro First Channel Program

Cloudscaling plans to introduce its first channel program aimed at helping solution providers bring the company's OpenStack-based cloud infrastructure to customers.

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]]> PCs Suffer Steepest Quarterly Decline Ever: IDC http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85901/pcs-suffer-steepest-quarterly-decline-ever-idc Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:03:23 +0000 CRN Community System 85901@/discussions
imagePCs Suffer Steepest Quarterly Decline Ever: IDC

PC shipments suffered their steepest decline ever, with Microsoft's Windows 8 failing to spur PC demand.

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]]> SugarCRM Previews Upcoming Sugar 7 Release, Offers Private Cloud Option http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85900/sugarcrm-previews-upcoming-sugar-7-release-offers-private-cloud-option Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:43:35 +0000 CRN Community System 85900@/discussions
imageSugarCRM Previews Upcoming Sugar 7 Release, Offers Private Cloud Option

Open-source CRM application developer SugarCRM previewed Sugar 7, the next release of its software, at its SugarCon conference in New York, as well as SugarCRM Mobile, Sugar Private Cloud.

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]]> Avaya Bundles EMC Storage, VMware vCenter In New Collaboration Pod http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85899/avaya-bundles-emc-storage-vmware-vcenter-in-new-collaboration-pod Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:52:35 +0000 CRN Community System 85899@/discussions
imageAvaya Bundles EMC Storage, VMware vCenter In New Collaboration Pod

Avaya Tuesday laucnhed its Avaya Collaboration Pod, a pre-packaged converged infrastructure solution that combines Avaya UC and networking, EMC storage, and VMware's vCenter platform.

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]]> HP Partners Cheer Lane's Decision To Step Aside As Exec Chairman http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85898/hp-partners-cheer-lanes-decision-to-step-aside-as-exec-chairman Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:18:06 +0000 CRN Community System 85898@/discussions
imageHP Partners Cheer Lane's Decision To Step Aside As Exec Chairman

HP Executive Chairman Ray Lane is stepping aside in a move that is being hailed by HP solution provider partners as a much needed change for the HP board of directors.

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]]> VARs Give Vendor Lead Generation Low Marks http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85897/vars-give-vendor-lead-generation-low-marks Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:41:09 +0000 CRN Community System 85897@/discussions
imageVARs Give Vendor Lead Generation Low Marks

Channel partners have low opinions of vendor lead generation efforts, including partner locators, according to a CRN survey.

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]]> The Worst Channel Decision Of 2012 http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85852/the-worst-channel-decision-of-2012 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:21:06 +0000 CRN Community System 85852@/discussions
imageThe Worst Channel Decision Of 2012

Microsoft made one of the worst business decisions of 2012 with its Surface strategy.

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]]> BlackBerry Ships 1 Million Z10s But Subscriber Base Declines http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85896/blackberry-ships-1-million-z10s-but-subscriber-base-declines Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:02:36 +0000 CRN Community System 85896@/discussions
imageBlackBerry Ships 1 Million Z10s But Subscriber Base Declines

BlackBerry announced its fourth-quarter financials and announced that BlackBerry Z10 shipments have topped 1 million devices, while BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis has retired.

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]]> VMware Apologizes For Hybrid Cloud Service Provisioning Delays http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85895/vmware-apologizes-for-hybrid-cloud-service-provisioning-delays Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:04:58 +0000 CRN Community System 85895@/discussions
imageVMware Apologizes For Hybrid Cloud Service Provisioning Delays

VMware's mea culpa for provisioning glitches with trial for Hybrid Cloud Evaluation public cloud IaaS offered through partner doesn't shed any light on which service provider is actually running it.

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]]> VMware's 'Cloud Cred' Contest: Silly, Or Stroke Of Genius? http://forums.crn.com/discussion/85894/vmwares-cloud-cred-contest-silly-or-stroke-of-genius Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:02:16 +0000 CRN Community System 85894@/discussions
imageVMware's 'Cloud Cred' Contest: Silly, Or Stroke Of Genius?

VMware's new Cloud Cred program invites users to show off cloud computing skills and uses gamification elements like badges and rewards. But some of VMware's user community members aren't thrilled.

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