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Michael Vizard

Michael Vizard

Mike has more than 25 years of experience covering IT issues in a career that includes serving as Director of Strategic Content and Editorial Director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, which publishes eWeek, Baseline and CIO Insight. Vizard has also served as the Editor-in-Chief of CRN and InfoWorld. In addition, he served as a senior editor with PC Week, ComputerWorld and Digital Review.

The Uncertainty of Unified Communications

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Michael Vizard
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Monday, 25 July 2011 Category Network 0 Comments
While solution providers see plenty of opportunity, getting customers to unify their communications is a real challenge Tags: network, Cloud Computing, Hewlett-Packard, CompTIA, Polycom, Cisco, Microsoft, unified communications
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SAP Wants Channel Partners to Get Mobile

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Friday, 22 July 2011 Category Mobile 0 Comments
SAP unifies channel programs to help drive adoption of Sybase mobile computing platforms Tags: mobile device management, mobile device, solution providers, Afaria, Unwired platform, mobile computing, Sybase, channel, SAP
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Smarter Networks Need Smarter Solution Providers

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Thursday, 21 July 2011 Category Network 0 Comments
Mergers and acquisitions herald the coming of next-generation enterprise networks Tags: Riverbed Technology, channel, solution providers, routers, switches, ADC, application delivery controllers, HTTP, WAN optimization, load balancers, wide area network
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Channel Children Watch as Vendor Parents Brawl

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Wednesday, 20 July 2011 Category Data Center 0 Comments
Acquisition of Force 10 Networks by Dell sets stage for major data center showdown Tags: networking, Storage, servers, Oracle, 3Com, channel, solution providers, Cisco, UCS, Unified Computing System, Fulcrum Technologies, Intel, Blade Network, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Force 10 Networks, Dell, data center
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Flattening the Network

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Tuesday, 19 July 2011 Category Network 0 Comments

There's a major opportunity to consolidate network infrastructure once you get past all the vendor posturing

Tags: solution providers, channel, Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, data center, virtualization, video, FlexFabric, Catalyst, switches, virtual switches
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Storage and Security Converge in the Channel

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Monday, 18 July 2011 Category Data Center 0 Comments
Huawei Symantec sees new data security opportunities in the channel Tags: Storage, security, SSDs, RSA, EMC, Symantec, Veritas, solution providers, channel, Wingman, solid-state disks, Dorado 2100, Huawei Symantec
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Clean Up in the Data Management Aisle

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Friday, 15 July 2011 Category Storage 0 Comments
New bundle from CommVault opens data management discussion with customers Tags: Storage, Microsoft Exchange, managed service, solution providers, channel, Simpana, Modern Data Management bundle, archiving, Backup, data management, CommVault
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Dell Bolsters Systems Management Capabilities

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Thursday, 14 July 2011 Category Systems Management 0 Comments
New M300 appliances from Dell KACE unit simplify PC management Tags: Hewlett-Packard, asset management, M300 asset management appliance, systems management, Dell KACE, Dell
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Multiple Tiers of Windows in the Cloud

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Wednesday, 13 July 2011 Category Cloud Computing 0 Comments
Intermedia emerges as strong alternative to Microsoft in the channel Tags: iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Oak Hill Partners, Microsoft Exchange, Zlago, Windows, solution providers, channel, Cloud Computing, Intermedia
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HP Reaches Out to Partners to Drive Services

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Tuesday, 12 July 2011 Category The Business of Being a VAR 0 Comments

Reliance on partners is key to new HP services strategy

Tags: Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT services, channel, solution providers, Partners, ServiceOne, PartnerOne
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