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Lead generation on Lenovo’s channel agenda

by RME Staff

Despite the global economic downturn having impacted IT hardware and software sales in 2009, technology vendor Lenovo has taken this period of uncertainty to ramp up demand generation activities in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. As more IT vendors are looking at ways to boost their sales, Lenovo does not want to… Read more »

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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 strategy to offer one-stop solutions for network infrastructure in partnership with other major technology companies. More significantly, it sends out strong signs that HP is now aggressively looking at expanding the market opportunities… Read more »

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. The distributor’s growth has come from perhaps a blend of pragmatism as well as the heart to seek and nurture new markets for growth. Its success in key African markets is an interesting… Read more »

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 vendors including EMC, McAfee, Dell, Microsoft, Oracle is now looking at a more aggressive act in the Middle East market. The vendor provides solutions that enable a better way to manage data growth,… Read more »

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 its switching and routing technology has given Brocade a strong foothold in the enterprise LAN and service provider markets. Following its McData acquisition, Brocade has garnered around 80% market share in the SAN… Read more »

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 that will see businesses abandoning Windows in droves. And year after year, nothing happens. Is it too late for desktop Linux to matter? The issue isn’t whether Linux is "ready for prime time."… Read more »

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 system management products that it says will ease configuration and management of data centres. The new products form the basis of virtualised environments and could help customers reduce energy, hardware acquisition and system… Read more »

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 the question: Do all SSDs slow down with use over time? The answer is yes — and every drive manufacturer knows it. Here’s the rub: Drive performance and longevity are inherently connected, meaning… Read more »

Optimising enterprise printing costs

To most organisations, containing printing and imaging costs has always been neglected, many saw it as a peripheral expenditure that they can do with. As IT budgets continue to be squeezed that is no longer the case. Today, organisations are exploring ways of controlling and managing their ballooning printing and imaging costs. The shift has… Read more »