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• EMC Engineer Calls Out VMware Sales Rep On Twitter Over Partner Neutrality
  8:43 PM EST Fri. Oct. 04, 2013
  Those who feel EMC wields more influence over VMware get more ammunition after recent social media skirmish between EMC exec and VMware sales rep.
• Violin Memory Post-IPO Fall Caused By Bad Timing, Fast-Maturing Flash Storage Market: VARs
  7:18 PM EST Fri. Oct. 04, 2013
  Storage-focused solution providers said that a fast-maturing flash storage business full of startups that leaves little room for companies to get acquired, along with just plain old bad timing, hurt Violin Memory's IPO chances.
• Top Server Makers: Can You List Who's In The 'Other' Category?
  3:00 PM EST Fri. Oct. 04, 2013
  Meet the companies that make up the 'other' server maker gang that has been stealing server market share from the big three.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  10:15 AM EST Fri. Oct. 04, 2013
  For the week ending Oct. 4, CRN looks at IT companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• Oracle Leads The Pack As Converged Infrastructure Q2 Sales Surge
  7:35 PM EST Thu. Oct. 03, 2013
  Worldwide sales of converged infrastructure solutions, or integrated infrastructure and platform solutions in IDC parlance, rose 50 percent in the second quarter compared to the year before, according to a new IDC study.
• Mark Potter Now New CTO For HP Enterprise Group
  12:51 PM EST Thu. Oct. 03, 2013
  Mark Potter, as the new CTO and senior vice president for infrastructure technology strategy for HP's Enterprise Group, will be coordinating HP's server business with HP Labs.
• Pivotal Makes First Big Move, Acquiring Mobile App Dev Firm Xtreme Labs
  7:37 PM EST Wed. Oct. 02, 2013
  Pivotal, the EMC-VMware-GE joint venture helmed by Paul Maritz, has acquired its first company -- a mobile app development startup that works with Microsoft, Apple, Google and BlackBerry.
• Report: Top Microsoft Investors Want Gates To Relinquish Chairman Role
  1:27 PM EST Wed. Oct. 02, 2013
  Bill Gates is reportedly under pressure from large shareholders to step down as chairman, in what amounts to the latest sign that massive changes are coming at the software giant.
• Software, Hardware, High-Speed Sailing: 20 Scenes From Oracle OpenWorld
  4:00 PM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Oracle OpenWorld, now one of the world's biggest IT conferences, was more interesting than usual thanks to drama around Oracle Team USA's America's Cup win grabbing attention between all the hardware, software and cloud news.
• IBM Buys Mobile Analytics Firm The Now Factory
  11:50 AM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  IBM beefs up its mobile analytics portfolio by acquiring a Dublin, Ireland-based firm that provides data into how customers use mobile services.
• HP Unleashes Hefty PartnerOne Rebates To Drive Global Sales Growth
  12:01 AM EST Tue. Oct. 01, 2013
  Lucrative back-end rebates under HP's new unified PartnerOne channel program give HP partners the opportunity to drive global sales growth and grab market-share gains against the likes of Cisco and Dell.
• 10 Key Takeaways From Oracle's Financial Analyst Briefing
  12:00 PM EST Mon. Sep. 30, 2013
  Key financial metrics, Oracle's product strategy and CEO Ellison's views on cat videos and The Internet of Things were on the agenda.
• Dynamic Systems Buys GovStor, Creates Large Government Oracle VAR
  6:29 PM EST Thu. Sep. 26, 2013
  Dynamic Systems, a California-based Oracle solution provider with a focus in federal, state, and local government contracts, has acquired rival GovStor as a way to increase its role in the government market.
• HP Slams Cisco UCS Manager In YouTube Video
  8:01 PM EST Wed. Sep. 25, 2013
  Hewlett-Packard is taking a shot at Cisco's Unified Compute System as part of the launch of its new OneView converged infrastructure management platform.
• OpenWorld: Oracle Expands x86 Infrastructure Reach With Dell Relationship
  7:04 PM EST Wed. Sep. 25, 2013
  The expanded Dell-Oracle relationship could be an opening for Oracle to take advantage of a top x86-based server vendor to expand its reach in the cloud, an analyst said.
• HP Makes Converged Infrastructure Market Grab With OneView Platform
  11:30 AM EST Wed. Sep. 25, 2013
  HP's OneView management platform is designed for the HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant Generation 7 and 8 servers.
• HP Rolls Out Big Data Test Drive Service Offering
  6:43 PM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  HP has unveiled a new cloud-based analytics-as-a-service offering aimed at allowing customers to quickly test drive big data solutions.
• Arrow, Intel Team Up For Converged Infrastructure Push
  5:11 PM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  Arrow Electronics is joining forces with Intel to deliver additional support and services to VARs looking to leverage converged infrastructure solutions.
• Dell's Battle Has Just Begun
  11:05 AM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  Now comes the hard part for Michael Dell. With the yearlong battle behind him to take Dell private, the company founder now faces the biggest business challenge of his lifetime.
• Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison Touts New In-Memory Database Technology
  10:42 AM EST Mon. Sep. 23, 2013
  Oracle's new in-memory database technology promises to increase database query speed by 100 times or more, along with double the transaction performance, said CEO Larry Ellison at Oracle OpenWorld.
• 5 Companies That Came To Win This Week
  11:17 AM EST Fri. Sep. 20, 2013
  For the week ending Sept. 20, CRN looks at IT companies that brought their 'A' game and made moves to beat out competitors.
• 20 Odd Tech Startup Names And The Real Stories Behind Them
  10:00 AM EST Thu. Sep. 19, 2013
  As more startups show up on the enterprise tech scene, finding a good name is getting harder. So, some are getting creative. Here's a look at 20 examples of startups that went outside the box.