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      <title>Editor Joseph F. Kovar News from CRN</title>
	   
    
    



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								<title><![CDATA[Violin Memory Post-IPO Fall Caused By Bad Timing, Fast-Maturing Flash Storage Market: VARs]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240162295/violin-memory-post-ipo-fall-caused-by-bad-timing-fast-maturing-flash-storage-market-vars.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2013 19:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Oracle Leads The Pack As Converged Infrastructure Q2 Sales Surge]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240162249/oracle-leads-the-pack-as-converged-infrastructure-q2-sales-surge.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 19:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Barracuda Files $100M IPO To Gain Financial Stability, Market Visibility]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/security/240162238/barracuda-files-100m-ipo-to-gain-financial-stability-market-visibility.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Barracuda Networks, the security and storage appliance vendor, this week filed for an IPO, and noted in its filing that its revenue is growing while income is dropping.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Mark Potter Now New CTO For HP Enterprise Group]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240162170/mark-potter-now-new-cto-for-hp-enterprise-group.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Dell, Equinix Listed As Top Creditors In Nirvanix's Chapter 11 Filing]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240162134/dell-equinix-listed-as-top-creditors-in-nirvanixs-chapter-11-filing.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Cloud storage technology provider Nirvanix, which Monday filed for Chapter 11 protection, listed several hardware, software and hosting companies including Dell and Equinix as top creditors.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Nirvanix Files Chapter 11, Works With IBM To Migrate Customer Data]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240162108/nirvanix-files-chapter-11-works-with-ibm-to-migrate-customer-data.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 17:41:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Cloud storage technology provider has filed for Chapter 11 protection after warning customers of its service that they had until mid-October to find a new service.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Software, Hardware, High-Speed Sailing: 20 Scenes From Oracle OpenWorld]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/data-center/240162049/software-hardware-high-speed-sailing-20-scenes-from-oracle-openworld.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2013 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[EMC Hires Former Symantec, Oracle Exec To Head New Emerging Technology Division]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240161926/emc-hires-former-symantec-oracle-exec-to-head-new-emerging-technology-division.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:36:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[EMC's new hire brings experience with Oracle applications and Symantec data protection and endpoint security technologies to EMC's new Emerging Technology Products Division, making him a potential key player in building EMC's future end-user experience.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Dynamic Systems Buys GovStor, Creates Large Government Oracle VAR]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/240161882/dynamic-systems-buys-govstor-creates-large-government-oracle-var.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 18:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[OpenWorld: Oracle Expands x86 Infrastructure Reach With Dell Relationship]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240161816/openworld-oracle-expands-x86-infrastructure-reach-with-dell-relationship.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 19:04:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Oracle Cloud Gets New Compute, Storage, Database Services]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240161788/oracle-cloud-gets-new-compute-storage-database-services.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[The Oracle Cloud now has a wide range of new services, and the company is making them available to solution providers on a resell or referral basis.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Oracle OpenWorld: Oracle All-In On Big Data]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/240161712/oracle-openworld-oracle-all-in-on-big-data.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2013 13:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Regardless of whether customers have experience with big data or not, they can use Oracle software or engineered systems to use Hadoop to manage big data, either directly or through software tools they are more familiar with.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Oracle OpenWorld: Ellison Touts New In-Memory Database Technology]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/data-center/240161625/oracle-openworld-ellison-touts-new-in-memory-database-technology.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[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.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[The 2004 Homeland Investment Act: Ripple Effects]]></title>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Under the act, businesses were given a one-time deduction of 85 percent of U.S. taxable incomes for extraordinary dividends received from their controlled foreign corporations, with some limitations.]]>
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								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/240161617/overseas-acquisitions-overseas-cash.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Overseas cash has helped fund a number of foreign acquisitions for U.S. IT vendors. But is it the best use of the cash for these companies?]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Overseas Profits And The U.S. Tax Rate: Why IT Vendors Say Their Hands Are Tied]]></title>
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								<pubDate>Mon, 23 Sep 2013 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Multinational IT companies say the high overseas tax rate is holding back U.S. economic and jobs growth and hindering their ability to compete. The U.S. government begs to differ. We look at the big picture.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Tech Data To Partners: We Make It Easy For You To Have A Cloud Business]]></title>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 20:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[At the Tech Data Channel Link conference, solution providers saw little in the way of traditional hardware pick, pack and ship distribution and more in terms of how distributors pack cloud components to make it easy to be a cloud business.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[5 Facts About The Overseas Tax Rate]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/channel-programs/240161606/5-facts-about-the-overseas-tax-rate.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[U.S. IT vendors, which are among those multinational corporations with the most cash held overseas thanks to high U.S. corporate tax rates, would like to see rates slashed as a way to repatriate that cash to their home offices.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Tech Data To Give HP Partners A Hand With 3Par Installation, Deployment]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240161515/tech-data-to-give-hp-partners-a-hand-with-3par-installation-deployment.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:15:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Solution providers looking for help installing and deploying HP 3Par storage systems can now go to Tech Data to augment their services capabilities under a new program developed in conjunction with HP.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[Nirvanix Partner Aorta Plans Coalition Of Customers, Investors To Save Nirvanix Cloud Storage Service]]></title>
								<link>http://www.crn.com/news/storage/240161496/nirvanix-partner-aorta-plans-coalition-of-customers-investors-to-save-nirvanix-cloud-storage-service.htm?cid=rss_editor_Joseph F. Kovar</link>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:14:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Nirvanix, which gave its cloud storage service customers two weeks to move their data before it closes operations, might be given a temporary or permanent lifeline from Aorta Cloud, a partner working to find customer and investor interest in acquiring the company.]]>
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								<title><![CDATA[IDF: 25 Products Building The Intel Ecosystem, One Hardware Or Software Piece At A Time]]></title>
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								<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
								<author>Joseph F. Kovar</author>
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									<![CDATA[Last week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF) saw a wide range of Intel server, storage, client device, and other hardware and software partners showcasing new ways to build on the huge Intel IT ecosystem.]]>
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