The company's focus on corporate services leads to big contracts and growing revenue for both Dell and its services partners. But conflicts with those partners could be looming.
In a sign of deepening ties, the two companies are set to announce a combined effort to push the software giant's .Net services to HP's corporate clients.
Given the need to drive hardware sales while Compaq and HP build their combined services organisation, the most likely IT model is that of a managed services provider (MSP) rather than an application services provider (ASP).
Low cost is always cited as the top reason that enterprises choose Linux clusters. But the promise of new, advanced management tools and scalability capabilities is also spurring increased interest and attention
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Low cost is always cited as the top reason that enterprises choose Linux clusters. But the promise of new, advanced management tools and scalability capabilities is also spurring increased interest and attention
So you've done the math and decided there may be a good business case for Linux after all. Just make sure you don't dive into the world of open source without fastening the rope securely to the bridge.
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