Alas, you can’t see them in this picture. But Novell and Red Hat will have a seat at Cisco Systems’ table as CEO John Chambers (seated, bottom right) builds out Cisco’s server and unified computing strategy. Here’s the scoop, from The VAR Guy.
Psion (the mobile device maker that eventually fell off a cliff) may wind up haunting netbook makers. Apparently, Psion Teklogix holds a trademark on the netbook term and is sending cease and desist letters to some folks. The story first surfaced on jkOnTheRun, a blog that covers mobile devices. So what does that mean to major PC companies that market Netbook-braded products? Hmmm…
It’s the story that won’t go away: Cisco Systems plans to launch blade servers. GigaOm reported that way back in March 2008. Network World furthered the story about the so-called “Cisco California Server” on December 12 and December 16. And now CRN on December 23 is confirming the Cisco blade server strategy, though CRN did little more than quote the same Yankee Group analyst — Senior VP Zeus Kerravala — that Network World reached two weeks ago. Hmmm: great job, Scoop Brady. Next time, though: Link out to Network World and give credit where credit is due.
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