The VAR Guy

Only hours after Valentine’s Day in the United States, Hewlett-Packard is showing Canonical’s Ubuntu Server Edition some love. Specifically, HP plans to certify its ProLiant servers to run Ubuntu Server Edition. Here’s the scoop, along with the implications for solutions providers.

Lenovo is leaping from the desktop into the server market, and will launch its first Linux and Windows servers this September, The VAR Guy has learned. Here’s why solutions providers — and rivals like Dell and Hewlett-Packard — should care.