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Neither company is saying a thing yet, but word is Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and EMC (NYSE: EMC) are joining up to sell a new collection of products designed to deliver cloud computing capabilities, Reuters reports. Called vBlock, the cloud solution is intended to help the companies compete more effectively with IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ).

The partnership, which no one is admitting to, involves a joint venture between Cisco and EMC that will sell vBlock. The former will supply the networking equipment and servers, with the latter kicking in the storage gear and virtualization technology through its VMWare (NYSE: VMW) subsidiary. The joint venture will put the systems together, integrate the components for clients, and make the whole pile of cables and silicon work. A formal announcement is expected next week.

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Cisco and EMC link up in the clouds originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GreenBytes, a unique data storage appliance company, has just received an $8 million Series A round of investment financing. Battery Ventures completed the deal, which provides fresh resources for the Rhode Island-based energy-efficient technology company.

Founded in 2007, GreenBytes offers network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) solutions that reduce energy consumption, providing a cost savings opportunity while also addressing corporate social responsibility considerations.

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Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE: HPQ) will purchase about 24 data centers in Europe from BT Group (formerly British Telecom) for $2.9 billion, the Sunday Times in London reported Sunday, with an official announcement likely to come within weeks. However, BT Group will likely sign a 10-year contract to continue using the data centers with HP; BT Group just won't own them any longer.

But this isn't just a deal for HP to own more data centers as it beefs up its service provider portfolio in addition to its manufacturing prowess. BT Group is also going to manage the remainder of HP's voice and data networks worldwide. The London-based telecom company already handles HP's European voice and data networks, so this transaction is like trading a global service contract for a bunch of server farms. Or at least that's what is sounds like.

HP will continue to ramp up its portfolio of service offerings to better compete with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), a company that left the hardware business to focus on service contracts with corporate customers and that has done well at it under former CEO Lou Gerstner and current CEO Sam Palmisano. HP is already a larger company by revenues than IBM, but it doesn't have the service provider clout yet -- it's still first and foremost a manufacturing company.

Hewlett-Packard buys European data centers from BT Group originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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