In recent months, there have been some news stories about the merger between Dell and EMC. Some market observers were worried that even this mega-merger will cause a disaster in the IT world. But so far, Dell has been able to keep us away from this menacing idea with a clear line in product

HP is one of the world's leading manufacturers of IT systems of all kinds for SMEs as well as for globally operating enterprises. However, even the best reputation and hardware designed for permanent operation do not protect against defects. HP offers maintenance contracts called Care Pack to protect against such failures. Today, we compare

End of Life lists for all manufacturers and device types All hardware eventually reaches the End of Life status. Unfortunately for many it is very hard to find out exactly when this happens. Some manufacturers are generous with their information and regularly publish when they will no longer support their hardware. Others

Key Findings at Data Center Trends 53 percent already buy used or refurbished hardware 60 percent use third-party maintenance as a maintenance alternative 85 percent switch to multi-vendor strategy Good equipment and reliable maintenance of the data center are indispensable for high productivity