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HotSchedules gets hot database access

Cisco's storage team looks to boost IBM mainframe performance, security; Storage vendors take lumps in recession, but see signs of hope
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HotSchedules gets hot database access

When Matthew Woodings, CTO for Hot Schedules, a workforce scheduling business in Austin, Texas, faced a growing business that was taxing his data center, he turned to Dell to virtualize his servers and storage. Read full story

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