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OEMs

ALSO CALLED: Original Equipment Manufacturers and OEM
DEFINITION: This confusing term has two meanings:

1) Originally, an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) was a company that supplied equipment to other companies to resell or incorporate into another product using the reseller's brand name. For example, a maker of refrigerators like Frigidaire might sell its  … 
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Virtualizing the Client PC: A Proof of Concept
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In this paper Intel IT explores a proof of concept study that examined the viability of abstracting the client operating system from the hardware platform using virtualization.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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New Frontiers for Threat Processing
sponsored by LSI Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper focuses on unified threat management approach that takes care of information security, intrusion detection, and virus control.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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TOPICS:  DRAM | OEMs | PCI Bus | RAM | Software | SRAM

Multi-Service Business Gateway (MSBG)
sponsored by LSI Corporation
WHITE PAPER: LSI's business gateway solutions enable OEMs to deliver service-aware solutions to carrier and enterprise providers at superior performance and cost points, the solutions integrate all critical functions into a single platform.
Posted: 30 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Oct 2008
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Improve Your Business through Best Practice IT Management
sponsored by Kaseya
WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides insight on ways that MSPs and IT departments can improve their management of services. Learn how using ITIL best practices with an automated management solution can address a number of the unique challenges these businesses face.
Posted: 08 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Automating and Optimizing Service Desk Performance
sponsored by Kaseya
WHITE PAPER: The service desk is the first line of defense for reacting to IT issues, yet most organizations haven't designed their service desk properly. Read this white paper to learn about a solution that addresses this problem and help support your clie...
Posted: 08 Oct 2007 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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The Reinvention of Small & Medum Business Market Segment Storage Models
sponsored by Emulex Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how the escalating needs for the SMB markets are driving a new approach to the existing storage model.
Posted: 10 Feb 2005 | Published: 25 Jan 2005
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OEMS DEFINITION (continued): …  refrigerators to a retailer like Sears to resell under a brand name owned by Sears. A number of companies, both equipment suppliers and equipment resellers, still use this meaning.

2) More recently, OEM is used to refer to the company that acquires a product or component and reuses or incorporates it into a new product with its own brand name.

Also see value-added reseller (VAR), a similar term applied to the repackaging of software.

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