September 14, 2006 6:24 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Microsoft,
Network and application securityIn an article on SearchSecurity.com, Stephen Toulouse, senior product manager for Microsoft's Security Technology Unit, defends Microsoft's foray into the security market and claims that it will...
September 12, 2006 4:32 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Data storage management,
Networking technologyIf you’re one to bet on the success of new technology and the potential ruin of the old (and your presence in the reseller business is evidence enough that you are), put a few bucks on the tubercular demise of Blockbuster and the rest of the walk-in video rental industry.
Both
September 12, 2006 3:26 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
ChannelHewlett-Packard announced today that Patricia Dunn, who chairs its board of directors, will resign and be replaced by CEO Mark V. Hurd, who will...
September 7, 2006 5:41 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Network and application security,
Server virtualizationNo one has ever accused major IT vendors of being role models. Microsoft gets the most public heat, but it's far from the most loathed, or most unethical, in the business. Resellers, whose reward for having built a thriving market for some new product is to have the largest customers stolen by a...
September 7, 2006 5:08 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Network and application securityIt seems fairly obvious that vendors use security alerts to promote themselves and devalue their competitors, as addressed in this CRN article. And I imagine many channel folks can...
September 7, 2006 10:00 AM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
ChannelTechnology is not a regulatory compliance cure-all, but it does play an important role in compliance efforts. Technology enables the automation of processes that can otherwise cost companies time and money, as reported by
September 6, 2006 11:18 AM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Data center disaster recovery planning,
Networking technologyWhen I hear technology media and PR folks discuss the Avian flu and disaster recovery, I chalk it up to FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) tactics. However, the findings of a survey conducted by Forsythe Solutions Group points to a larger issue. Of the more than 75 senior IT and business...
September 6, 2006 10:29 AM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Intel,
Microprocessors,
Servers and desktop hardwareIntel will release another 10,500 employees into the wild as it attempts to reinvent itself. But the bloodletting in itself isn't going...
September 1, 2006 1:24 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Wireless networkingAccording to a Yankee Group report, the range of sales channels into the SMB is wide for wireless voice. Factors such as the size of the company and service/device ownership (employee vs. employer) determines whether an SMB purchases directly from a vendor, non-company owned stores or the...
