July, 2007

Channel headlines for July 31, 2007: Oracle 11g testers speak up; Black Hatters show DB attack; Cisco backpedals on Linksys brand death; Sun shows 3Q profit; Cisco edget Avaya in IP PBX; SOX pays dividend.

Oracle Database 11g beta testers speak up Oracle Database 11g beta testers have a lot to say about the system's Real Application Testing and XML...

Channel headlines for July 30, 2007: Cisco invests in VMWare, nixes Linksys brand; EU charges Intel with monopoly; court warns on Web contracts; Microsoft sets Web strategy, IBM sets Second Life selling rules.

Cisco investing $150 million in VMware Cisco's $150 million investment comes on the heels of $200 million from Intel and on the eve of VMware's expected IPO....

Channel headlines for July 27, 2007: Microsoft wants “shared” to mean “open,” MSFT desktop manager download; Microsoft challenges Google on search; justify VoIP without cost analysis; Oracle releases new Siebel CRM; Ballmer defends Web strategy.

Microsoft now wants its Shared Source licenses to qualify as open source Microsoft officials said at the O'Reilly Open Source conference this week that they are going to seek Open Source Initiative...

Is HP getting ready to swallow Bull SA?

Published reports say Hewlett Packard Corp. is getting ready to buy  French systems integrator Bull SA for 720 million euros 7.5 euros per share.

Speculation on the buyout began when Capital Magazine reported that HP is...

IBM reorg aims Big Blue at SMB customers

IBM has launched another reorg aimed at boosting sales of its hardware into SMB accounts.

In the name of simplicity and “ease of use” IBM is building a single partner-facing sales force to rep all of its Systems and Technology...

Microsoft Live services, anti-Google strategy, leave partners out of the loop

For Microsoft the question of whether to host or not to host remains a sticky one.

This week the company reiterated its hosting platform plans at...

Channel headlines for July 26, 2007: Apple profits soar; data loss at US .mil; Seagate to stop making IDE; MSFT updates process monitor; Toshiba “docks” wirelessly.

Apple profit soars 73% as sales rise The results exceeded analysts’ expectations as the company reported strong sales of...

Another study shows end users’ lack of awareness

I have a friend who works for an IT help desk. A few weeks back, an employee called him up and asked -- and I quote -- "How do I use the Internet?" Now, a new study by Trend Micro is confirming what most people (especially IT help desk employees) already knew:...