July 31, 2008 2:53 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Collaboration software,
Heather Clancy,
Reseller blogs,
Reseller channel business development,
Software as a service (SaaS)For the past eight or so months, I've been writing a column called Web Sight (spelling intentional) for Entrepreneur magazine. (Here's a sample piece from the latest issue.) The focus has been on how so-called...
July 31, 2008 12:58 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors,
Channel,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Hewlett-Packard,
NewsIt looks like the odyssey leading to Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) acquisition of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) is finally over. This morning, EDS shareholders overwhelmingly approved the...
July 30, 2008 5:26 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
collaboration software,
Email -- Exchange,
IBM,
Microsoft,
News,
Open-source,
Outlook,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Vendor partner business issues You have to hand it to Zimbra.The company, now part of Yahoo and seemingly unfazed by all that entails, is nothing if not aggressive. With Zimbra Desktopit's now taking on the grand poobah of e-mail...
July 30, 2008 11:34 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Enterprise applications,
SAP,
VAR training, certificationSAP wants to see at least 30,000 new SAP consultants enter the market in the near future. And partners will be the driving force behind that growth.
That's the word from Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP Americas and Asia Pacific. My colleague Courtney Bjorlin, news editor for SearchSAP.com, just posted...
July 29, 2008 7:43 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
ChannelJuniper Networks fished an executive out of its own sea of channel partners this week, hiring Philip O’Reilly, former CEO of Solunet, as the new senior vice president of U.S. enterprise sales.
O’Reilly will replace Hayley Tabor, who left the position earlier this year. Working with Juniper’s...
July 29, 2008 12:25 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Microsoft,
Tech BlogsThe great 20th-century British philosopher Mick Jones once asked the defining question of his era: "Should I stay or should I go?"
OK, OK, OK. Jones wasn't a philosopher. He was the singer for The Clash. But...
July 29, 2008 11:51 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
MicrosoftThere's no better way to spend a hot afternoon than in an air-conditioned gym zoning out in front of ESPN's afternoon lineup. (Minus Jim Rome, whose appeal remains a mystery.)
Anyway, the various Around the Horn and PTI guys were in fine fettle the other day, yelling about how Goodyear should...
July 28, 2008 11:16 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
ChannelJuniper Networks may have a cozy relationship with newly hired CEO Kevin Johnson, but it didn’t come cheap. Juniper agreed to pay Johnson $5 million for signing on, Jason Davis reported in his...
