October 30, 2009 9:21 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Data center disaster recovery planning,
SMBThe good news is that you have a lot of prospects in small-business disaster recovery solutions, according to a recent survey by Symantec. The bad news is that most of your prospective customers don't understand just unprepared they are, so your sales cycle isn't likely to be easy.
October 29, 2009 5:50 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Channel,
economic growth,
MicrosoftOK, so not every economic indicator we're seeing right now is positive, although the revelation today that GDP grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter (instead of the 3.2 percent predicted) is definitely cause for at least a "Woo-Hoo!" (
October 28, 2009 6:56 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
Eclipse,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
software developersMicrosoft continues its push to make its proposed Azure cloud plat form palatable to developers beyond the Windows realm and an embrace of Eclipse is bound to do that.
Toward that end, Microsoft signed two proxies--Tasktop Technologies and Soyatec-- to help make the Eclipse software...
October 27, 2009 5:23 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Facebook,
Ingram Micro,
IT channel products and technologies,
social networking,
Twitter,
VentureTech Network,
VTNIngram Micro today jumped into the social networking pool with a set of tools to help VentureTech Network (VTN) partners collaborate and communicate better with each other and with the distributor itself.
Both Twitter.com/VTNcommunity and Facebook.com/venturetechnetwork were unveiled Monday....
October 26, 2009 11:45 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Ingram Micro,
Ingram Micro VentureTech Network,
VTNSpending a couple days this week at the Fall Invitational conference for the Ingram Micro VentureTech Network where as you might imagine there is a lot of talk and posturing about the role of cloud computing and "IT as a service" in the high-tech industry's future.
One interesting...
October 21, 2009 4:15 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
channel advisory board,
Google,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Oracle,
public cloud,
SunVARs remain extremely cautious on public cloud computing and are obsessed with which vendor giants will remain standing after more expected M&A activity. Those are but two highlights of this quarter's SearchITChannel.com Advisory Board call. But there...
October 20, 2009 9:19 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
layoffs,
Oracle,
SunGuess Larry Ellison wasn't kidding about Sun Microsystems bleeding red ink while European regulators weigh Oracle's buyout plan.
In an SEC filing, Sun said it will cut 3,000 jobs worldwide over the next year. That's about 10% of its urrent headcount. More on the
October 19, 2009 9:18 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Darl McBride,
IT channel products and technologies,
Linux,
The Santa Cruz Group,
UnixThe SCO Group has eliminated the CEO post from its leadership roster and that means Darl McBride is out. This, according to its latest SEC filing.
