June 29, 2010 6:33 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CompTIA,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
law firm,
legal,
surveyIf you have never thought about targeting law firms as a potential customer segment, you might want to take a look at a new survey conducted by CompTIA, the self-billed non-profit trade association for the IT industry.
June 29, 2010 4:23 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
OPN,
Oracle,
Oracle Partner Network,
SPA,
Sun,
Sun hardware VARs,
Sun Partner AdvantageArrow ECS yesterday unveiled a Fast Track program to help Sun hardware VARs move into the Oracle Partner Network (OPN).
This is no easy task, since no one outside of Oracle appears to know what role there will be for Sun hardware resellers going forward. Or if there will be a role. Oracle...
June 25, 2010 3:36 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Charles Phillips,
IT channel products and services,
Oracle,
Sun,
Sun hardware,
Sun hardware support,
Sun VARsNews from the field is that as of Monday, Oracle will no longer accept any purchase orders on Sun (er Oracle) hardware that do not include support.
June 24, 2010 7:44 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Allison Watson,
Barbara Darrow,
Ian Roskill,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft partners,
MPNTwo Microsoft corporate VPs are swapping places.
Allison Watson, who has been the worldwide partner chief at Microsoft for eight years, is moving into a new marketing role at the software giant. Watson will be...
June 18, 2010 7:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Solaris,
SunYou had to see this one coming.
The Register reports that Oracle has deep-sixed Hewlett-Packard's ability to sell/support Solaris running on X-64-based HP hardware. Given that Oracle has said it will only...
June 9, 2010 5:44 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
Julie Bennani,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Partner NetworkOK, so probably many of you have made your arrangement to fly to Washington, D.C., for the annual Microsoft worldwide partner conference. Last year, the company announced a whole set of new competencies, which means that most of you have had to rejigger your certifications with the software...
June 8, 2010 7:22 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
layoffs,
Oracle,
rebates,
Sun MicrosystemsRemember when Larry Ellison chastised analysts and reporters for forecasting that Oracle would decimate Sun Microsystems headcount? Oracle was hiring, not firing, he said.
And, remember Ellison promising that the...
