February 24, 2011 3:34 PM
Posted by: badarrow
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Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
HP board,
IBM,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
Ray Lane,
Sam PalmisanoOracle, which some wiseguy termed the world's scariest software company, may now--with the Sun acquisition -- be the world's scariest IT company, Period.
The software giant's...
February 23, 2011 7:14 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Adrian Jones,
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
Sun,
Sun hardwareThe latest parlor game among Hewlett-Packard channel partners is guessing where Adrian Jones will set up shop.
Jones, as first reported by SearchITChannel.com yesterday, quietly resigned from HP last week....
February 23, 2011 2:35 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CRM,
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
Salesforce.comJust how important is it for businesses to fix customer service and overall customer relations now that the economy is showing signs of improvement? Important enough for the CRM (aka customer relationship management) category to emerge as the top focus of spending increases in a new survey about...
February 18, 2011 10:21 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesI have been gratified to hear over the past year that many of the technology solution providers that I communicate with regularly have begun using social media or social networking sites as part of their marketing strategy. But I still think that the channel has only scratched the surface as far as...
February 15, 2011 8:43 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IBM,
IBM Partnerworld,
IBM PartnerWorld Leadership Conference,
IT channel products and technologies,
Sam PalmisanoORLANDO, FL.--IBM chairman Sam Palmisano may have been jet lagged, flying 7,000 miles to Orlando from Asia, but he was feisty enough to take some shots at unnamed competitors.
Unlike rival Oracle CEO Larry Ellison --who relishes tweaking IBM, SAP and others by name-- Palmisano didn't specify...
February 9, 2011 6:52 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
Bob Muglia,
internet search,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Satya NadellaMicrosoft named Satya Nadella to head its Server & Tools group earlier today. Nadella will step in for departing S&T president Bob Muglia.
Muglia, a long-time and respected Microsoft veteran is leaving this...
February 9, 2011 2:05 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Channel partner programs,
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeBy Colin Steele, Senior Site Editor
ORLANDO -- VMware partners have some new rewards to strive for.
The company announced some channel incentives today at the Partner Exchange conference. The biggest is...
February 9, 2011 1:59 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Channel partner programs,
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
specializations,
VAR training, certification,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeBy Colin Steele, Senior Site Editor
ORLANDO -- VMware is moving away from certifying partners by size, instead focusing on their areas of expertise.
Two new channel specializations debuted today at the company's
