Information technology services

Will the IT economy go south in 2008?

I'm supposed to write some insightful list of predictions this time of year. Once I figure out what to say, I'll get right on that. But first, I wanted to write about some survey results released a few days ago by uber-solution provider CDW. The data,

Diamond steps down from top ePartners slot

Howard Diamond, who has been CEO and chairman of ePartners, is relinquishing the CEO post.  Michael McCarthy has been promoted from president to CEO, according to  a 

Big channel questions loom in 2008

What will be the defining partner issues of the coming year? Here's a completely unscientific take on what solution providers of all stripes should watch for. One: Will Dell's new-found (or born again) 

After CompUSA: Random thoughts on retail

The  imminent demise of CompUSA sparks a now-familiar debate over the viability of brick-and-mortar retail outlets. That discussion should be buried: There will always be room for physical stores, although their nature will change...

What’s Sinofsky up to?

 While many pundits have wondered about Ray Ozzie's radio-silence, I'm more interested in what Steven Sinofsky's been up to.  Sinofsky is credited with driving Microsoft's Office cash cow to market. Often and usually on...

Ex-Loti Sturtevant heads up new Microsoft concept lab

Reed Sturtevant, one of the Lotus stars behind Freelance Graphics, is now heading up Microsoft’s concept development effort just blocks away from the old “LDB” headquarters building. See story here. This is ironic for...

Chizen exits Adobe

Here's  another news nugget that bears watching. Bruce Chizen is leaving his spot as Adobe next month after 13 years with the company.

Consumer apps/services continue assault on business IT

The blurring of corporate/consumer computing lines continues.

Any solution provider or integrator working with corporate clients (SMBs to enterprises) knows how there is simply no way to prevent consumer-oriented services (Napster, AOL or Yahoo instant messaging, YouTube, you name it)...

NetSuite puts Ellison’s shares in ‘lock box’

At last, someone at NetSuite (or maybe Oracle) has figured out that Larry Ellison’s stake in NetSuite is the conflict-of-interests outsiders have been flagging for years. According to recent NetSuite filings, Oracle CEO Ellison will put

Time to recalibrate your thinking about printing and imaging

Been prepping this week for a presentation I'm giving on behalf of my colleagues at channel consulting firm SWOT Management Group to Oki Data's solution provider advisory council (full disclosure on where my head is right...