October 12, 2009 12:35 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Salesforce.comA late night cab trip from SFO to Union Square was lightened up a bit with the big Michael Dell billboard on the 101. It went something like this: Dell enjoys the best of both worlds: See Salesforce.com @ Oracle OpenWorld.
October 11, 2009 8:05 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Sun,
Sun Microsystems,
Sun partnersOracle OpenWorld 2009 did not open well for Sun partners who are already reaching for anti-anxiety meds as the Sun Microsystems acquisition finalizes.
October 11, 2009 3:46 PM
Posted by: badarrow
AIA,
Barbara Darrow,
Exadata,
Fusion,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Scot McNealy,
Sun,
Sun MicrosystemsThis'll be easy. As Oracle keeps trying to close its Sun Microsystems acquisition, the top Oracle OpenWorld queries are locked up this year. But partners and solution providers still have other nagging issues they want addressed at the show. So, here goes:
1: What will Oracle do with...
October 8, 2009 8:28 PM
Posted by: badarrow
appliances,
Barbara Darrow,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
Linux,
Oracle,
Sun,
Sun MicrosystemsFor those who attribute Machiavellian motivations to everything Larry Ellison does, here’s a doozy of a theory.
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October 6, 2009 5:01 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Marc Benioff,
Michael Dell,
Oracle,
Oracle Open World,
Salesforce.com,
Scott McNealyThis is interesting: Salesforce.com CEO (and former Oracle guy) Marc Benioff will speak at Oracle OpenWorld next Tuesday alongside Michael Dell.
For those who haven't followed the labyrinthine tales of the Oracle-Salesforce.com rapport, believe it, this is interesting. Salesforce.com says...
September 30, 2009 8:39 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Exadata,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
SunStill more news from HP just as folks were trying to digest the juicy tidbit that it's about to meld its printer and PC businesses into one.
This news is official, however. HP brought in a
September 30, 2009 7:57 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Hurd,
PCs,
printersWhoa.
Is HP really going to converge its once-sacred printer business with the PC group? Yes, according to a Wall Street Journal report (password required) today.
September 29, 2009 3:11 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
compliance,
ERP,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Business SolutionsHewlett Packard channel partners were unpleased to learn this week that HP will make them foot the bill for new compliance training.
HP wants all its parters to comply with the U.S. Government Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by year's end. And said compliance will set them back $120 which they...
September 23, 2009 9:36 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
EDS,
H. Ross Perot,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Perot SystemsWow. it was quite a week for the IT brainchildren of H. Ross Perot.
On Monday, Dell announces a $3.9 billion buyout of Perot Systems to bulk up its enterprise IT services against nemesis Hewlett...
