February 4, 2011 5:55 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeVMware partners based in New England, the Midwest, well frankly anywhere but Florida, are dying to get to sunny Orlando for the VMware Partner Exchange.
News going into the show is that
January 31, 2011 5:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
IT channel technology and services,
Randall Runk,
Randy RunkRandall Runk is leaving Hewlett-Packard today, after nearly four years at the IT giant.
An HP spokewoman confirmed the move on Monday, adding that John Maguire is joining HP as senior vice president, worldwide sales for the huge enterprise services group. Maguire is coming from...
January 31, 2011 2:44 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CloudBlue,
e-waste,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
ValComAs a long-time blogger on green IT matters, I can guarantee that one thing you're going to hear more about from your customers as they replace their outdated computers and servers this year is how to ensure that the stuff that's leaving isn't going to wind up in a landfill or, just as bad, in some...
January 26, 2011 4:58 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
EAs,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
large account resellers,
LARs,
Microsoft Enterprise Agreements,
Microsoft licensing,
Paul DeGrootPaul DeGroot knows more about Microsoft licensing than nearly anyone, including most people at Microsoft itself.
DeGroot formerly an analyst with Directions on Microsoft and now off on his own at PIca Communications, details in...
January 24, 2011 12:56 AM
Posted by: badarrow
APC,
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
SAPLeo Apotheker, who proved somewhat, um, elusive, during the first weeks of his stint as Hewlett-Packard CEO, will speak at HP's Americas Partner Conference (APC) in late April....
January 21, 2011 2:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Eric Schmidt,
Google,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Page,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Ray Lane,
Sergei BrinLooks like Hewlett-Packard is ejecting a few bozos from its clown car of a board.
January 20, 2011 9:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
channel conflict,
Cisco,
EMC,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
the VCE Company,
VCE Coalition,
VMwareLookie here, the VCE Company is finally official after an extremely long birthing process reported here. And
January 12, 2011 8:42 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Andrew Bartels,
Forrester Research,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
IT spendingLooks like I should have waited a couple more days before filing my post last week about Gartner's 2011 IT spending predictions. That's because Forrester Research has...
January 10, 2011 5:52 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Bob Muglia,
cloud computing,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Robbie Bach,
Server & Tools,
Steve BallmerBob Muglia, the Microsoft exec who helped build Microsoft's Server & Tools business into a strong competitor in databases and server OSes and most recently took command of the cloud computing effort, will leave the company this summer.
CEO Steve Ballmer informed employees of this...
