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September 8, 2010  3:48 PM

CompTIA gets all diplomatic



Posted by: Heather Clancy
CompTIA, Heather Clancy, IT channel products and services

I guess CompTIA, the high-tech industry association, is getting pretty serious about recruitment. The organization has appointed close to 50 members as "ambassadors" who are charged with improving its engagement with members and potential members throughout the industry. You even get your own...

September 8, 2010  1:20 PM

Ellison to HP: Nyah nyah nyah



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, lawsuit, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Oracle OpenWorld

  Once again Larry Ellison is weighing in on Hewlett-Packard's boardroom moves. This time though, he has a real vested interest. In response to a civil suit HP launched against Mark Hurd, the former HP CEO...


September 7, 2010  7:06 PM

HP sues Hurd



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, lawsuit, Mark Hurd, Oracle

Breaking up is hard to do. Within a day of the news that former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is joining Oracle as co-president, HP says it's going to sue the SOB. The lawsuit was previewed on an


September 7, 2010  4:37 PM

Phillips’ Oracle exit not a surprise to some



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Charles Phillips, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Safra Catz, Sun

Charles Phillips, who just resigned as co-president of Oracle,  helped that software giant acquire and integrate a whole lotta companies from PeopleSoft to Siebel to BEA to Sun Microsystems. He...


September 7, 2010  12:12 AM

Hurd in, Phillips out at Oracle



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Charles Phillips, HP, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Safra Catz, Sun Microsystems

A month after his ouster as Hewlett-Packard CEO, Mark Hurd has a new job--president of Oracle. Rather co-president of Oracle with Safra Catz.


September 5, 2010  4:43 PM

Mark Hurd heads to Oracle?



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Sun

Here's one you had to see coming. Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd is talking to Oracle about his next job, according to the Wall Street Journal citing "people familiar...


September 2, 2010  4:30 PM

By ‘winning’ 3Par, does HP lose the game?



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, IT products and services, Storage

Our national nightmare is over. Dell has given up its bid for 3Par, declining to match or exceed Hewlett-Packard's latest $33/share (that's--gulp-- $2.1 billion) cash bid.


September 1, 2010  1:07 PM

Looks like HP will win 3Par prize



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Storage

Word on the street is that 3Par is ready to be embraced by Hewlett-Packard. As the epic HP-vs-Dell bidding war stands, Dell has till today to counter HP's latest $30 per share bid for the cloud storage company.


August 30, 2010  6:42 AM

CompTIA’s foundation work shifts to emphasize community partnerships



Posted by: Heather Clancy
CompTIA, Heather Clancy, IT channel products and services

Been running so fast since I attended the CompTIA Breakaway conference earlier this month that I haven't had time to report on my conversation with the executive director of the organization's Educational Foundation, Charles Eaton. He has only been...


August 27, 2010  1:05 PM

3Par picks Dell



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies

3Par said it has accepted Dell's $1.8 billion dollar buyout offer. Continued »