September 24, 2008 12:08 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
News,
SMB,
Tech BlogsThe RTM version of Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 is posted to Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN for subscribers. Some subscribers that is. A few subsets of that population still cannot...
September 24, 2008 9:06 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
Reseller channel business development,
Vendor partner business issuesI don't usually get pulled into politics in my blogs, but I couldn't resist a recent survey released by CDW with some data pertaining to how the upcoming election may or may not affect IT spending. The research is part of the solution provider's bimonthly CDW IT Monitor.
The survey conducted in...
September 23, 2008 4:07 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel,
IT channel products and technologies,
OracleSearchOracle.com's Barney Beal pointed out the big 'X Is Coming' signs that have sprouted up in and around Moscone Center at Oracle OpenWorld today.
In this case, X must equal the game-changing,...
September 22, 2008 10:54 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
OracleSpeculation at Oracle OpenWorld continued to swirl around what Larry Ellison will say Wednesday. In the past two earnings calls, the Oracle CEO has hinted (not very subtly) about a
September 22, 2008 1:10 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Collaboration software,
IT channel products and technologies,
News,
Oracle,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VirtualizationIt looks like Oracle is embracing "the cloud."
At Oracle OpenWorld on Monday, the two Chucks -- Oracle president Charles Phillips and executive vice president Chuck Rozwat--said Oracle is making...
September 21, 2008 7:40 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Enterprise applications,
IT channel products and technologies,
Leading technology vendors,
News,
Oracle,
VAR training, certificationThe Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) kick off to Oracle OpenWorld was bigger than ever. And there was some news, other than Ted Bereswill's move from the direct sales side of the house (The dark side? I kid!...
September 21, 2008 1:00 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Enterprise applications,
Leading technology vendors,
News,
Oracle,
Vendor partner business issuesMost Oracle OpenWorld attendees are still shaking the sleep out of their eyes but there's already news.
Ted Bereswill, who had headed up North American technology sales (that is database and...
September 18, 2008 11:56 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
News,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Vendor partner business issuesAs with any divorce, there are a number of factors behind the imminent split between NetSuite and Skyytek, one of the largest, if not the largest,
September 13, 2008 6:00 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Cisco,
Heather Clancy,
Leading technology vendors,
Reseller channel business development,
Vendor partner business issuesLooks like there are definitely benefits to long-term relationships. World Wide Technology, a Cisco Gold Certified Partner that has been working with the networking company for 14 years, just surpassed the $1 billion mark in Cisco product sales over the length of...
