July 11, 2011 9:25 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Stephen DeWitt,
Stephen DiFranco,
Todd BradleyThere's more moving and shaking at Hewlett-Packard. Today the company named Stephen Dewitt, formerly head of the Personal Systems Group to SVP and GM of HP's closely-watched WebOS global business.
Stephen DiFranco, is stepping into Dewitt's slot at PSG. DiFranco will continue to lead HP's...
July 11, 2011 8:37 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner ConferenceBy Colin Steele
LOS ANGELES -- Here's a numerical look at some of the factoids tossed around at today's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynote:
12,000: Partners in attendance
640,000: Microsoft partner organizations around the world
15 million: Employees working for those...
July 6, 2011 4:55 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
IT spending,
IT spending forecastAs promised, a bit of an update about anticipated IT spending trends through the rest of this year. Market researcher Gartner said late last week that it is predicting growth of 7.1 percent worldwide for IT spending in 2011, which is a faster pace than the
July 4, 2011 9:34 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
Dynamics,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner ConferenceBy Pat Ouellette and Barbara Darrow, ITChannel Staff
VARs heading into the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference next week have a lot of questions for the software giant. They want clarification of its cloud message and they need...
June 30, 2011 2:26 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Exadata,
Exalogic,
Exastack,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Judson Althoff,
Oracle,
Sun hardwareFor big software companies these days, it's about stacks.
The latest is Oracle Exastack. This is Oracle's effort to get third-party software vendors to optimize their applications to run on Oracle's Exadata and Exalogic data center...
June 27, 2011 8:50 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
economy,
enterprise software,
Forrester Research,
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IDC,
IT channel products and services,
IT spending,
softwareStagnant economy got you down? The good news it that market researcher IDC is predicting IT spending growth this year will grow much faster than the economy at large, as measured by U.S. gross domestic product.
June 24, 2011 5:09 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
Exadata,
Exalogic,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
Safra Catz,
Sun MicrosystemsOh, Oracle, Oracle, Oracle. You're nothing if not predictable.
On yesterday's Oracle fourth quarter earnings call, there was the usual happy talk about fat margins and great execution. The...
June 20, 2011 10:01 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
tabletAs Hewlett-Packard preps its would-be Apple iPad killer -- the HP TouchPad -- for release on July 1, a new research report from
