Barbara Darrow

Oracle gets new worldwide channel chief in Althoff

Big channel changes atop Oracle. Doug Kennedy is leaving the database-and-biz-apps giant and Judson Althoff will replace him...

IE 8, Silverlight betas highlight Mix 08

As expected: IE 8 and Silverlight are taking center stage at Microsoft's Mix 08 show in Vegas. So far, company execs announced that  beta 1 of Internet Explorer 8 is out or will be soon and

Microsoft reverses course on IE 8 render default

Microsoft has changed the default rendering setting of Internet Explorer 8 so the browser will support the latest Web standards. That is a shift in plan -- which was to make the standard "IE...

QB Steve Young makes splash at HP

HP brought in NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young to speak to the partner faithful bright-and-early Wednesday morning. And he did not disappoint. Some 1,000 or more partners were in Las Vegas for the annual...

Bill Gates here, Linking in

Bill Gates is Linked In. And on Thursday you too could be connected to the Microsoft maestro This according to email from the LinkedIn spokespeeps: "This Thursday, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft, will post a question on LinkedIn. His objective is to communicate...

Hurd to partners: HP will fix problems, but attach rates must rise

Hewlett-Packard has logged robust growth but could do better, especially in the U.S. and in SMBs, HP CEO Mark Hurd said Monday.

Kicking off HP's annual Americas Partner Conference (APC) in Las Vegas, Hurd (hoarse with a cold) also disputed the notion of some partners that the company...

Paul Maritz takes his Pi to EMC

EMC is buying Pi Corp., and Pi's founder, Paul Maritz, will now head EMC's software-as-a-service effort. The news was reported by

EC to Microsoft on interop: Show me

Prove it. The European Commission has heard it all before when it comes to Microsoft's vows to be more interoperable and generally better behaved than in the past. Basically, Microsoft has never won good marks in the "works well with others" category, at least in the eyes of European...

Microsoft reorgs business solutions

We've been waiting for shoes to drop over at Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS)—it's been very quiet. Well, they're dropping now.

Microsoft posts new SQL Server 2008 CTP

The rolling pre- launches of the Windows 2008 "platform wave" continue apace a week before the February 27 launch event. Microsoft made what it calls a feature-complete