July 12, 2010 2:39 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Azure,
Azure appliance,
Barbara Darrow,
converged data center,
Dell,
Fujitsu,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,
Steve BallmerA couple of positioning statements from Monday's Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference keynotes.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was careful to claim that virtualization does NOT equal cloud computing. That's what I would say too if I were trying to displace the VMware juggernaut.
July 11, 2010 11:33 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Add new tag,
Apple,
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
Bob Muglia,
BPOS,
Google,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Gold partners,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,
Ray Ozzie,
Steve BallmerAs the kickoff for Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 approaches, here are some questions Microsoft partners would love Steve Ballmer, Bob Muglia et al.
#1: Why should partners go for the Microsoft Partner Network's "advanced" badge?
The zillion dollar question this...
July 9, 2010 3:30 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Azure,
Barbara Darrow,
BPOS,
cloud computing,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,
Steve BallmerThere'll be a lot of cloud talk at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in D.C. next week.
What Microsoft lost in being late to the party--compared to Salesforce.com, Amazon, Google--it will try to...
July 6, 2010 6:15 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Alvaka Networks,
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Kevin McDonald,
VARIf you see Kevin McDonald on the street, or on a customer call, behave yourself.
As proof that tech nerds can also kick butt, McDonald--who is executive VP for Alvaka Networks and member of SearchITChannel.com's advisory board-- was just inducted into the
June 29, 2010 7:00 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
OPN,
Oracle,
Oracle Partner Network,
SunSo, if you're an Oracle VAR (or a Sun VAR wanting to become an Oracle VAR) here's what you gotta do: Specialize.
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June 24, 2010 7:44 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Allison Watson,
Barbara Darrow,
Ian Roskill,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft partners,
MPNTwo Microsoft corporate VPs are swapping places.
Allison Watson, who has been the worldwide partner chief at Microsoft for eight years, is moving into a new marketing role at the software giant. Watson will be...
June 18, 2010 7:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Solaris,
SunYou had to see this one coming.
The Register reports that Oracle has deep-sixed Hewlett-Packard's ability to sell/support Solaris running on X-64-based HP hardware. Given that Oracle has said it will only...
