October 21, 2009 4:15 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
channel advisory board,
Google,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Oracle,
public cloud,
SunVARs remain extremely cautious on public cloud computing and are obsessed with which vendor giants will remain standing after more expected M&A activity. Those are but two highlights of this quarter's SearchITChannel.com Advisory Board call. But there...
October 20, 2009 9:19 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
layoffs,
Oracle,
SunGuess Larry Ellison wasn't kidding about Sun Microsystems bleeding red ink while European regulators weigh Oracle's buyout plan.
In an SEC filing, Sun said it will cut 3,000 jobs worldwide over the next year. That's about 10% of its urrent headcount. More on the
October 19, 2009 9:18 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Darl McBride,
IT channel products and technologies,
Linux,
The Santa Cruz Group,
UnixThe SCO Group has eliminated the CEO post from its leadership roster and that means Darl McBride is out. This, according to its latest SEC filing.
October 14, 2009 11:43 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Barbara Darrow,
Fusion,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld 2009Larry Ellison's milking his latest anti-IBM jihad for all it's worth. Now he's challenged anyone to make IBM hardware run Oracle database as fast as it runs on Oracle's Exadata database machine. If they can do it, they can take $10 million of Larry's (or Oracle's) money. He welcomed IBM itself...
October 13, 2009 4:01 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
converged hardware,
Dave Donatelli,
EMC,
HP,
IT channel products and technologiesInquiring minds really want to know when HP will add storage to its converged hardware offering.
The answer appears to be as soon after Jan. 2, 2010 as possible.
October 12, 2009 12:35 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Salesforce.comA late night cab trip from SFO to Union Square was lightened up a bit with the big Michael Dell billboard on the 101. It went something like this: Dell enjoys the best of both worlds: See Salesforce.com @ Oracle OpenWorld.
October 11, 2009 8:05 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Sun,
Sun Microsystems,
Sun partnersOracle OpenWorld 2009 did not open well for Sun partners who are already reaching for anti-anxiety meds as the Sun Microsystems acquisition finalizes.
October 11, 2009 3:46 PM
Posted by: badarrow
AIA,
Barbara Darrow,
Exadata,
Fusion,
IT channel products and technologies,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld,
Scot McNealy,
Sun,
Sun MicrosystemsThis'll be easy. As Oracle keeps trying to close its Sun Microsystems acquisition, the top Oracle OpenWorld queries are locked up this year. But partners and solution providers still have other nagging issues they want addressed at the show. So, here goes:
1: What will Oracle do with...
