October 6, 2009 5:01 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Marc Benioff,
Michael Dell,
Oracle,
Oracle Open World,
Salesforce.com,
Scott McNealyThis is interesting: Salesforce.com CEO (and former Oracle guy) Marc Benioff will speak at Oracle OpenWorld next Tuesday alongside Michael Dell.
For those who haven't followed the labyrinthine tales of the Oracle-Salesforce.com rapport, believe it, this is interesting. Salesforce.com says...
September 30, 2009 8:39 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Exadata,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
SunStill more news from HP just as folks were trying to digest the juicy tidbit that it's about to meld its printer and PC businesses into one.
This news is official, however. HP brought in a
September 30, 2009 7:57 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Hurd,
PCs,
printersWhoa.
Is HP really going to converge its once-sacred printer business with the PC group? Yes, according to a Wall Street Journal report (password required) today.
September 29, 2009 3:11 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
compliance,
ERP,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Business SolutionsHewlett Packard channel partners were unpleased to learn this week that HP will make them foot the bill for new compliance training.
HP wants all its parters to comply with the U.S. Government Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by year's end. And said compliance will set them back $120 which they...
September 23, 2009 9:36 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
EDS,
H. Ross Perot,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Perot SystemsWow. it was quite a week for the IT brainchildren of H. Ross Perot.
On Monday, Dell announces a $3.9 billion buyout of Perot Systems to bulk up its enterprise IT services against nemesis Hewlett...
September 17, 2009 6:42 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Office,
Office Web AppsLast year Microsoft promised light-weight, browser-born analogues to its Office applications juggernaut.
Today, it's ready to let some invited outsiders test Office Web Apps. At least some of them.
September 11, 2009 6:36 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Forrester,
Gartner,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Gold partner,
partner programIt's not too late to participate in Microsoft's Analyst Relations for the Channel (ARC) pilot. Qualifying Gold partners can still sign on for Gartner or Forrester Research access until September...
September 10, 2009 7:50 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
MySQL,
Oracle,
SPARC,
Sun MicrosystemsSo, you were wondering what Oracle will do with Sun's venerable hardware franchise? Apparently a lot. A new ad in The Wall Street...
