December 2, 2010 8:23 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Cisco,
data center,
education,
Heather Clancy,
Hewlett-Packard,
IBM,
IT channel products and services,
Logicalis,
M&A,
merger,
MicrosoftNetwork Infrastructure Corp. (NIC), a Cisco Gold partner and networking integrator in Phoenix, will soon become part of global IT services company Logicalis. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
November 4, 2010 5:07 PM
Posted by: badarrow
APN,
Barbara Darrow,
Brocade Communications,
Brocade partners,
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
HP,
IT channel products and technologiesAn awful lot of vendors send out an awful lot of press releases touting new partner program perks--new ways that they, the vendors, will help you, the partners, do bigger, better deals.
The trouble is a lot of those press releases are 90% puffery. As in very little meat. (The next time I see a...
October 25, 2010 6:19 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Cisco,
data center,
EMC,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
NetApp,
Oracle,
SAP,
Virtualization,
VMware,
Westcon,
Westcon GroupData center technology distributor Westcon Group has opened its first LEAP Center in the United States. LEAP is an acronym that stands for Learn, Experience, Architect and Plan. As you might expect, the intention behind these facilities is to help IT solution provider test, train on, and experiment...
August 26, 2010 1:02 PM
Posted by: badarrow
3Par,
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Dell,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologiesToday it's Dell offering mo' money for 3Par.
Dell sweetened its previous $18 per share bid to $24.50 and helpfully posted to its Web site that 3Par has accepted that offer.
Earlier this week, HP tried to...
April 1, 2010 6:25 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Cisco resellers,
IT channel products and servicesNope, you weren't imagining it. Cisco continues to have problems fulfilling orders for some of its more popular networking gear.
Cisco resellers and customers report long lag times for Cisco's...
March 25, 2010 5:17 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Android,
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Droid,
DVI,
Google,
iPhone,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
SearchITChannel.com advisory board,
Virtualization
While many VARs may not agree with the now-approved healthcare legislation, those with a healthcare bent see it as a potential goldmine. This according to one member of the SearchITChannel.com Advisory board. Here are the top five takeways from yesterday's quarterly advisory board...
February 19, 2010 9:20 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
data center hardware,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT products and services,
partner programCan't we all just get along?
Apparently not, if "we" is Cisco and Hewlett-Packard. The latest in the nasty HP vs. Cisco data center hardware battle is that Cisco is dumping HP, a long time partner but increasingly a rival, from its partner program.
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February 1, 2010 9:46 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Credit,
Cynnex Networks,
free credit,
IT channel products and services,
SMBsFor VARs in this seemingly endless recession, you'd think easy, low-interest credit would be a big deal. But what counts now is free. Continued »
January 11, 2010 6:56 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and servies,
John Chambers,
Mark Hurd,
partner conferenceTalk about counter programming. Hewlett-Packard slated its partner conference directly opposite Cisco's previously planned partner summit.
Here's the VAR Guy's take on this move--which will put joint...
