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January 20, 2012  6:00 PM

Dell plans to crank up channel marketing resources



Posted by: Heather Clancy
Channel Marketing, Dell, Heather Clancy, IT channel products and services

I was lured into a briefing with some of Dell's channel marketing team this week. While there really wasn't any immediate news, I came away from the call with the general sense that the company plans to put way more resources into creating marketing materials for the channel to use this year. It...

August 19, 2011  5:29 PM

Dell encourages solution providers to think ‘chiller-less’



Posted by: Heather Clancy
chiller, data center, Dell, Heather Clancy, IT channel products and services, IT infrastructure, server

Dell is encouraging solutions that represent its server technologies to pick up the rallying cry for its new "chiller-less" data center design philosophy.


June 24, 2011  5:09 PM

Hardware continues to flummox Oracle



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Dell, Exadata, Exalogic, HP, IBM, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Safra Catz, Sun Microsystems

Oh, Oracle, Oracle, Oracle. You're nothing if not predictable. On yesterday's Oracle fourth quarter  earnings call, there was the usual happy talk about fat margins and great execution. The...


June 9, 2011  2:18 AM

Oracle hardware: It is a mystery



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Dell, Exadata, Exalogic, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, Marc Benioff, NetSuite, Oracle, Salesforce.com

It's really not news that Oracle sales people go into a discounting frenzy at the close of the fiscal year. And, that discounting has netted Oracle some Exadata deals in its...


June 7, 2011  4:57 PM

Rumor alert: Dell to buy Brocade?



Posted by: PatOuellette
Brocade Communications, Dell, Pat Ouellette

There are rumors swarming that


June 5, 2011  11:55 PM

Business users buy Macs–with their own dough



Posted by: badarrow
Apple, Barbara Darrow, Dell, HP, IT channel products and services, Microsoft

It's not news that almost anything Apple is hot  (iTunes hate notwithstanding). What is news is who's buying this Apple gear and for what purpose.

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May 19, 2011  5:28 PM

Jobs, Apple crush Dell; Dell turns to partners. Coincidence?



Posted by: PatOuellette
Apple, Dell, Dell PartnerDirect program, Michael Dell, Pat Ouellette, Steve Jobs

Apple is worth


December 9, 2010  4:57 PM

Dell, Compellent talk deal



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Compellent, Dell, EqualLogic, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Isilon, IT channel products and services, LeftHand Networks, Storage

  Update:  On Monday morning, Dell finalized its deal to buy Compellent for $960 million or $27.75 per share in cash. As of the end of its third quarter, closing Oct. 31,...


September 13, 2010  1:28 AM

HP spending spree continues



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, ArcSight, Barbara Darrow, Brocade Communications, Compellent, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Isilon, IT channel products and technologies, M&A, Oracle

Hewlett-Packard is reportedly poised to buy ArcSight for about $1.5 billion. The Wall Street Journal  and others reported Sunday that a deal is near.  (Update:


September 2, 2010  4:30 PM

By ‘winning’ 3Par, does HP lose the game?



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, IT products and services, Storage

Our national nightmare is over. Dell has given up its bid for 3Par, declining to match or exceed Hewlett-Packard's latest $33/share (that's--gulp-- $2.1 billion) cash bid.