April 21, 2009 3:09 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
Hewlett-Packard,
IBM,
IT channel products and technologies,
Lotus,
Oracle,
Scott McNealy,
Storage,
Sun MicrosystemsHere's a completely non-scientific list of my top five questions arising from Oracle's $7.4 billion buy out of Sun Microsystems.
5: How could it have been surprising that Oracle was the white...
December 31, 2008 10:36 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and technologies,
Servers and desktop hardware,
SMB,
Vendor partner business issuesDell Inc. launched a major reorg on December 31. The move "globalizes" operations around three major customer segments -- large enterprise, public sector,...
December 1, 2008 3:05 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Authors,
Barbara Darrow,
Dell,
Hewlett-Packard,
Information technology services,
Microsoft,
NewsWhoa. Retailers can't catch a break this year.
First of all there's this little thing called a recession, which we're now officially in, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, otherwise known as NBER. (Thanks for the heads up...
October 2, 2008 12:43 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Dell,
Hewlett-PackardThere's an Oreo commercial that's been out for a few weeks now, where Venus and Serena Williams hold a press conference to announce they're joining some cookie-eating league.
Then the camera pans over to Peyton and Eli...
September 10, 2008 1:46 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Dell,
Microsoft,
News,
VirtualizationDell made its big virtualization announcement today, and the channel is an important part of it -- despite the
September 9, 2008 7:29 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Dell,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Servers and desktop hardwareAfter slamming Dell last week for ignoring partners in its news announcements, it's only fair to point this out: Dell gives its channel partners prominent mention in today's press...
September 5, 2008 3:24 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Cisco,
Citrix Systems,
Dell,
EMC,
Hewlett-Packard,
IBM,
Intel,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
News,
Oracle,
Server virtualization,
Sun,
Vendor partner business issues,
Virtualization,
VMwareMicrosoft wants customers and partners to know that it's really, really REALLY ready to virtualize. So it's hosting its "Get Virtual Now" event Monday.
It's invited a few dozen of its...
September 5, 2008 2:31 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Dell,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Server virtualizationIt's official: Dell's practice of ignoring channel partners in its news announcements is a trend.
For the third time since May, Dell made no mention of its resellers during a major* news announcement. And as any journalist will tell you, if something happens three times, that's a trend.
