December 16, 2008 10:12 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Authors,
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologiesThere will be no more Steve Jobs keynotes at Macworld Expo. Ever.
In fact, Apple is out of the Macworld Expo keynote business, it said. Phil Schiller's keynote will be the last Apple...
December 15, 2008 9:06 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Systems and systems management,
VirtualizationA vendor agreement announced last week by distributor Tech Data is definitely a sign of things to come in the virtualization space. That is, a move to manage and secure all the virtual environments that have sprung up all over your clients' data centers.
December 5, 2008 1:24 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Enterprise applications,
News,
SAPVARs could have a bigger role in the SAP channel, if Business Objects CEO John Schwarz has his way.
SearchSAP.com news editor Courtney Bjorlin this week alerted me to comments Schwarz made during a "fireside chat" at the Credit Suisse Technology Conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. He talked about the...
December 3, 2008 11:19 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Novell,
Open-sourceMicrosoft has spent a surprising amount of time, effort and money on open source initiatives this year.
At Interop back in April, Bob Muglia spent nearly an entire keynote discussing Microsoft's
November 26, 2008 12:44 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Hewlett-Packard,
Servers and desktop hardwareEarlier this week I got to talk with Casey Jones, a field sales executive for CDW Government, about the channel opportunities in the government market -- expected to be one of the hottest verticals in...
November 25, 2008 9:30 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Enterprise applications,
Microsoft,
Tech BlogsMicrosoft's new 0% financing offer for its Dynamics line of business software is a direct response to partners, the company's sales chief says in a new interview.
November 24, 2008 3:42 PM
Posted by: StorageSwiss
Data storage management,
George Crump,
IT channel products and technologies,
Server virtualization,
VirtualizationI get emails all day long from suppliers and every so often one of them contains something interesting. Last Friday, I received an email from Sepaton, a supplier of enterprise VTL solutions. While Sepaton has an excellent channel program, what interested me -- and should interest you -- about the...
November 21, 2008 2:44 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Channel partner programs,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Reseller channel business development,
Servers and desktop hardware,
SMB,
VAR training, certification,
Vendor partner business issuesAnyone who has any interest in representing green technology is familiar with the EPEAT rating system (EPEAT stands for Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool). At least I hope you are, since the government uses this information to guide procurement...
