February 9, 2011 1:59 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Channel partner programs,
Colin Steele,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
specializations,
VAR training, certification,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeBy Colin Steele, Senior Site Editor
ORLANDO -- VMware is moving away from certifying partners by size, instead focusing on their areas of expertise.
Two new channel specializations debuted today at the company's
February 4, 2011 5:55 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
VMware,
VMware Partner ExchangeVMware partners based in New England, the Midwest, well frankly anywhere but Florida, are dying to get to sunny Orlando for the VMware Partner Exchange.
News going into the show is that
January 31, 2011 2:44 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CloudBlue,
e-waste,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
ValComAs a long-time blogger on green IT matters, I can guarantee that one thing you're going to hear more about from your customers as they replace their outdated computers and servers this year is how to ensure that the stuff that's leaving isn't going to wind up in a landfill or, just as bad, in some...
January 26, 2011 4:58 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
EAs,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
large account resellers,
LARs,
Microsoft Enterprise Agreements,
Microsoft licensing,
Paul DeGrootPaul DeGroot knows more about Microsoft licensing than nearly anyone, including most people at Microsoft itself.
DeGroot formerly an analyst with Directions on Microsoft and now off on his own at PIca Communications, details in...
January 21, 2011 8:43 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CDW,
client virtualization,
data,
end-user research,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
VirtualizationI recently reported that desktop virtualization progressed less rapidly in 2010 than technology solution providers expected just one year ago. Now, CDW has released the results of an end-user...
January 21, 2011 2:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Eric Schmidt,
Google,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Page,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Ray Lane,
Sergei BrinLooks like Hewlett-Packard is ejecting a few bozos from its clown car of a board.
January 20, 2011 9:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
channel conflict,
Cisco,
EMC,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
the VCE Company,
VCE Coalition,
VMwareLookie here, the VCE Company is finally official after an extremely long birthing process reported here. And
January 12, 2011 8:42 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Andrew Bartels,
Forrester Research,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
IT spendingLooks like I should have waited a couple more days before filing my post last week about Gartner's 2011 IT spending predictions. That's because Forrester Research has...
January 6, 2011 9:47 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
budget,
economy,
forecast,
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
IT spendingWhat would a new year be without some sort of prediction about IT spending? The latest market research firm to oblige is Gartner, which is forecasting that worldwide IT spending will reach $3.6 trillion in 2011, up 5.1 percent from...
