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...
October 20, 2010 11:46 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
BPOS,
Google,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft Live Meeting,
Microsoft Office 365,
outageMicrosoft Live Meeting went bust today.
I know this because a partner event was cancelled this morning because of technical difficulties.
Continued...
October 14, 2010 7:38 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Autodesk,
channel programs,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
salesWhen you consider that the average IT solution provider supports easily a dozen different vendor relationships, all the sales training that blossoms out of those contracts must blur together. Interested in capturing more channel mindshare, Autodesk has taken a more unique approach to its channel...
October 11, 2010 1:27 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Business Intelligence,
cloud computing,
enterprise,
Green IT,
Heather Clancy,
innovation,
IT channel products and services,
IT infrastructureI had the good fortune to travel to Los Angeles last week for a visit with the attendees of distributor Arrow's annual Net@Work conference. Ostensibly, I was there to give a presentation, "The Entrepreneurial Enterprise," which focused on technology trends that are spurring big-business innovation....
September 27, 2010 8:38 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Autodesk,
cleantech,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
KETIV TechnologiesEver since I got into writing extensively about green IT and clean technology, many of my connections from the world of the technology solution provider channel have questioned whether or not either is a money-making opportunity.
September 22, 2010 11:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
Larry Ellison,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorldSAN FRANCISCO--Wow. Larry Ellison really knows how to put the OOW in Oracle OpenWorld. We're heading into hour two of his second keynote but the major chunk of the audience that is still sentient is gone.
Which co-president should be giving him the hook? Safra Catz? Mark Hurd? I guess those...
September 19, 2010 5:56 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
HP,
IBM,
IT channel products and services,
IT channel products and technologies,
IT Services,
Larry Ellison,
OracleSAN FRANCISCO--As the masses gather for Oracle OpenWorld here it'll be interesting to see how much of the big show will highlight more integrated systems, more Exadatas, perhaps the "VM Machine." More ZFS appliances. You know, the "Software. Hardware. Complete" vision of Larry Ellison's...
