August 9, 2010 8:13 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
distributor,
economy,
Global Technology Distribution Council,
GTDC,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
Tim CurranEven if the broader U.S. figures suggests that economic uncertainty lingers, the IT sector continues to show signs of a turnaround both in the United States and in Europe.
According to data from The Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC), U.S. hardware...
July 26, 2010 2:05 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Breakaway,
energy,
Green IT,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesForrester Research's latest survey on green IT trends (its seventh) highlights a big jump in the number of businesses that are planning to invest in some sort of software or solution for tracking their carbon footprint or energy consumption.
July 15, 2010 8:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Gold,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Partner Network,
Microsoft partners,
Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference,
SilverStill have questions about the Microsoft Gold, Advanced, no Gold competencies? Here's an explanation of the...
July 14, 2010 4:01 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CompTIA,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesThought y'all could use a bit of non-Microsoft news this week. (No offense, Barb.) In any event, there are two new research tidbits out from CompTIA that relate to our national obsession: the economy.
July 14, 2010 12:27 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
Microsoft ServicesMicrosoft has tweaked its "Services Ready" deliverables to make the more flexible and affordable for VARs and integrators.
July 7, 2010 2:35 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Green IT,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesThanks to the CompTIA services professional group for asking me to handle a session on green IT issues during the upcoming Breakaway 2010 conference in San Antonio next month (it's almost...
July 5, 2010 6:40 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesA new survey from market research firm Gartner shows that the main things that IT buyers are looking for more external service providers are cost reductions and technologies to help "keep the lights on."
June 29, 2010 6:33 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
CompTIA,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
law firm,
legal,
surveyIf you have never thought about targeting law firms as a potential customer segment, you might want to take a look at a new survey conducted by CompTIA, the self-billed non-profit trade association for the IT industry.
June 29, 2010 4:23 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and services,
OPN,
Oracle,
Oracle Partner Network,
SPA,
Sun,
Sun hardware VARs,
Sun Partner AdvantageArrow ECS yesterday unveiled a Fast Track program to help Sun hardware VARs move into the Oracle Partner Network (OPN).
This is no easy task, since no one outside of Oracle appears to know what role there will be for Sun hardware resellers going forward. Or if there will be a role. Oracle...
