March 23, 2012 8:00 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
Intel,
IT channel products and servicesAs part of its latest server technology onslaught for custom systems builders and other channel resellers focused on hardware innovation, Intel has introduced a management tool specifically designed for custom server builders and the VARs deploying servers using its latest processor line.
The...
March 16, 2012 10:19 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
IDC,
IT channel products and services,
UC,
Unified communications,
video,
videoconferencingFinished wrapping up interviews for my next SearchITChannel Tech Watch story, looking at the convergence of network video applications and unified communications solutions that combine IP telephony, email, instant messaging and other voice...
March 9, 2012 3:17 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Apple,
Apple iPad,
Bring Your Own Device,
Forrester Research,
Heather Clancy,
iPad,
IT channel products and services,
tabletJust in case there was any doubt that consumer tablet computers are a force to be reckoned with in the business world, Forrester Research significantly increased its shipment projects for the next several years.
In its
March 2, 2012 4:38 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
hiring,
IT channel products and services,
recruiting,
womenI never really think about the ratio of men to women in the technology industry until I travel to conferences, where I find myself in the minority. The more technical the event, the fewer the women attendees, historically speaking.
The Anita Borg Institute for...
February 13, 2012 8:57 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
GE Healthcare,
healthcare IT,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
MicrosoftGeneral Electric and Microsoft have disclosed some details around a new 50-50 venture, called Caradigm, that the two companies are creating to target the healthcare IT segment. (Try saying the name of the company out loud, and you'll get it.)
The company, which will get its
February 3, 2012 3:15 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Cloud Services,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
SaaS,
software,
Software Licensing,
Tech DataAs awareness about software and content piracy increases along with the need for proper licensing management, distributor Tech Data has created a site that creates a way for technology solution providers to streamline software licensing management and to offer cloud-delivered applications and...
January 20, 2012 6:00 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Channel Marketing,
Dell,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesI was lured into a briefing with some of Dell's channel marketing team this week. While there really wasn't any immediate news, I came away from the call with the general sense that the company plans to put way more resources into creating marketing materials for the channel to use this year. It...
January 2, 2012 10:17 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
cloud infrastructure,
data center,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
mobilityWhile many people are still clinging today to one last day off associated with the New Year holiday, I'm plowing through the requisite year-in-review and year-ahead materials that those of us in journalism use to help keep us honest throughout the year. With that in mind, I dug up my report from...
December 23, 2011 8:07 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Artificial Intelligence,
Heather Clancy,
IBM,
IT channel products and services,
Kinetic EnergyIf you are sick of the ridiculously short battery life you get out of your smartphone, you may only have five years to wait until kinetic energy technologies offer a respite.
That is just one of the predictions in
