October 18, 2010 3:45 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Bing,
Facebook,
IT channel products and technologies,
Mark Zuckerberg,
Microsoft,
privacy,
ZyngaGranted, Facebook is addictive. Especially the Scrabulous/Scrabble part which is what got me hooked. For many others, Zynga's FarmVille, Mafia Wars game portfolio is the original hook. And for those people--there's a rude awakening. Without knowing it, they have "overshared" their data.
October 13, 2010 2:53 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Citrix,
desktop virtualization,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
V-alliance,
VMware,
VMworld Europe[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/HpLmj4-lfAg" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
As we all know, VMworld Europe is all about Microsoft and Citrix. Or so say Microsoft and Citrix.
October 12, 2010 5:01 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Windows 7 phoneAfter so much build up that no one really seemed to care about a launch event, Microsoft finally launched Windows 7 Phone Monday in New York. And sooprise, sooprise, there were some good reviews.
October 6, 2010 7:35 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Jack Welch,
Leo Apotheker,
Marc Andreessen,
Mark Hurd,
Ray LaneHP's board can't catch a break these days. Now it's Jack Welch getting in on the action, terming...
September 30, 2010 9:51 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
IT channel products and technologies,
Leo Apotheker,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
Ray Lane,
SAPSAP veteran Leo Apotheker is HP's new CEO. Perhaps more interesting, is that Ray Lane, a venture capitalist and a former president of Oracle was named to HP'sboard. Oracle, famously,...
September 30, 2010 5:39 PM
Posted by: badarrow
3Com,
Barbara Darrow,
CDW,
converged infrastructure,
deal registration,
Hewlett-Packard,
HP,
ISS servers,
IT channel products and technologies,
IT channel technology and services,
PartnerOne,
TippingPointHewlett-Packard continues to finetune its PartnerOne program, putting more of its acquired products under deal registration for its channel partners.
Starting November 1, more of the company's ISS...
September 29, 2010 6:10 PM
Posted by: badarrow
AMD,
Barbara Darrow,
chips,
Intel,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microprocessors,
Oracle,
SPARC,
Sun MicrosystemsSo, Oracle's in the market for chip companies. And AMD quickly leapt to the top of the list of prospective targets.
September 24, 2010 3:22 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Exalogic,
IT channel products and technologies,
Java,
JavaOne,
Larry Ellison,
Mark Hurd,
Oracle,
Oracle OpenWorld 2010,
Safra Catz,
Sun,
Sun MicrosystemsThere was a lot to ponder at Oracle OpenWorld 2010 aside from the obvious news items: A new Exalogic super-duper Web server that is also--depending on your point of view--a cloud in a box or the return of a DEC VAX. Also Fusion Apps which, pardon the skepticism, have been on their way now for a...
September 22, 2010 4:54 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Amazon,
Amazon Web Services,
Barbara Darrow,
IT channel products and technologies,
Larry Ellison,
Marc Benioff,
Oracle,
Salesforce.comOracle needs to prove it "gets" the cloud. Amazon needs to show that its Web services are ready for the enterprise.
Hence the deal under which Amazon will cordon off part of its vaunted cloud...
