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April 17, 2011  7:32 PM

SAP loses its Wookey: Will he show up at HP?



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, David Meyer, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, John Wookey, Leo Apotheker, Oracle, SAP

The twitterverse is tingling with reports (from reliable sorts like Ray Wang) that John Wookey is leaving/has left SAP. No word on his destination but smart money's on Hewlett-Packard.

April 7, 2011  12:00 PM

HP sues Adrian Jones, war with Oracle rages on



Posted by: badarrow
Adrian Jones, Barbara Darrow, HP, IT channel products and technologies, Oracle

Hewlett-Packard VARs said it might get ugly and it has. HP is suing former channel chief Adrian Jones for theft of trade secrets such as strategic and financial plans, sales figures and employee...


April 6, 2011  6:02 PM

Microsoft to host ERP, so what?



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Dynamics, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Microsoft, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft-hosted ERP, NetSuite, Oracle, Paul DeGroot, Ray Wang, Zach Nelson

Next week the world will hear more about plans for Microsoft-hosted ERP. That move has long been weighed and even Microsoft ERP partners who sell and implement Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, or...


March 29, 2011  2:44 PM

HP APC: Leo’s here, how’d he do?



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Hewlett-Packard, HP, HP APC, HP partners, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Leo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, Oracle

LAS VEGAS--Hewlett-Packard VARs have had their knickers in a twist since the unceremonious departure of HP CEO Mark Hurd in August and the subsequent hiring of Leo Apotheker as CEO a few months later.


March 28, 2011  4:09 AM

HP partner wish list



Posted by: badarrow
APC, Barbara Darrow, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, HP, HP Americas Partner Conference, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Microsoft, Oracle

LAS VEGAS--As the Hewlett-Packard Americas Partner Conference convenes here Monday,  HP VARs and integrators have a lot of questions for the new management. Here, based on a totally unscientific survey, is what they want to hear from HP. 1: What's the HP cloud plan? Be...


March 25, 2011  3:25 PM

Oracle software biz soars but hardware remains a mystery



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Exadata, Exalogic, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Oracle earnings, Safra Catz, SPARC, Sun

Both Oracle co-presidents were upbeat on yesterday's third quarter earnings call--flaunting 37% revenue growth to $8.8 billion compared to the year-ago figures. Sales of new software licenses rose a healthy 29% to $2.2 billion compared to the comparable-quarter last year. ...


March 23, 2011  7:58 PM

Oracle, HP spatting again



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Dave Donatelli, Hewlett-Packard, IDC, Intel, IT channel products and technologies, Itanium, Oracle, Paul Otellini

Okay, someone's gonna have to separate these two. Oracle and Hewlett-Packard are at it again and this act is starting to wear thin. Continued »


March 16, 2011  8:11 PM

Adrian Jones surfaces at Oracle



Posted by: badarrow
Adrian Jones, Barbara Darrow, Hewlett-Packard, IT channel products and technologies, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Sun

It's not really announced yet but Adrian Jones, once the channel chief at Hewlett-Packard, is now at Oracle Corp.


March 8, 2011  6:13 PM

HP services take it on the chin



Posted by: badarrow
Accenture, Barbara Darrow, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, HP, HP Services, IBM, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Oracle

Sometimes you wonder if Hewlett-Packard can buy itself a break. Checkout this Wall Street Journal  headline: IBM shows HP how to serve clients. Ouch.


February 24, 2011  3:34 PM

HP’s the odd man out as IBM and Oracle tango



Posted by: badarrow
Add new tag, Barbara Darrow, Hewlett-Packard, HP, HP board, IBM, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Larry Ellison, Leo Apotheker, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Ray Lane, Sam Palmisano

Oracle, which some wiseguy termed the world's scariest software company, may now--with the Sun acquisition -- be the world's scariest IT company, Period. The software giant's...