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July 17, 2008  6:19 PM

HP’s mini-data center in a box: No partner play yet



Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors, Channel partner programs, Data storage management, Direct reseller channel conflict, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, IT channel products and technologies, Networking technology, News, Reseller channel business development, Server virtualization, Servers and desktop hardware, Software as a service (SaaS), Sun

HP has introduced a data center in a box. Or a pod. Well actually a shipping container.

The mini data center, called Performance Optimized Data Center or POD, is a 40-foot shipping container that houses more than 3,500 computer nodes, or 12,000 large-hard drives, and delivers the...

July 17, 2008  1:47 PM

Belden-Trapeze deal complete



Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors, Channel, Channel partner programs, Cisco, Mobile networking technology, Networking technology, News, Reseller channel business development, Wireless networking

Belden Cable announced this week that its $133 million acquisition of one of the largest privately owned Wireless LAN (WLAN) providers Trapeze Networks is complete. Published statements from Belden still don’t make clear how, or even if, Trapeze’s 200 partners will be worked into Belden’s...


July 15, 2008  1:41 PM

Citrix names new channel chief



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs, News, Server virtualization, Virtualization

Citrix has named Tom Flink its new vice president of worldwide channel and sales strategy. Flink will take over for Al Monserrat, who was promoted Friday to senior vice president of sales and services. Flink...


July 14, 2008  4:14 PM

Quite a useful tool for short-circuiting information overload, if you’re willing to pay for it



Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors, Channel partner programs, Heather Clancy, IT channel products and technologies, Leading technology vendors, Reseller channel business development, Software as a service (SaaS), Supplier relationship management, Vendor partner business issues

I've been pretty vocal in the past about the need for an application or system that helps solution providers consolidate all the different information feeds they receive (or could receive) from their preferred vendor partners. Well, such an animal exists in the form of a SaaS application from


July 10, 2008  6:32 PM

Cisco worldwide channel chief: Partners are about more than fulfillment



Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors, Channel partner programs, Cisco, Networking technology, News, Reseller channel business development, SMB

Cisco senior vice president of worldwide channels Keith Goodwin gave a mini state-of-the-channel address during a web conference with Wall Street analysts Wednesday. Goodwin painted a picture of an evolving channel that is based more on selling integrated technology and services than on pushing...


July 9, 2008  11:51 AM

Microsoft security partners get bonuses for selling identity products



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs, Microsoft, Network and application security, News, Systems and systems management

Lost among the hoopla over Microsoft's Vista and Software as a Service news yesterday were some...


July 7, 2008  8:08 PM

Microsoft working on hosted ERP software



Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs, Enterprise applications, Microsoft, News, Software as a service (SaaS)

A Microsoft-hosted enterprise resource planning (ERP) offering is appearing more and more likely. That's according to Marie Huwe, Microsoft's general manager for partner marketing strategy. Today at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference here in Houston, senior news editor Barb Darrow and I...


July 7, 2008  1:24 PM

Microsoft: We will cut partners in on our hosted infrastructure services



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Channel partner programs, Direct reseller channel conflict, Email -- Exchange, Outlook, IT buyer market research, IT channel products and technologies, Managed services providers, Microsoft, News, Software as a service (SaaS)

The word wafting around the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is that the company will at last outline partner rebate/commission structure for those partners bringing customers to Microsoft-hosted solutions including the Microsoft


July 7, 2008  8:07 AM

More on Microsoft org changes



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Channel partner programs, Direct reseller channel conflict, Enterprise applications, Microsoft, News

More details on the big Microsoft org changes are starting to trickle out. For Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), home of the Dynamics lineup of ERP and CRM products,


July 3, 2008  9:34 AM

Microsoft reorgs US partner group



Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow, Channel partner programs, Microsoft, News, Reseller channel business development, Vendor partner business issues

Robert Deshaies and Cynthia Bates will divvy up responsibilities for Microsoft's US partner organization, Microsoft said late Wednesday night. Deshaies, who had been vice president of the US Partner...