November 18, 2008 11:37 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Authors,
Barbara Darrow,
Hewlett-Packard,
Intel,
Microprocessors,
Microsoft,
Servers and desktop hardware,
Vendor partner business issuesThe class action suit filed over Microsoft's discredited "Vista Capable" hardware claims has brought to light quite the sordid saga.
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November 17, 2008 1:20 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Collaboration software,
Email -- Exchange, Outlook,
Enterprise applications,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Vendor partner business issuesMicrosoft has been all over the map about whether it will offer self-hosted ERP.
Company CEO Steve Ballmer some years ago told solution provider partners that the vendor would offer...
November 13, 2008 12:23 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Channel partner programs,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Managed services providers,
Reseller channel business development,
Vendor partner business issuesTaking a break from writing a couple of presentations for next week's distributor Synnex's Varnex community event to write about an interesting announcement I saw yesterday from Tata Consultancy Services and
November 11, 2008 8:11 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
IBM,
Microsoft,
Networking technology,
News,
Rivka LittleNortel is in bigger trouble than some even suspected. Monday the company reported a $3.41 billion loss in the third quarter and announced it would slash 1,300 jobs.
Most stunning about the announcement was that the first four employees to go were senior executives. Their departure is part of a...
November 11, 2008 1:29 PM
Posted by: StorageSwiss
George Crump,
Reseller channel business development,
Vendor partner business issuesAs discussed in an earlier blog post, the next few years are going to be all about making sure your customers know that spending dollars with you is a wiser investment than spending dollars with another...
November 9, 2008 4:43 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Reseller channel business development,
Vendor partner business issuesI attended a partner conference last week hosted by distributor Westcon, where I was honored to facilitate their opening industry panel. I'm not allowed to report on who exactly said what, but I can tell you that one sleeper topic (actually, not-so-sleeper but not-so-talked-about) among the five...
November 6, 2008 3:56 PM
Posted by: StorageSwiss
George Crump,
Reseller channel business development,
Supplier relationship management,
Vendor partner business issuesI spend much of the week speaking with suppliers about their solutions, and as you can imagine in almost every conversation the subject of the channel comes up. I'm surprised how little manufacturers understand about the channel and how to properly leverage the channel. So the first question is:...
November 5, 2008 6:39 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
News,
Rivka Little,
Tech BlogsCisco CEO John Chambers said Wednesday afternoon during a Q1 earnings call that he expects sales to fall 5 to 10% in the second quarter and that the company will go on a $1 billion cost cutting campaign, halting hiring as one of many maneuvers. The good news is that Chambers didn’t lower long...
