August 5, 2008 10:37 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Channel partner programs,
Linux,
NewsNovell channel chief Pat Bernard has left the company.
Novell said today that Bernard, its first vice president of global channel sales, left to pursue other interests. The company named Tim Wolfe, president and general manager of Novell Americas, as her acting replacement. Wolfe said in a...
July 31, 2008 12:58 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors,
Channel,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Hewlett-Packard,
NewsIt looks like the odyssey leading to Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) acquisition of Electronic Data Systems (EDS) is finally over. This morning, EDS shareholders overwhelmingly approved the...
July 30, 2008 5:26 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
collaboration software,
Email -- Exchange,
IBM,
Microsoft,
News,
Open-source,
Outlook,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Vendor partner business issues You have to hand it to Zimbra.The company, now part of Yahoo and seemingly unfazed by all that entails, is nothing if not aggressive. With Zimbra Desktopit's now taking on the grand poobah of e-mail...
July 28, 2008 8:52 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Channel partner programs,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Reseller channel business development,
Supplier relationship management,
Vendor partner business issuesIf you’re building out a Dell solutions practice, there’s a new third-party tool available from Aspire Technologies that’s supposed to help solution providers more quickly create sales quotes that include Dell products. Aspire, which is...
July 25, 2008 1:39 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
Hewlett-Packard,
News,
Reseller channel business developmentEDS shareholders agreed Thursday to vote on Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) bid to acquire the company, The Dallas Business Journal reported.
July 25, 2008 11:53 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Channel partner programs,
IT channel products and technologies,
Server virtualization,
VirtualizationBy Colin Steele, News Writer
Citrix likes Ingram Micro so much, it's going to stop seeing other distributors.
Citrix is going exclusive with Ingram Micro and expanding their distribution deal to include more rewards and resources for channel partners. The Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based virtualization...
July 24, 2008 10:22 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Microsoft,
News,
Vendor partner business issuesThe Redmond Watch is on. How soon can Microsoft erase all signs of Kevin Johnson? His name is already gone from the agenda for today's Financial Analyst Meeting where he was supposed to...
July 21, 2008 2:10 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Vendor partner business issuesIt's been a week since Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference, and sometimes a couple days of beaching it (along with a little adult beveraging), puts stuff into perspective.
Here's what percolated to...
July 20, 2008 3:51 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Authors,
Channel partner programs,
Cisco,
Data storage management,
EMC,
Enterprise applications,
Hewlett-Packard,
IT channel products and technologies,
Microsoft,
Networking technology,
News,
Reseller channel business development,
Servers and desktop hardware,
SunAsk Cisco executives about Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) deployment in data center and storage networks and they’ll tell you it’s a no-brainer. The technology will be ready for volume deployment by next year or 2010, and the channel should gear up and start training now.
