November 6, 2007 10:59 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Data storage management,
Direct reseller channel conflictTalk about strange bedfellows.
Dell's decision to buy EqualLogic, a company led by CEO Don Bulens, made some heads spin.
Bulens, before his stints at Radnet and Trellix, was the chief partner advocate for Lotus Notes. He was, in short, very...
October 30, 2007 6:43 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Data storage management,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
Managed services providers,
Network and application security,
Reseller channel business development,
SMBBeen prepping this week for a presentation I'm giving on behalf of my colleagues at channel consulting firm SWOT Management Group to Oki Data's solution provider advisory council (full disclosure on where my head is right...
October 2, 2007 6:16 AM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Data storage management,
Reseller channel business development,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VirtualizationDespite the need to project budgets and hiring plans into the future, relying on generalized economic indicators can be iffy and, in some cases, counterproductive.
Right now, for example, a
September 27, 2007 9:31 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Cisco,
Data storage management,
Reseller channel business development,
Supplier relationship management,
Systems and systems management
Avnet Inc. today announced that it will acquire the IT solutions division of Acal plc., a strategic move that pushes Avnet’s distribution channels further into Europe and shores up its storage offerings to customers in the European Union.
September 21, 2007 1:59 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Data storage management,
Server virtualization,
VirtualizationA VMware executive has clarified that the company intends to embed only the ESX Server 3i thin hypervisor into server hardware from Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM and other hardware vendors.
Brian Byun, VMware’s vice president of global partners and solutions, said he wants to...
September 21, 2007 9:59 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Data storage management,
Microsoft,
Oracle
Reusing a dog-eared page from its playbook, Microsoft this week said it will offer Oracle database users discounts to move to SQL Server.
As of Wednesday,...
September 13, 2007 1:21 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Data storage management,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
News,
SMB,
Supplier relationship management,
Systems and systems management
Hewlett-Packard Co. launched an assault on the mid-market yesterday, targeting what it calls the “global 500,000” – companies with between 100 and 999 employees.
Like similar marketing campaigns from Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle and SAP,...
September 13, 2007 2:10 AM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Channel,
Data storage management,
Reseller channel business development,
Server virtualization,
Servers and desktop hardware,
Virtualization
Are VMware partners making money? Company execs at VMworld in San Francisco, Calif. last week said yes, but not always in the ways you'd expect. ...
September 5, 2007 10:52 PM
Posted by: Brein Matturro
Application development,
Data storage management,
Open-source,
Reseller channel business development,
Sun,
Tech Blogs,
VirtualizationNetwork Appliance Inc. today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Sun Microsystems Inc. seeking damages and an injunction against Sun to prevent further distribution of Sun’s file system technology.
The lawsuit, filed in the...
