October 24, 2008 10:17 AM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Google,
Information technology services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Leading technology vendors,
Microsoft,
News,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Vendor partner business issuesHas Microsoft lost its mojo?
There's something different in the air. Microsoft is doing its best to drum up an uproar around next week's Professional Developers Conference (PDC). The company's code-name generator is in overdrive -- nothing new there. But it's become painfully obvious that the...
October 22, 2008 2:08 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
IT buyer market research,
Microsoft,
News,
Server virtualization,
Tech Blogs,
VMwareVMware posted strong financial results yesterday, despite the weak economy and increased competition from Microsoft.
The virtualization market leader took in $472 million in its third quarter -- a 32% increase over last year and more than Wall Street expected. Ashlee Vance of The New York...
October 2, 2008 10:30 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Colin Steele,
Google,
Microsoft,
News,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VMwareFor much of this year, Microsoft has been trying to convince people that it's serious about Software as a Service (or "
September 22, 2008 1:10 PM
Posted by: badarrow
Barbara Darrow,
Collaboration software,
IT channel products and technologies,
News,
Oracle,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VirtualizationIt looks like Oracle is embracing "the cloud."
At Oracle OpenWorld on Monday, the two Chucks -- Oracle president Charles Phillips and executive vice president Chuck Rozwat--said Oracle is making...
September 17, 2008 9:41 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Virtualization,
VMwareThis morning I'm packing up my stuff and heading back East after covering VMworld 2008 for the past two days. But that doesn't mean our coverage of the event is over -- not by a long shot.
Visit www.SearchITChannel.com/VMworld2008 this week...
September 16, 2008 6:14 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Microsoft,
News,
Novell,
Virtualization,
VMwareLAS VEGAS -- I just left a Q&A session with VMware CEO Paul Maritz, where I asked him about the "poker chip" guerrilla marketing campaign that Microsoft launched this morning at...
September 16, 2008 5:25 PM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
News,
Virtualization,
VMwareLAS VEGAS -- VMware's cruel summer lent a bit of intrigue to this morning's keynote address at VMworld: What, if anything, would new CEO Paul Maritz say about the departure of co-founders Diane Greene and Mendel Rosenblum?
As you'll recall, back in July, EMC CEO Joe Tucci fired Greene in front of...
September 16, 2008 4:22 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
Cisco,
Collaboration software,
Enterprise applications,
Networking technology,
News,
Server virtualization,
Software as a service (SaaS),
VirtualizationCisco CEO John Chambers kicked off his keynote address at the company’s Financial Analyst Conference with an unusual message: “Ask not what Wall Street can do for Cisco, but what Cisco can do for Wall Street.”
Chambers offered condolence to financial analysts reeling from plunging markets...
September 16, 2008 11:53 AM
Posted by: Bcournoyer
Microsoft,
News,
Virtualization,
VMwareLAS VEGAS -- Microsoft has a booth here at VMworld 2008, but they’re not being a very good guest in VMware’s house.
On my way through the Venetian this morning, I...
