Oracle to VARs: Specialize

So, if you're an Oracle VAR (or a Sun VAR wanting to become an Oracle VAR) here's what you gotta do: Specialize. Continued »
Inspiration for tech legal eagles

If you have never thought about targeting law firms as a potential customer segment, you might want to take a look at a new survey conducted by CompTIA, the self-billed non-profit trade association for the IT industry.
Helping Sun hardware VARs take the Oracle leap

Arrow ECS yesterday unveiled a Fast Track program to help Sun hardware VARs move into the Oracle Partner Network (OPN). This is no easy task, since no one outside of Oracle appears to know what role there will be for Sun hardware resellers going forward. Or if there will be a role. Oracle...
Symantec Survey: Security is biggest SMB tech worry, mobility bigger factor

What, me worry? In stark contrast to just 15 months ago, the 2010 Global SMB Information Protection Survey from...
Oracle turns the screw on Sun hardware support

News from the field is that as of Monday, Oracle will no longer accept any purchase orders on Sun (er Oracle) hardware that do not include support.
Allison Watson leaves partner role at Microsoft

Two Microsoft corporate VPs are swapping places. Allison Watson, who has been the worldwide partner chief at Microsoft for eight years, is moving into a new marketing role at the software giant. Watson will be...
Oracle nixes HP Solaris contract

You had to see this one coming. The Register reports that Oracle has deep-sixed Hewlett-Packard's ability to sell/support Solaris running on X-64-based HP hardware. Given that Oracle has said it will only...
Quick video refresher on new Microsoft competencies

OK, so probably many of you have made your arrangement to fly to Washington, D.C., for the annual Microsoft worldwide partner conference. Last year, the company announced a whole set of new competencies, which means that most of you have had to rejigger your certifications with the software...
Whoops! Oracle/Sun not looking so profitable after all

Remember when Larry Ellison chastised analysts and reporters for forecasting that Oracle would decimate Sun Microsystems headcount? Oracle was hiring, not firing, he said. And, remember Ellison promising that the...
Oracle Sun hardware support policies already wearing thin

Hewlett-Packard, IBM and yes--even Cisco Systems--hope to make hay out of Oracle's decision to boost support price on Sun hardware.
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