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The cloud vs. converged hardware
- TechTarget 20 Jun 2011 -
Oracle-HP slap fight continues
- TechTarget 16 Jun 2011 -
HP shakeup: Livermore kicked upstairs
- TechTarget 14 Jun 2011
As Oracle, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard try to convince the world that every data center needs Oracle or Cisco or HP's own unique brand of converged hardware--that mythical IT beast that somehow ...
It would be sad if it weren't so entertaining: The HP-versus-Oracle spat ratcheted up again this week with Hewlett-Packard suing Oracle. Again. This time it's about Oracle's decision to deep-six ...
Ann Livermore, the respected Hewlett-Packard veteran once considered a prime CEO candidate, is relinquishing day-to-day responsibilities and will take a seat on the HP board. Here's HP's official ...
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IT channel merger activity continues apace
13 Jun 2011 -
Oracle hardware: It is a mystery
- TechTarget 08 Jun 2011 -
Rumor alert: Dell to buy Brocade?
- TechTarget 07 Jun 2011 -
Why the BYO device phenom is great service opp
06 Jun 2011 -
Business users buy Macs--with their own dough
- TechTarget 05 Jun 2011 -
VCE boosts distribution
- TechTarget 31 May 2011 -
Research: Digital signage market could triple by 2016
31 May 2011
Since I wrote my article last month about the spike in channel mergers and acquisitions, two more big deals have come to my attention -- one aimed at expanding the service footprint of the ...
It's really not news that Oracle sales people go into a discounting frenzy at the close of the fiscal year. And, that discounting has netted Oracle some Exadata deals in its fourth quarter ending ...
There are rumors swarming that Dell may buy Brocade Communications Systems Inc. Brocade is respected for its high-end SAN networking gear and owns 70% of the SAN switching market, and would be a ...
There have been many prognostications about the bring-your-own-device movement, the phrase used to describe the phenomenon of people using their own IT equipment for work purposes. Mainly, it ...
It's not news that almost anything Apple is hot (iTunes hate notwithstanding). What is news is who's buying this Apple gear and for what purpose. Case in point: Last week, a long-time source ...
Our good buddies at The Virtual Computing Environment Co., last week added four distributors -- Arrow, Avnet, Ingram Micro and Magirus--to its channel roster. that means a VCE VAR selling Vblocks ...
When I first started covering the market for digital signage solutions -- all those electronic displays that can deliver messages in places from retail floors to board rooms along with the software ...
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CDW study suggests cloud enthusiasm overblown
26 May 2011 -
Tech CEOs on the hot seat
- TechTarget 26 May 2011 -
Channelinsight data reporting can help VARs get paid quicker
- TechTarget 23 May 2011 -
HP CEO forecast cuts kick up ruckus
- TechTarget 19 May 2011 -
Jobs, Apple crush Dell; Dell turns to partners. Coincidence?
- TechTarget 19 May 2011
Here's one for your "hmmm" files: IT solution provider CDW has just released its first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, which is based on a survey of 1,200 IT professionals that are involved with ...
There are some prominent executive fannies on some very hot seats right now. And calls for change at the top of high-tech giants are getting hard to ignore. So ... which high-tech CEO should go ...
Channelinsight’s new channel sales management suite is for vendors, but what may be of interest to VARs is its Channelinsight DataConnect component. The platform, available free to ...
Many Hewlett-Packard VARs are not enamored of the company’s new CEO and have been vocal—if not attributable—in their view that he is not “the” guy to run HP. Most of those VARs were fans of the ...
Apple is worth ten times more than Dell. Think about that. That must be sweet for Apple CEO Steve Jobs, especially since Michael Dell once famously said if he ran Apple, he’d shut it down and ...