IT Channel News

HP's new server-and-storage chief gets networking too
Brocade-IBM OEM deal toughens the game for networking VARs
EMC revenue down, employees asked to take pay cut; Cisco shops look ahead to FCoE
Microsoft updates Tellme service
Top IT channel news for April 2009
Citrix, Microsoft talk virtual desktop; IBM picks partners
Making the case for 'live' incident response
Windows 7 on track; Facebook to open up
Microsoft, VMware earnings news; Virtualization needs security
Oracle/Sun deal casts shadows over hardware, MySQL
Canonical releases Ubuntu; Obama on cybersecurity
Microsoft opens up more services to Gold partners
Compliance drives opportunities for security integrators
'New' Siemens gets channel religion
VAR marketing plans change course in tough economy
Oracle-Sun deal a storage game changer?; VMware extends storage features with vSphere 4
Channel survey: Recession taking a toll on storage resellers
Data visualization, BI go hand in hand; cloud security not a threat
VMware launches vSphere virtual infrastructure software
HP to Cisco: Take that!; vSphere unveiled
VARs turn wary eye on Sun-Oracle combo
Sophos uses North American channel strategy for new global program
Red Hat, Synnex form Open Source Channel Alliance
Oracle to buy Sun; Cisco reveals info on data center servers
Vembu launches backup through Amazon cloud
Avnet announces SecurePath program to boost reseller sales
Tech Data to manage Microsoft ISV royalty program
DOJ wants continued Microsoft oversight; Mitel adds fixed-mobile convergence
VMware consolidates resellers, other partners into one channel program
Microsoft puts archiving into Exchange; new products can't save Sun
Abundant credit flows to VARs smart enough to ask for it
Yahoo eyes more cuts; eBay to sell Skype
Marshal8e6 launches North American channel program
McAfee, HP form global reseller agreement
Websense to sell new Web gateway through channel
Fusion-io to add software, SSD-based storage systems; EMC clusters Symmetrix high-end disk arrays
Check Point, Nokia Security Appliance acquisition completed
Cisco Westcon agreement eases foreign market entry for VARs
IBM to help SOA partners with SEO and social net tools
Synnex signs Red Hat for open source SMB push
Microsoft transitions Windows XP support; Autodesk builds new partner portal
Asigra forges channel partner program for MSPs, resellers
Oracle jumps on Google apps bandwagon; SAP shops start to virtualize
When vendors get too big (and channel unfriendly), VARs get going
Cisco snaps up Tidal Software; Samba 4 beta to be released
Cisco to acquire Tidal Software
VirtualBox targets VMware users; Microsoft updates virtual desktop
Securing Smart Grid: How solution providers can help
Anti-Microsoft crusader returns; Midmarket companies eye new tools
Nokia Siemens bids for Nortel carrier unit, could end Nortel brand
Indoor trucks and cement walls: A freight company finds WLAN technology
EMC overhauls its archiving line; extended coverage from SNW
Secure Computing partners warily await McAfee partner program changes
Sun stock plummets on IBM news; Microsoft delays Stirling
Tech Watch: Managing virtualization deployments for customers
Fortinet gets into endpoint security solutions with 1000B appliance
Internet Explorer loses share; HP promotes environmental progress
PGP partners with Avnet to boost channel play
Trend Micro beefs up channel with new SaaS offerings
Conficker damage minimized; Ubuntu fights for data center cred
Sun and IBM deal called off
Google Android OS on netbooks: An intriguing proposition
Cloud security group planned; RIM launches apps store
Avaya and Siemens vying for Nortel's enterprise networking business?
Google gains netbook momentum; Win 2008 parsed for small biz
Stimulus bill money fuels solid projects for Cisco partners
Dell launches PS6000 iSCSI SANs; slow-restore claims on Quantum VTL
VMware aims to reduce channel conflict between VARs, OEMs
Data centers battle budget cuts; ParaScale debuts cloud storage
Skype takes iPhone plunge; rethinking production-level virtualization
Microsoft small business specialists get free virtual manager
Recession reinforces need for Windows-open source coexistence
Novell offers SUSE Enterprise Linux 11 partner training
Gartner: Take on Vista now to avoid pain later; McNealy on IBM
Dell signs distributors; IBM plans more job cuts
IBM partners see light in midrange mainframe market
Office coming in 32- and 64-bit versions; IT spending swoon continues
Networked elevators and lights? VARs network building systems
The role of storage in IBM-Sun deal; The Planet launches cloud service
Networking VARs could grab smart grid stimulus bill funding
Oracle buys again; users stick with OS-independent VMs
Salesforce.com 'twitterizes' CRM; IT shops try OS systems management
Partners, customers react to Cisco Unified Computing System
CommVault bulks up channel support for Simpana
TomTom countersues Microsoft; NetSuite builds developer cloud
VARs give CA high marks for deal registration, incentive program
Cisco hopes to acquire Pure Digital; Oracle to fork out dividends
VARs weigh possible IBM takeout of Sun
HP ProCurve unveils SMB switch
IBM looking into Sun buy; Azure crash shows need for DR
Will Nortel rumors push channel partners away?
Email security vendor Sendio unveils new partner program
Managed services certification offered by MSPAlliance
FishNet Security partners with Optenet for security-as-a-service
Cisco Unified Computing irrelevant to most channel partners for now
RSA announces changes to SecurWorld partner program
EMC's Tucci hints at future storage products; storage industry makes a wish list for SSD
Kaspersky partners with D&H Distributing for improved channel posture
Security solution providers find new opportunities amid bleak economy
Cisco server plans filled in; another day another date for Win 7
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