IBM snaps up fraud-detection expert i2
The deeper that IBM Software gets into analytics, the deeper it gets into territory that hackers and other nefarious cyber-criminals are likely to target. Little wonder, then, that the giant IT...
View ArticleMicrosoft partners catch a break, new deal registration program delayed
News has spread that Microsoft will delay the LAR deal registration program launch that was slated for on Oct. 1, 2011 yet again until March 2012. While some LARs who rushed to get trained on T-36...
View ArticleEasing management is target of latest Citrix, VMware releases
Citrix and VMware are both focusing on updates and technology developments that help make their virtualization platforms easier to configure, deploy and manage. During its VMworld Europe conference...
View ArticleGartner: IBM is tops in third-quarter server revenue share
Worldwide revenue for servers increased by 5.2 percent year over year while shipments grew by 7.2 percent, according to the latest forecast figures from market research firm Gartner. Total revenue for...
View ArticleNetApp partners pleased with new midmarket hardware
NetApp is making a bid for the midmarket, and has made some changes to its entry-level product line, the FAS2000 systems, directed at the storage needs of mid-size businesses. The new FAS 2240 is...
View ArticleTaking stock of IBM’s 5 predictions for the next 5 years
If you are sick of the ridiculously short battery life you get out of your smartphone, you may only have five years to wait until kinetic energy technologies offer a respite. That is just one of the...
View ArticleDell plans to crank up channel marketing resources
I was lured into a briefing with some of Dell’s channel marketing team this week. While there really wasn’t any immediate news, I came away from the call with the general sense that the company plans...
View ArticleMicrosoft, GE create health care IT venture
General Electric and Microsoft have disclosed some details around a new 50-50 venture, called Caradigm, that the two companies are creating to target the healthcare IT segment. (Try saying the name of...
View ArticleIntel unleashes management tool to accompany channel server onslaught
As part of its latest server technology onslaught for custom systems builders and other channel resellers focused on hardware innovation, Intel has introduced a management tool specifically designed...
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Microsoft cloud research underscores channel’s role in adoption
There’s a new Microsoft survey out this week that suggests adoption of paid cloud services among businesses with two to 250 employees will double during the next five years. Right now, approximately 30...
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