http://www.channelinsider.com Channel Insider - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:02:53 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:02:53 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:17 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Commentary/IBMs-MidMarket-Push-497824/?kc=rss - IBM is hell-bent on become the preferred technology and services provider for mid-market customers globally. And in true big-Blue form, they‘ve focused thousands of people and a lot of money to get there. With nearly 25% marketshare across their broad portfolio in the mid-market globally, theyre...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Commentary/IBMs-MidMarket-Push-497824/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:57:48 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Green-IT-and-Green-Computing/HP-Cisco-Initiatives-Highlight-Data-Center-Convergence-893195/?kc=rss - Got unified computing? These days vendors are pushing these technologies – pre-integrated storage, servers, networking and virtualization -- in the form of products or reference designs as the answer for all that ails the data center. The message to customers is that these systems make things a...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Green-IT-and-Green-Computing/HP-Cisco-Initiatives-Highlight-Data-Center-Convergence-893195/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:20 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/CDW-Bullish-About-SMB-Market-217575/?kc=rss - CDW has discovered some interesting trends in the SMB market that reveal a number of potential opportunities for the channel. Coupled with another CDW study from two weeks ago, the super-VAR -- 2008 sales of $8.07 billion -- paints an optimistic picture for the sale of IT products and services. T...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/CDW-Bullish-About-SMB-Market-217575/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:37:01 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/IBM/IBM-Woos-Developers-With-Cloud-Offerings-702396/?kc=rss - IBM on Friday unveiled two new cloud-based services aimed at software developers looking to build applications in the cloud. IBM Rational Software Delivery Services for Cloud Computing consists of application lifecycle management tools made available as cloud services so that developers, partners a...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/IBM/IBM-Woos-Developers-With-Cloud-Offerings-702396/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:52:41 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Storage/Data-Dedupe-Heats-Up-with-Acquisitions-Such-as-Data-Domain-and-Kadena-752117/?kc=rss - Data dedupe and backup-and-restore software were put under the spotlight recently when EMC outdueled NetApp to buy Data Domain, shelling out $2.1 billion for a company that was generating less than $300 million in annual sales. The good news for EMC is that Deloitte LLP ranked Data Domain as the...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Storage/Data-Dedupe-Heats-Up-with-Acquisitions-Such-as-Data-Domain-and-Kadena-752117/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:36:09 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Workshare-Offers-Workshare-Compare-for-Power-Point-442525/?kc=rss - Microsoft partners looking to add some incremental value to Microsoft Office sales, take heed. Workshare has introduced Workshare Compare for PowerPoint, software that tracks changes to Power Point presentations that have been edited and reviewed by users besides the author. It's a need that'...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Workshare-Offers-Workshare-Compare-for-Power-Point-442525/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:30:03 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Symantec/Symantec-Offers-Preview-of-Partner-Engage-Conference-136236/?kc=rss - Security and storage channel providers converged in Orlando, Fla., this week to meet up with representatives at Symantec for the companys annual Partner Engage conference. The intensive day-and-a-half event is highlighted by several sneak peeks into Symantecs channel plans for 2010, including a ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Symantec/Symantec-Offers-Preview-of-Partner-Engage-Conference-136236/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:29:07 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Intel/Intel-Accused-of-Kickbacks-in-Antitrust-Suit-487585/?kc=rss - (Reuters) - Intel Corp was sued by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who accused the world's largest chipmaker of threatening computer makers and paying billions of dollars in kickbacks to maintain its market dominance. The lawsuit accuses Intel of violating state and federal antitrust law...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Intel/Intel-Accused-of-Kickbacks-in-Antitrust-Suit-487585/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:23:55 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/NetWitness-Updates-NextGen-IT-Forensics-Platform-for-Enterprise-775886/?kc=rss - The IT forensics gurus at NetWitness Nov. 4 announced a refresh for the company's NextGen enterprise network forensics and advanced threat intelligence platform, which they say will improve its marketability in the enterprise market and could make it easier for channel partners to compete with a ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/NetWitness-Updates-NextGen-IT-Forensics-Platform-for-Enterprise-775886/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:07:43 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Hewlett-Packard/HP-New-Data-Center-Strategy-Strikes-Back-at-Cisco-466495/?kc=rss - HP is semi-retiring its Adaptive Infrastructure initiative, unveiled in 2003, and announcing the Converged Infrastructure architecture, claiming it is the only vendor that can provide it, albeit in an open and standards-based approach that will be inclusive of other vendors, and which will have a...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Hewlett-Packard/HP-New-Data-Center-Strategy-Strikes-Back-at-Cisco-466495/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:30:42 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/ArcSight-Introduces-Log-Manager-with-IT-Operations-and-Security-Capabilities-391418/?kc=rss - Security information and event management company ArcSight introduced a new log management product this week that it claims will help resellers and other channel partners better sell to both information security and IT operations stakeholders within client companies. The new ArcSight Logger 4 ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Security/ArcSight-Introduces-Log-Manager-with-IT-Operations-and-Security-Capabilities-391418/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:19:22 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Spotlight/Illume-Capitalizes-on-Texting-and-Driving-Debate-408725/?kc=rss - The political debate over texting while driving is heating up and one software player is positioning itself to take full advantage. Illume Software, maker of mobile safety application iZup, added some big-name political power players to its advisory board this week, including former Senator Tom Dasc...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Spotlight/Illume-Capitalizes-on-Texting-and-Driving-Debate-408725/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:14:33 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Networking/Brocade-Reinforces-VendorNeutral-Strategy-With-Oracle-561905/?kc=rss - Taking a shot at Cisco's 'proprietary' Unified Computing strategy, Brocade is stressing its open approach with Oracle solutions from hardware OEMs HP, Sun, EMC and NetApp, to be sold through their channels. Brocade is announcing a set of solutions designed to enhance the performance of Oracle dat...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Networking/Brocade-Reinforces-VendorNeutral-Strategy-With-Oracle-561905/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:01:01 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Zlago-NMGI-Partner-to-Tackle-Accounting-Market-561212/?kc=rss - At the ConnectWise Partner Summit today, managed service provider Network Management Group Inc. (NMGI) and Zlago, a provider of cloud-based Microsoft applications and services, will announce a strategic partnership to form a master VAR relationship to enable resellers to deliver cloud apps to the ac...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Cloud-Computing/Zlago-NMGI-Partner-to-Tackle-Accounting-Market-561212/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:58:17 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Secure-Channel-Blog/Physical-Security-Beyond-Guns-Guards-and-Gates-334222/?kc=rss - The warehouses of broad-line IT distributor Ingram Micro will soon stock fire control systems, automated door locks and products along since servers, switches and storage arrays that make up the core of its portfolio. Ingram Micro announced yesterday that it will now stock physical security technol...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Secure-Channel-Blog/Physical-Security-Beyond-Guns-Guards-and-Gates-334222/?kc=rss