Year: 2006

  • Thoma Cressey Moves Seen as Boon for IBM

    Thoma Cressey Moves Seen as Boon for IBM

    Brian Prince

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    During the past several years, investment company Thoma Cressey Equity Partners has made its presence felt in the software world, and 2006 was no exception. In just the last few months, the company acquired and merged Vision Solutions International and iTera. Then, Thoma Cressey entered into a recapitalization agreement with Sirius Computer Solutions. All totaled,… Read more

  • Cisco Primes the Channel

    Cisco Primes the Channel

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Cisco Primes the Channel In this Changing Channels podcast, Mike Vizard talks with Keith Goodwin, channel chief for Cisco, about the company’s move toward becoming a platform vendor rather than just selling a collection of networking products. Host: Mike Vizard Length: 00:25:35 Cisco to Buy Digital Signage Startup Cisco Capital Slates $2B in Financing for… Read more

  • CIOs Point the Way to Value

    CIOs Point the Way to Value

    Michael Vizard

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    While some folks in the channel may find it troubling that a December survey by CIO Insight, a sister publication of Channel Insider, found that CDW provided the most value of all the vendors they deal with, solution providers might want to take heart over the long-term implications of that ranking. CDW, one of only… Read more

  • The Notebook Rises

    The Notebook Rises

    Pedro Pereira

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    In the past few years, solution providers and distributors have been watching a trend that only a decade ago would have seemed improbable: Notebook PCs are overtaking desktops, not only at the enterprise level, but also at small and midsize businesses. In 2007, the amount of revenue generated by laptops is expected to surpass that… Read more

  • IBM: Partners Turning Back to Mainframe Solutions

    IBM: Partners Turning Back to Mainframe Solutions

    Scott Ferguson

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    For IBM and its partners, mainframes are back in style. The Armonk, N.Y., IT giant announced Dec. 19 that nearly 400 of its partners and ISVs have begun to offer more than 1,000 applications based on its System z mainframes that run Linux. The reason for ISVs turning to Linux-based mainframes vary, but Buell Duncan,… Read more

  • Top 10 Lessons for IT Project Success

    Top 10 Lessons for IT Project Success

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The key to project success is learning from what works as well as what doesn’t work . Baseline has compiled a list of best practices drawn from nearly 230 case studies we’ve written in the last five years. Lesson 1: Business processes should set the agenda, not technology. Toyota Motor is on track to pass… Read more