Year: 2008

  • Finding Good News in Bad Jobs Numbers

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Even for a closet nerd like me, the amount of economic-related data we have been fed over the last few months has been overwhelming. The fact that 95 percent of it is depressing doesn’t help either. That’s why I was tickled to come across this factoid: “According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, through… Read more

  • Parrish: NetApp Committed to the Channel

    Parrish: NetApp Committed to the Channel

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Refuting persistent rumors and speculation that NetApp will shake off its solution providers in favor of a direct sales model, newly installed global channel chief Julie Parrish says the storage vendor is committed to growing its channel and working with solution providers to battle competitors head on. “I don’t think [NetApp] would have hired senior… Read more

  • Judge Orders Ex-Apple Exec to Stop Working

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      SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 5 (Reuters) – A U.S. District Court judge in New York ordered a newly hired Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) executive to stop work immediately because he might be violating an agreement with his former employer, IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz).   Federal District Judge Kenneth… Read more

  • Las Vegas Drops Hotel Rates for CES

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      NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gadget geeks, used to booking hotel rooms way in advance for the annual Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, may be one-upped by lazier peers this January. With just two months to go before the January 8-11 show, hotel rooms on the Strip are usually sold out by now. But this… Read more

  • Panasonic Captures Sanyo to Create Electronics Giant

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      TOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp said it would acquire smaller rival Sanyo Electric Co, creating Japan’s top electronics maker and foreshadowing further consolidation in an industry hit by slowing consumer demand. The acquisition, which one analyst estimated could cost about $8.8 billion, would fortify Panasonic’s competitiveness in rechargeable batteries and solar power equipment as… Read more

  • Microsoft Nixes New Yahoo Deal

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      SYDNEY (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer dismissed speculation the software giant might still be interested in buying Yahoo Inc, sending shares of the Internet company down 14 percent.   "We made an offer, we made another offer … We moved on," Ballmer told a business luncheon in Sydney on Friday, when… Read more