Year: 2009
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Bull’s Eye Award: Innovator of the Year
Categories: News and TrendsThe Innovator of the Year award goes to the solution provider, value-added reseller, integrator or service provider that has demonstrated the highest-level of creativity, either via a new product or technology or a sales/operational strategy that benefited the organization. Awards are given for the following: CHALLENGER recognizes a vendor or individual that isn’t in a… Read more
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Are Microsoft’s Best Days Behind It?
It’s strange and almost silly to think of putting Microsoft on a death watch, but chatter is increasingly rising about the steady decline and dimming future for the world’s largest and most successful software company. Just a couple of years ago Microsoft seemed an invincible force, yet an increasing number of pundits and solution providers… Read more
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Bull’s Eye Awards: Master MSP of the Year
Categories: News and TrendsThe Master Managed Services Provider of the Year Awards go to the companies that exemplify the top-notch services, support, training and expertise that other VARs seek out to run their own MSP operations successfully. Awards are given for the following: CHALLENGER recognizes a vendor or individual that isn’t in a leadership position today, but exhibits… Read more
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Dramatic Data Center Denouement: Making Sense of 2009
Lean and Green Seems like one of the mantras of 2009 was “Do more with less,” and that’s what going green is most often all about. Whether it’s greater energy efficiency or greater attention to recycling IT assets when they’ve come to the end of their useful lives, green was a big trend for the… Read more
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EMC Enhances Broad Storage Portfolio
In a mini-barrage of announcements, EMC has tweaked a number of its product portfolios, including Symmetrix V-Max, Captiva, Retrospect and Data Protection Advisor. According to Charles King, Principal Analyst, Pund-IT, the most important aspect of these announcements is that they illustrate the breadth of EMCs efforts across multiple markets and channels, and the company’s ability… Read more
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FTC Sues Intel for Alleged Anticompetitive Practices
What’s already been a very troubling year for Intel just got worse. The Federal Trade Commission is suing the world’s biggest computer chip maker, charging that the company has illegally used its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly. They allege that Intel “has waged a systematic campaign to… Read more