Channel Insider Staff

Just like the Energizer bunny, the adoption of private cloud technology keeps going and going. A case in point is DynamicOps, a cloud services provider that has seen some 300 percent growth in the private cloud market through 2011. While DynamicOps is the latest example of a rapidly growing cloud services company, it s by […]

Many enterprises are looking to unified communications (UC) products to increase productivity and simplify communications. However, adoption of UC solutions has long been a challenge, both financially and technologically, for those wanting the most out of UC. AT&T is aiming to simplify the transition to UC with a cloud-based offering that eliminates much of the […]

Increased adoption and personal use of advanced technology is paying dividends for small to midsize businesses (SMBs) around the world as the consumerization of IT continues to expand, especially in developing countries, according to survey research from IT research firm IDC. The report found that SMBs in developing countries are much more likely to encourage […]

Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones and 15.43 million iPads during its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which ended Dec. 31. That suggests a particularly strong holiday selling season for the company; the iPhone number, for example, was well above the 30.2 million units predicted by many analysts.   Overall, quarterly revenue totaled $46.33 billion, with a […]

Despite a surge in tech-sector downsizing in the second half of 2011, the number of job cuts announced by these firms last year plunged to the lowest level ever recorded in tracking going back to 1997, according to the latest report on technology sector job cuts released Jan. 23 by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & […]

Research In Motion appointed a new CEO Jan. 22, replacing longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie with Thorsten Heins, the company’s chief operating officer for product and sales. Heins has quite a task in front of him. RIM’s market share is steadily eroding in the face of aggressive competition by Apple’s iOS and Google […]

Mellanox Technologies is ramping up its efforts in the burgeoning 10 Gigabit Ethernet space with a new aggressive pricing structure and an expanded channel effort. Mellanox officials are hoping to add fuel to a business that they say has doubled its market share over the past two quarters and to make its 10GbE products from […]

Analyst firm IDC places EMC at the top of the worldwide Purpose Built Backup Appliance market, with EMC claiming 62 percent share for the first half of 2011. EMC s primary PBBA products include EMC Avamar, Data Domain and Disk Library for mainframe systems. Market growth and the impressive lead over its nearest competitor bodes […]

VMware, the world’s largest virtualization software and services provider, popped open at least a few people’s eyes Jan. 23 when it announced a whopping 67 percent year-over-year net income increase in its fourth-quarter 2011 earnings report. Continued growth in service and license revenue to go with larger profit margins helped VMware post quarterly net income […]

Research In Motion underwent a massive shakeup Jan. 22, with longtime co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepping aside in favor of Thorsten Heins, who now assumes the titles of both president and CEO. According to a statement issued by RIM, Lazaridis will become vice chair of RIM s board, as well as chair of […]

Networking specialist Juniper (NYSE: JNPR) and BitGravity, a subsidiary of Tata Communications, announced a partnership under which Juniper will acquire rights to the service management layer of BitGravity’s CDN technology. Juniper said it plans to complement its Media Flow Solution with the service management layer of BitGravity’s technology to enable service providers, online media companies […]

Intel is reorganizing its management team, unveiling several moves a day after announcing record revenue for 2011. As the giant chip maker moves into its new fiscal year, it will have new leaders of its PC and data center groups, a new COO, a new CIO and a new chief product officer, and President and […]