Jessica Davis

Google is reportedly phasing out internal company use of Microsoft Windows due to security concerns, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report cites unnamed Google employees who told the FT that new employees are given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or else PCs running Linux. Employees say that the directive […]

Doug Ford was never looking for any kind of exit strategy when he started up The I.T. Pros, a San Diego-based IT solution provider and MSP that has grown to a lean 21 employees and three profit centers in cloud computing, managed services and professional services. Rather, Ford was looking to expand beyond the San […]

How to Get Top Dollar When You Sell Your Business If you are considering a sale of your business, make sure to optimize it ahead of time to get the best sale price, says Charles Weaver, president of the MSPAlliance, who also consults with MSPs on M&As through his firm Weaver & Associates. Here’s a […]

Solar, Wind and Cow Manure Energy Power Tomorrow’s Data Centers As IT organizations move infrastructure to the cloud and data centers suck up more power, the search is on for affordable sources of renewable energy. And with a giant BP oil spill spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, the pressure may be on as never […]

If you’ve been waiting for an economic recovery to start your IT job search, now’s the time to pull the trigger. Joe Iovinelli, CEO of IT recruitment company SmartSource, tells Channel Insider that demand for senior-level systems engineers and networking engineers has tripled in the last four months. What’s more, candidates are getting multiple offers, […]

IT distributor Tech Data (NASDAQ:TECD) saw 13 percent growth in sales for its most recent quarter and a 44 percent jump in net income, a performance that adds another data point to the growing evidence that there’s an economic recovery under way. "I think we are in recovery," Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky tells Channel […]

Top Executives You Should Know at Networking Distributor Westcon Dean Douglas, President and CEO Douglas joined Westcon Group in June 2008 as chief operating officer and was promoted to serve as CEO just nine months later. He has also served as CEO for LCC International, an independent wireless engineering professional services firm, and has held […]

Looking for a full-time IT job? Dice reports a full-time hiring revival is under way, with the number of job postings jumping 20 percent month over month while contract position listings remained flat. Dice reports full-time openings totaled 43,198; part time totaled 1,241; and contract openings totaled 29,801. Click here for Channel Insider’s list of […]

Hewlett-Packard is offering Oracle SunSet Program incentives for partners who move customers off Oracle Sun SPARC servers for their SAP implementations to an HP infrastructure instead. HP made the announcement at the SAP Sapphire conference in Orlando, Fla., this week in the form of the HP Migration in a Box. The offering provides a comprehensive […]

Businesses that have come to rely on enterprise applications from vendors such as Oracle and SAP may believe that the complexity of their systems will prevent them from ever taking advantage of the benefits outsourcing those systems to the cloud. And customers are gravitating towards the cloud, both for the nimbleness it offers them, the […]

Greg Spierkel, CEO Just 13 years after he joined the company and five years after being elevated to CEO Ingram Micro’s Greg Spierkel seems a fixture at the giant distribution company and in the IT industry. He leads a business of about 13,750 workers in 36 countries. Spierkel’s resume includes a stint as president of […]

Enterprise software giant SAP (NYSE:SAP), which has struggled over the course of the recession, is beefing up its competitive portfolio against rival Oracle, announcing it will acquire Oracle competitor and database vendor Sybase (NYSE:SY) in a deal valued at about $5.8 billion. But it’s not just about competing with Oracle. It’s also about capturing the […]