Jessica Davis

Hewlett-Packard completed its acquisition of 3Com this week, and laid out the overarching plan in terms of the product integration that will take it to war against Cisco’s stronghold in the networking market. And HP’s partners, still waiting for the final word on the integration of HP and 3Com’s channel partner program, say that they […]

HP offered further details on its product and reseller channel partner program integration with 3Com at a news conference April 19 that came days after the company completed its acquisition of the networking and security company. Quick Facts: The HP, 3Com Deal Executives said they see an enormous opportunity from the partner ecosystem of the […]

Image via Wikipedia Recession or not, recovery or not, one of the IT job skill areas that is always in demand is security. And if it’s in demand, that generally means it pays better, too. IT job site Dice’s senior vice president Tom Silver says in a recent Dice Report that “professionals with ‘cyber’ on […]

Quick Facts The HP 3Com Deal Quick Facts: The HP 3Com DealStalwart technology leader HP has completed its acquisition of 3Com. Combined, these companies have 110 years in the technology business and offer resellers a huge portfolio of compute, networking and security technologies to go after Cisco’s Unified Computing initiative, among other markets. Here are […]

Image via Wikipedia Cisco’s big next-generation Unified Computing System announcement, which came with a host of news about new servers and switches and high-performing memory technology, was greeted with skepticism by other companies looking to dominate the data center architecture space, including Dell, which partners with companies such as Brocade rather than offer its own […]

Touch-screen technology may be slow to arrive in the enterprise, according to analyst firm Gartner, but that doesn’t mean that IT solution providers don’t have to worry about it right now. That’s because more consumers are using their personal devices—smartphones, iPhones, personal computers, netbooks and tablet computers—for business and work. According to a Gartner survey […]

iPad for business The iPad is not just for consumers, according to Apple, which includes a section about iPad for business at their new device’s web site, complete with recommendations and instructions for enterprise deployment. And while most apps are geared towards consumers, there are a few already targeted at the business user. Here are […]

Image via Wikipedia Not only has Google recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of its channel reseller partner program, it has also been celebrating those reseller partners lately with some profile stories of them and now a guest blog at the Google Enterprise Blog. Jim McNelis, co-founder of Dito, a Google Apps reseller and a vendor […]

Cisco has released a host of new rack-mount and blade servers, I/O technology, and multilayer switches in the second generation of its Unified Computing System—an approach to data center architecture the company first introduced last spring to improve efficiency, management and power consumption. Sales of the systems include rewards targeted at partners, including the standard […]

Employers are treading lightly when it comes to adding new IT jobs, a trend that will likely mean more volatility—with job numbers rising and falling—in the months ahead. That’s according to David Foote, CEO and chief research officer at IT labor market analyst firm Foote Partners. Foote made the assessment based on the numbers released […]

Everybody talks about the Apple tax – the premium you pay to buy applications for the Mac platform. But now hosted Exchange customers who use Microsoft Windows clients will pay more than those who run Apple clients, including Apple’s new iPad tablet computer. That’s because hosted Microsoft Exchange e-mail provider Apptix is offering Exchange 2007-backed […]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Just a few months ago I posted as my Facebook status: “I work in the Bermuda Triangle of WebEx. If you want me to see the slides, email them to me in advance.” The free online meeting application that Cisco acquired two years ago would crash my browser or […]