Sara Driscoll

Oracle has announced its intention to acquire BEA Systems in a letter of proposal to the Board of Directors of BEA. The deal is a suggested $17 per share

Online backup vendor Vembu has signed its 400th partner and is looking to more than quadruple this number within the next year. The firm, which works with

CDW said sales for the third quarter of 2007 were $2.1 billion compared to $1.7 billion in the third quarter of 2006, an increase of 21.8 percent. Average

Fortinet has shaken up its channel strategy, axing more than half its distribution partners and realigning its channel program. The UTM (Unified Threat

McAfee intends to integrate SafeBoot Technology's channel following its acquisition of the mobile security vendor. The $350 million transaction, announced

Business Objects' VARs could lose deals or be swallowed up by larger SAP VARs, channel sources said following the merger of the two software vendors.

ShoreTel is planning for aggressive growth in Europe, with hopes of mirroring its U.S. strategy in the region. The IP PBX provider is looking to more than

Warnings of integration challenges and technology conflicts have already begun, as analysts warn SAP's $6.78 billion acquisition of Business Objects will

IT executives are not ready to adopt a green technology strategy for their storage environments. This is according to a survey of 324 IT executives

DSGi, one of the largest VARs in the UK, may cut as many as 13 jobs from its back office as it prepares to migrate ERP systems. The company, which owns

Virtualization vendor VMware is hoping to shake off its enterprise image and push its technology into the small and midsize enterprise market in Europe,

"Techies love their work", the headlines screamed last week. Apparently it's true. According to a report out yesterday from staffing and resource firm