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  • Citrix Builds Out Its Delivery Center

    Citrix Systems is looking to combine its traditional application delivery technology with its recently developed virtualization offerings into a new way to deliver applications to a fleet of corporate desktops, whether in the main office or at a remote site. At the company’s Synergy user conference, which starts May 20 in Houston, Citrix will offer…

  • Sybase iPhone Software Ready Soon

    Sybase Inc plans to soon start selling software that lets businesses securely distribute e-mail to the iPhone, which could help the popular device gain use among business clients. The program for Apple Inc’s iPhone will be released before the end of this year, John Chen said on Monday at the Reuters Global Technology, Media and…

  • Linux Beat Windows? VARs React to Our Products of the Year

    The channel is nothing if not opinionated. Sure, a critical mass of VARs agreed sufficiently to sort out the Channel Insider Product of the Year Awards, but that doesn’t mean solution providers around the country aren’t harboring feelings about the winners, the losers and even the products that didn’t make the list at all. While…

  • Reaching the Top

    There is an old saying in business: “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.” The adage holds true for today’s crop of solution providers, who constantly feel pressure to evolve their businesses to adapt to the ever-changing technology landscape. Evolution without growth, however, spells extinction for many businesses, and solution providers are no exception. Many are…

  • Microsoft Bets on SAAS; Orphaned Accounts Pose Security Threat, more

    If Microsoft places its bets, do you want to be there with them, or go in the opposite direction? The software giant sees a fundamental change to business models over the next five years as tens of millions of users shift from premise-based applications to “cloud”-based (SAAS or on-demand) applications. Check out where your business…

  • Tech Data CEO: We`re About Matching VARs with Opportunities

    It’s closing in on two years since Bob Dutkowsky, the former CEO of J.D. Edwards and Egenera, came to Clearwater, Fla., to become only the third CEO in Tech Data’s 35-year history. Under Dutkowsky’s leadership, which has included a host of executive changes and a re-commitment to fostering relationships with resellers, the company has posted…

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