Recent Articles
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Increasingly, Consultants are the Key to IT Projects
IT consultants are gaining influence inside enterprise accounts and with their SMB counterparts—and for good reason. With technology initiatives becoming more tightly tied to an organization’s overall business strategy, the influence of and need for a sophisticated IT consultant partner to help strategize, organize and manage the deployment process is becoming vital to the success…
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Digest: News from McAfee, Interwoven, PostX, Rally
PostX and Rally launch a new partner programs, while McAfee offers new Web-based capabilities to partners and Interwoven expands its partner network. New McAfee Web Site Offers Partners More Choices Partners of McAfee Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif., intrusion prevention and security risk-management vendor, now can access pre-qualified leads, customer renewal data and order status…
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Tougher Decisions Lie Ahead for HP
In his conference call Tuesday outlining the 14,500 employee cutbacks and the restructuring of Hewlett-Packard into three main groups, recently installed CEO Mark Hurd indicated that he will be intent on finding new efficiencies at HP in existing market segments rather than pulling back or dropping out of any of the company’s broad market offerings.…
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HP Restructuring Looks Ahead to Compete
Hewlett-Packard says that by making cuts now, it’s investing in its future. But some analysts are still waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant, as expected on Tuesday, enacted a major restructuring plan it says will get its finances in order and ultimately make it more competitive in the…
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SMB Data Replication Box Aims to Replace Tape
Lasso Logic plans to ship a gadget Monday it says will help small and midsize businesses free themselves from the snarl of cumbersome tape systems they use to back up data. The gadget works in tandem with Lasso Logic’s storage facilities to give customers managed off-site storage and backup of all their data. Out in…
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Intel Doubles Down on Linux
Intel is asking itself what’s next for Linux. The chip giant recently pulled its disparate efforts to work with the operating system. Those efforts span programs aimed at notebooks, desktops, servers, storage and vertical markets such as telecommunications, together under one roof, creating a Linux Program Office, run by its Software and Solutions Group. Intel…
