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  • Outsourcing Pioneers Reunite

    Harry Glasspiegel and Bob Zahler have seen it all when it comes to outsourcing. Glasspiegel and Zahler, as attorneys at Shaw Pittman, helped negotiate some of the earliest outsourcing deals. They co-founded the law firm’s sourcing customer advisory practice 17 years ago. The practice worked such landmark deals as Electronic Data Systems Corp.’s Continental Airlines…

  • Popular MEPIS Linux Goes Commercial

    The developers behind the popular open-source distribution of MEPIS Linux are expanding its reach beyond the Linux fan base to the business world with a new business desktop, server, and its first channel and support partner, Technalign Inc. In June, Morgantown, W.Va.-based MEPIS LLC, a commercial spin-off of the volunteer organization that developed MEPIS, will…

  • Software Consolidation Heats Up; Channel Must Take Care

    There is nothing like a sinking stock market to make investment fund managers jittery and start them wondering whether they will ever rediscover the ability to make money again. That is exactly what has been happening this year, particularly in the technology sector. Most of the major indices continue to be down, year to date.…

  • VARs Must Plan Strategically

    Hardware sales are increasing for a good number of VARs and integrators, which at this point may be the worst thing that could happen to them. While that may strike some as paradoxical, it isn’t quite as hard to comprehend as some of the current economic mixed signals, which one day indicate the economy is…

  • Channel Execs Say Business Is Growing Steadily

    Despite economic indicators that create uncertainty and the misgivings of some VARs, executives at channel companies said replacements of aging equipment and adoption of new technology are fueling steady IT spending. Though no one expects double-digit growth rates similar to those of the 1990s, many VARs said they feel good about business prospects for the…

  • Channel Is Critical Vehicle for Peregrine’s Recovery

    It wasn’t so long ago that the road ahead for Peregrine Systems looked bleak. Less than two years ago, the enterprise software vendor was shrouded in bankruptcy, executive management turnover and poor channel confidence. Since then, however, the company has staged an impressive comeback with a new CEO, better product support and yes, a more…

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