Recent Articles
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Venture Capital Market Cool, but Not Dry
Even as today’s economy puts the squeeze on the venture capital market, technology firms should take heart. VCs are still looking to distribute their money to firms with the right mix of qualifications. Tops on that list are emerging companies with a focus on areas such as clean technology and cloud computing, plus capital efficient…
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Roger King Exits McAfee, Global Channel Office Vacant
Roger King, the executive vice president of worldwide sales and the de facto global channel chief at McAfee, is exiting the security vendor for undisclosed new opportunities. In a statement, McAfee said: "Recognizing that a successful channel program is key to maintaining strong growth and financial performance, McAfee has initiated an aggressive global search for a…
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IT Spending Down, but Strategic Sales Could Be Up
This year may be shaping up to be one of the worst since the dot-com bubble burst, but channel partners and service providers shouldn’t look at dour spending projections with doleful eyes. Though median global spending will drop significantly in 2009, many experts believe there are lots of opportunities to sell into the right kind…
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IBM, Ingram Micro Bring Simplified Technology to Small Business
IBM authorized resellers and channel partners can now get IBM’s Smart Cube product – billed as an IT department in a box for small business and midsized business — through distributor Ingram Micro, the companies have announced. The combined hardware, software and technical support solution that features an IBM server together with applications such as…
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Microsoft’s Bing Search Steals Share from Google
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s new Bing search engine gained U.S. market share in its first month in operation but still trails dominant rival Google Inc, according to data released on Wednesday. Bing, launched on June 3 but available to some users a few days earlier, took 8.23 percent of U.S. Web searches in June, up…
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Watching Old Friends Become Enemies
In a global virtual press and analyst roundtable, Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior said blade servers being developed by Cisco for its Unified Computing Systems are not intended to compete with existing servers offered by IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard or Sun Microsystems. Rather, she says, the UCS strategy is to put the assets in place to help…