Month: July 2013

Clouds
Cloud

Cloud Economics Foggy to Many Businesses

July 16, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) 1
Businesses concerned about vendor lock-in and having to pay recurring revenues in perpetuity with move to the cloud.

Bob McDonald, vice president of IBM Training
Featured Post

IBM Hands Training Over to Partners

July 16, 2013 Robert Dutt 1
IBM says it will triple the number of people taking education around its systems and software by outsourcing to partners, including a pair of distributors.

Ray Ozzie
Featured Post

Ray Ozzie Named to HP Board

July 16, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Ray Ozzie Named to HP Board
Former Microsoft chief software Ray Ozzie architect among three new members to Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors.

Microsoft Surface Pro
Featured Post

Microsoft Surface Price Cut RecallsTouchPad Fire Sale

July 16, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Microsoft Surface Price Cut RecallsTouchPad Fire Sale
Deep price cuts on Microsoft Surface tablets harken back to HP’s failed attempts to save its doomed TouchPad tablets

Cisco - Andrew Sage
Channel Programs

Andrew Sage to Head Cisco Americas Distribution

July 12, 2013 Chris Gonsalves (Channelnomics) 2
Cisco has tapped 14-year Cisco veteran Andrew Sage to be the new vice president for Americas distribution at the vendor.

Eran Farajun, executive vice president, Asigra
Big Data

Asigra Introduces Recovery-Centric Backup Pricing

July 12, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Asigra Introduces Recovery-Centric Backup Pricing
With data volume continuing to skyrocket, a flat cost for both data backup and recovery is becoming unsustainable, cloud backup vendor Asigra says.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
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Microsoft Reorg More About Culture, Operations

July 12, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Microsoft Reorg More About Culture, Operations
Microsoft’s massive reorganization has little to do with technology, but rather business structure, corporate culture and operations.

Lenovo is the new PC king
Computers

Hail Lenovo: The New King of PCs

July 12, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Hail Lenovo: The New King of PCs
Lenovo overtook HP again in quarterly PC shipments, becoming the largest personal computer manufacturer in the world. But the PC market continues to shrink.

No Picture
Managed Services

Fortinet MSSP Program Revamped for Growth

July 12, 2013 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Fortinet MSSP Program Revamped for Growth
The security vendor revamped its Fortinet MSSP program, making equipment acquisition more affordable and providing support to accelerate partner growth

Julie Bennani, general manager of the Microsoft Partner Network
Channel Programs

Microsoft Partner Network to Integrate Cloud Programs

July 9, 2013 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Microsoft Partner Network to Integrate Cloud Programs
As it proclaims that every partner needs to support cloud solutions, Microsoft prepares to roll its cloud program into the Microsoft Partner Network.