http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com A SearchITChannel.com blog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:02:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Robert Deshaies and Cynthia Bates will divvy up responsibilities for Microsoft's US partner organization, Microsoft said late Wednesday night. Deshaies, who had been vice president of the US Partner Group is now vice president of Partner Business Development & Sales, a new role. Cindy Bates, who had been general manager of ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/03/microsoft-reorgs-us-partner-group/ Summertime is the time to mull. Today I have the time to consider whether Microsoft and Nortel -- currently unified communications (UC) partners -- will move from heavy dating to marriage. According to channel partners of both companies, rumors of such an acquisition have been swirling for some time. They say that ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/02/will-microsoft-acquire-nortel/ Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) $13.9 billion bid to buy Electronic Data Systems (EDS) made it through U.S. antitrust review, the companies reported Monday. The deal still hinges on approval by European regulators and a vote by EDS shareholders, who will meet July 31. It remains unclear how the deal will affect channel partners ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/01/hp-eds-deal-moves-closer-to-approval-and-the-outcome-is-still-not-clear-for-the-channel/ Since many IT solution providers who poke around in this blog are themselves small businesses, it will not be a major shocker to hear that a recent survey shows that smaller companies are latching onto the benefits of Web 2.0 less quickly than larger ones. Then, again, I'd bet that ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/29/small-businesses-apparently-slow-to-adopt-web-20-philosophies/ Larry Ellison had some interesting thoughts on the on-demand model, especially intriguing as he retains his interest in NetSuite, the on-demand ERP provider. His ownership stake, which might appear to be a conflict since Oracle competes with NetSuite, is in some sort of blind trust. Oracle's CEO said the company's on-demand ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/27/ellison-on-on-demand/ It's that time of year for the database market share squabble. IDC has released its numbers--at least to the vendors--and two of the three big database players are claiming victory. From the snippets the vendors themselves release, it's hard to draw conclusions. It's like the blind men and the elephant: You ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/26/database-market-share-war-resumes/ The VAR community has been abuzz since it became public that a silver-level Cisco partner sued the vendor for poaching a customer and handing it off to AT&T Business. The twittering is because most partners agree they’ve had the same problem but never taken any action for fear of losing their ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/25/var-lawsuit-against-cisco-pushes-partner-problems-out-of-the-closet/ Being an Oracle partner can be a pricey business. For example: If you're a select Oracle partner who wants face time with Oracle reps at the vendor's yearly sales kickoff, you can pay either $6K, $10K or $25K for the privilege. For that amount you get to be an Exhibitor Partner at ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/25/the-cost-of-doing-business-with-oracle/ Canonical on Tuesday posted its Ubuntu Mobile Internet Device (MID) Edition to its website. This is a developers' release based on the desktop edition of the Linux fan-favorite Ubuntu operating system. The release should help developers tailor apps to smaller screens Ubuntu MID will start to follow the usual Ubuntu six-month release ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/25/ubuntu-goes-mobile/ I have become so hopelessly addicted to my Apple iPhone for a couple of reasons, not the least of which is that it has saved my butt on more than one occasion when I have been unable to get to my notebook to update this and my other way-to-many blogs. ... http://channelmarker.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/23/i-rue-the-day-when-the-bad-guys-come-after-my-iphone/