
Most everyone loves Thanksgiving turkeys. But IT industry turkeys? Not so much. We look at 10 examples of 'turkeys' that have disappointed the tech industry this year.
21. Hitachi Data Systems
Channel Program: Hitachi Data Systems TrueNorth Channel Partner Program
Technology/product: Services, Storage
No. of registered partners (N. America): 525
22. Hyperion Solutions
Channel Program: Hyperion Global Partner Program
Technology/product: Business & Productivity Software, Services, Software Infrastructure
No. of registered partners (N. America): 370
23. IBM
Channel Program: IBM PartnerWorld
Technology/product: Business & Productivity Software, Components, Networking, Peripherals, PC, Security, Servers, Services, Software Infrastructure, Storage
No. of registered partners (N. America): 33,000
24. Intel
Channel Program: Intel Channel Partner Program
Technology/product: Components
No. of registered partners (N. America): 50,000
25. Juniper Networks
Channel Program: Juniper J-Partner Program
Technology/product: Networking, Security
No. of registered partners (N. America): 3,570
26. Konica Minolta Printing Solutions U.S.A.
Channel Program: Konica Minolta Pinnacle Partner Program
Technology/product: Peripherals
No. of registered partners (N. America): 1,200
27. Lenovo International
Channel Program: Lenovo Partner Network
Technology/product: Networking, Peripherals, PC, Security, Services
No. of registered partners (N. America): 11,000
28. Level Platforms
Channel Program: Level Platforms Partnership program
Technology/product: Services, Software Infrastructure
No. of registered partners (N. America): 1,700
29. Lexmark International
Channel Program: Lexmark Profits in Printing
Technology/product: Peripherals, Services
No. of registered partners (N. America): 5,000
30. Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems
Channel Program: Linksys Partner Connection (LPC)
Technology/product: Networking, Peripherals, Storage
No. of registered partners (N. America): 7,000
NEXT: McAfee to Novell
