
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.
Sun Microsystems, Inc
Channel program: Sun Partner Advantage
Technology/product: Business & Productivity Software
Components
Networking
Peripherals
Security
Servers
Services
Software Infrastructure
Storage
No. of registered partners (N. America): 1000
Symantec Corporation
Channel program: The Symantec Partner Program
Technology/product: Security
Services
Software Infrastructure
Storage
No. of registered partners (N. America): 42000
Telarus, Inc.
Channel program: VAR Program
Technology/product: Networking
Services
No. of registered partners (N. America): 1
TIW Technology, Inc.
Channel program: TIW Partner Program
Technology/product: Business & Productivity Software
No. of registered partners (N. America): 215
Toshiba America Information Systems, Digital Products Division
Channel program: Toshiba Preferred Partner Program
Technology/product: Personal Computing
No. of registered partners (N. America): .
Trend Micro
Channel program: Trend Micro Partner Program
Technology/product: Security
No. of registered partners (N. America): 12640
TriActive
Channel program: TriActive Managed Services (TriMSP) Partner Program
Technology/product: Business & Productivity Software
Networking
Personal Computing
Security
Servers
Services
Software Infrastructure
No. of registered partners (N. America): 64
TriGeo Network Security
Channel program: TriGeo Channel Programs
Technology/product: Security
No. of registered partners (N. America): 15
Verio, Inc.
Channel program: viaVerio Partner Program
Technology/product: Business & Productivity Software
Security
Servers
Services
Software Infrastructure
Storage
No. of registered partners (N. America): 3600
ViewSonic Corporation
Channel program: Access
Technology/product: Peripherals
No. of registered partners (N. America): 9000
Next: Visioneer, Inc.
