CRN's Top 25 Channel Sales Leaders of 2009 fought hard to provide their solution provider partners with the tools and support they need to battle the biggest industry downturn in the history of IT. These are the executives who went the distance for solution providers in 2009.
[04:00 PM, November 25, 2009]
Reuters reported that a meeting between Oracle and European Union regulators is planned for next month in order to try to clear the last hurdle in its acquisition of Sun.
[02:46 PM, November 25, 2009]
An estimated 18,000 salesforce.com customers and partners attended what has rapidly become the cloud computing event of the year. Along with hearing keynotes from CEO Marc Benioff and Gen. Colin Powell, attendees partied to the music of the Black Crowes. If you didn't make it, here's what you missed.
[11:17 AM, November 25, 2009]
The Top 25 Channel Mavericks of 2009 bucked the system with brash, bold thinking to make sure that solution providers weren't caught in the economic down-draft. These are the independent, make-it-happen channel chargers that made big bets to aggressively grab market share with channel enhancements and cutting-edge products that blew partners away.
[04:00 PM, November 24, 2009]
Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky talks about what's ahead in 2010, the impact of cloud computing and his company's relationship with Dell.
[03:37 PM, November 24, 2009]
Joost, founded by the same people who created Skype and Kazaa, is expected to solidify Adconion's ability to deliver online video content for content providers and advertisers.
[02:11 PM, November 24, 2009]
More than 250 solution provider and vendor executives hit Palm Springs last week to talk about their 2010 strategies at Synnex's Varnex Conference. Most VARs are expecting the IT industry to grow, and the show provided opportunity for VARs to gather some ideas.
[12:41 PM, November 24, 2009]
Company targets solution providers that develop data storage and virtualization services
[06:08 PM, November 23, 2009]
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.
[04:53 PM, November 23, 2009]
Our list of the most innovative executives of the year spotlights the people that are pushing the envelope with new products and channel programs to bring solution providers to new heights.
[04:00 PM, November 23, 2009]
AOL will change its brand to 'Aol.' next month as part of its planned spin-out as a separate company from Time Warner.
[12:38 PM, November 23, 2009]
Tech Data is predicting a year-over-year sales increase its fourth fiscal quarter ending January 31, 2010.
[08:16 AM, November 23, 2009]