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IBM's Rich Michos rallied solution providers at this week's XChange Tech Innovators conference to join in the push to build a smarter planet.
November 20, 2009
IBM researchers have created a new supercomputer that simulates the cerebral cortex of a cat's brain, marking a major achievement in advanced computing.
November 18, 2009
Should Asustek go through with the rumored acquisition of Toshiba's mobile PC business, the result would be a realignment of the business as significant as that of Acer's acquisition of Texas Instrument's Travelmate line and Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's ThinkPad line.
November 18, 2009
Microsoft looks to dominate cloud computing with its bold Windows Azure Platform. Will it succeed?
November 18, 2009
Tech Data senior executives sat down to talk about the direction of the economy, the availability of small-business credit, and what Dell-Perot Systems and Xerox-ACS deals might mean for the channel.
November 16, 2009
IBM will offer customers the "Smart Analytics Cloud" system based on its Blue Insight architecture.
November 16, 2009
Cisco fired the first round against HP and IBM with its UCS offering which includes blade servers and a close EMC relationship, but now HP is firing back with the acquisition of 3Com, setting the stage for a new polarization in the data center.
November 11, 2009
Ex-Galleon employee, former Moody's analyst and others charged with allegedly dealing in insider information on 3Com, Avaya and Kronos; prosecutors promise more to come.
November 05, 2009
Both companies are attempting to move beyond the largest-ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading case.
November 02, 2009
Move will shift 700 IBM workers and 1,000 customers to Dassault.
October 27, 2009
Vendor sees business intelligence becoming an increasingly important component of IT spending.
October 26, 2009
IBM and Canonical, the developer of the Ubuntu Linux desktop operating system, is making technology it has already been shipping in Europe and Africa now available in the U.S., just in time to provide an alternative to Windows 7.
October 21, 2009
Intertwined relationships between fund managers and technology executives, as outlined in criminal and civil complaints released by federal investigators thus far create a complicated maze of troubling relationships throughout finance and technology industries. The cases could shine a light on a secretive and little-known ecosystem comprised of high-flying, aggressive executives from both the technology and finance industries.
October 20, 2009
Sun said in an SEC filing on Tuesday that delays in the acquisition of the company by Oracle is forcing it to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the next 12 months. But that might just be a taste of what's to come when the deal actually closes.
October 20, 2009
Two software rights organizations and a software freedom activist wrote in an open letter to the E.U. that it should not allow Oracle to acquire MySQL because of the potential harm, while MySQL's creator said it would be in Oracle's best interest to spin off MySQL.
October 20, 2009
Rajiv Goel, one of six defendants in a high-tech-driven securities fraud scandal, is charged with helping Galleon Management billionaire Raj Rajaratnam net nearly $600,000 from Clearwire stock trading.
October 19, 2009
The change in leadership could present an opportunity for IBM to improve its channel relationships.
October 19, 2009
SCO removes McBride, who led it in a series of legal actions related to Unix and Linux, and eliminates the president and CEO positions as part of a reorganization.
October 19, 2009
Channel partners can leverage new financing tools to expand sales of IBM hardware, software and services, company says.
October 19, 2009
Confidential information about AMD's fab spin-off and IBM's bid to buy Sun is at the heart of a hedge fund scandal that stretches from Silicon Valley to Wall Street.
October 16, 2009
IBM's VAR partners said the new SSDs will make a big difference in terms of storage performance and meeting customers' future requirements.
October 16, 2009
With the certification deadline approaching, most see the value in the new controlled distribution model, but others question the cost and effectiveness of the plan.
October 16, 2009
Oracle CEO engages in some trash-talking against IBM throughout the Oracle OpenWorld conference, offers prize for anyone finding an application that doesn't run 2X faster on a Sun machine.
October 16, 2009
IBM CFO Mark Loughridge said during the company's third-quarter earnings call that credit markets have improved compared to last year.
October 15, 2009
Company also debuts Information Archive data repository appliance for storing structured and unstructured data.
October 07, 2009
On The Record
Robert Faletra
For nearly 30 years we have been helping solution providers and high-tech suppliers execute in the market. Fact is, no one has bee...
October 23, 01:00 PM
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Channel Centric
Robert DeMarzo
This is without a doubt my favorite issue of the year. The Annual Report Card is a year in the making, which means we are always w...
October 23, 01:00 PM
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Under The Radar
Larry Hooper
So it is finally here. It seems like only yesterday the world was bashing Microsoft for constantly blowing it with its Vista opera...
October 23, 11:05 AM
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The Final Cut
Steven Burke
One of the highlights of Everything Channel's XChange Tech Innovators conference in Las Vegas this week was all the solution provi...
November 20, 04:10 PM
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The Chart
Ed Moltzen
Academic exercises aren't for everyone, but once in a while they can be interesting.
Here's one I started last week: I filled a h...
November 16, 12:23 PM
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Hot Topics
Joe Caponi
Vendors: this is what you've been waiting for. Applications are now open for the 2010 Partner Programs guide, our definitive listing of vendor channel programs, and the Channel Chiefs directory, our more personal look at the top executives creating
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