SearchITChannel: Channel News Update

Red Hat stiffs Win Server; Microsoft cuts, cuts, cuts; other news

Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:55:50 EST

Oops! Red Hat forgets Windows Server support; Microsoft puts CRM on sale, cuts price on BPOS; more headlines.

Top IT channel news for October 2009

Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:33:29 EST

Check out the top news stories for October, including headlines from Microsoft, Oracle and the Cisco Developer Network.

Chicago VAR becomes hosted VoIP services provider with Siemens

Jessica Scarpati — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:11:38 EST

PosTrack Technologies, a former turnkey solutions provider in the Chicago area, waded into hosted VoIP services four years ago, hitching to Siemens Enterprise Communications as its flagship vendor by reselling Siemens' VoIP product.

HP vs. Cisco data center hardware battle heats up

Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:38:19 EST

Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems go after each other's customers -- and partners -- with new converged data center hardware bundles.

Tech Watch: Where's WiMax?

Heather Clancy, Contributor — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:15:40 EST

Rollout of the wireless technology is slower than some folks expected, but VARs still hope it can bolster anytime-anywhere broadband access.

Cisco opens up unified computing to distribution

Nicole E. Harding — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:17:27 EST

Cisco Systems opens up Unified Computing System (UCS) server distribution to partners via Westcon, Tech Data, Ingram Micro.

Juniper declares war on Cisco; VSphere 4 update; other news

Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:33:35 EST

Juniper to Cisco: 'Hey, it's on'; first vSphere update expected soon; more headlines.

VARs, distributors assess their cloud computing role

Heather Clancy, Contributor — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:04:00 EST

Hype aside, cloud computing is coming and channel execs parse opportunities and threats in the upcoming transition.

Microsoft Azure's new Eclipse tie-ins reassure partners

Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:02:43 EST

The latest move by Microsoft to bring non-Windows developers and VARs into the Azure fold won praise from Microsoft shops and even some non-aligned partners.

VMware Workstation 7 adds Win 7 support; other news

Bridget Botelho, News Writer, Barbara Darrow, News Director — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:51:04 EST

VMware Workstation 7 launched with Windows 7 support, enhanced 3-D graphics; IBM adds to analytics lineup.