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HP Touts New 'Sleekbooks,' But Will They Confuse Customers? - CRN
"What HP continues to fail to understand and recognize is that people embrace simplicity with great functionality," said the partner, who requested anonymity. "People don't want another name -- they want a product that works well, and Apple has proven ...
Avaya Chief Technologist, Services Boss Among New Round Of Exits - CRN
"They just can't seem to calm this down," said a top executive at a national Avaya partner, who asked to remain anonymous. "At every major Avaya meeting for the past, I don't know, three years, they've told us that the executive team is in place and ...
Sources: EMC's New VSPEX Reference Architecture Set To Battle NetApp, VCE - CRN
... to announce next week VSPEX, a private cloud reference architecture that will compete not only against rival NetApp's FlexPod architecture, but the VCE Vblock offering which has been backed by EMC, according to sources close to the storage giant.
Partners Cautious On New Symantec Channel Chief - CRN
One Symantec partner, who did not want to be identified, said it is likely that Cochran is set to take another channel chief job. "My bet is he is taking a channel job at another company," the partner said. "There aren't too many triggers for an ...
Huawei Firms Up Enterprise Channel Strategy - CRN
"Say this for them: They're aggressive as hell," said the CEO of a longtime West Coast-based networking solution provider, who asked that his name not be used because his team is currently discussing the Huawei option. "It's a good product and it's ...
Oracle Details Alleged HP Payments To Keep Itanium Alive - CRN
An HP source who declined to be named said that, with the decision by the judge to unseal the documents and dismiss an Oracle claim that HP engaged in fraud, HP can concentrate on getting back to the trial over the original lawsuit.
Apple Partners: French Reseller Lawsuit An Exercise In Futility - CRN
"This has been going on for a long time -- Apple definitely serves themselves first when it comes to new product availability," said one Apple reseller, who requested anonymity. "It also happens with services -- I've had cases where getting a product ...
HP Partners React To New Details In Hurd Sexual Harassment Scandal - CRN
It's pretty sad," said one longtime HP channel partner in the Midwest, who requested anonymity. "Hurd apparently tried using power, position and wealth to take advantage of someone, and he got called on it." Fisher's attorney Gloria Allred, ...
AT&T Attempts to Salvage Floundering T-Mobile Deal - CRN
... prepared to divest as much as 40 percent of T-Mobile's assets in order to appease the Justice Department, which in August sued to block the merger on anti-competitive grounds, Bloomberg reported, citing an anonymous source familiar with the plan. ...
Steve Jobs, Whose Tech Products Delighted A Generation, Dies At 56 - CRN
A technology distribution executive at Oracle OpenWorld, who did not want to be identified, said Jobs' legacy remains the innovative products he brought to the industry including the iPhone and the iPad. "I am saddened," said the executive. ...
HP Partners To Whitman: Please Reconsider PSG, Autonomy Moves - CRN
It's great technology, but the return on investment pressure is going to be huge," said one HP partner, who asked not to be named. An HP spokesperson contacted by CRN Monday declined to comment on partners' criticisms of the PSG and Autonomy moves. ...
HP Says PSG Situation Hasn't Hurt Thin Client Business - CRN
"This is causing confusion with customers," said the source, who requested anonymity. "I tend to favor Wyse over HP for thin clients, but now I'm approaching thin client customers that are currently HP and seeing if they'll explore Wyse as an ...
Fortinet Federal Provides Resources, Security Clearance For Federal VARs - CRN
One government-focused solution provider who asked to speak off the record said that the TS clearance “goes beyond” just having the ability to offer services and products to government customers. The clearance provided by Fortinet's federal division ...
Oracle SEC Filing Warns That Hardware Reseller Relationships Could "Deteriorate" - CRN
One current Oracle software and Sun hardware solution provider, who asked to remain anonymous, said there's nothing shocking in the Oracle 10-k filing. "They've already started getting rid of partners," the solution provider said in an interview. ...
Partners Skeptical Of RSA Plan To Replace SecureID Tokens - CRN
“They should have replaced those tokens earlier when they got hacked,” said one New Jersey-based solution provider who asked to speak off the record. “People are assuming the seed values are compromised. If that's what happened, they should have ...
Partners Skeptical Of RSA Plan To Replace SecureIT Tokens - CRN
“They should have replaced those tokens earlier when they got hacked,” said one New Jersey-based solution provider who asked to speak off the record. “People are assuming the seed values are compromised. If that's what happened, they should have ...
VARs Praise HP's Move To Reorganize Its Technology Services - CRN
Technology Services, along with the software group, was one of HP's two "problem children" as far as the channel was concerned, said one solution provider who asked to remain anonymous. The problem with Technology Services, which handles break-fix ...
NetSuite Recruits Microsoft Channel Partner To Resell Its Cloud Applications - CRN
NetSuite is expected to announce the new partnership at its SuiteWorld conference in San Francisco this week, according to a source that asked not to be identified. Chicago-based McGladrey has a national technology practice that includes working with ...
Three Reasons Why Microsoft Buying RIM Wouldn't Make Sense - CRN
They are known for being very arrogant and have a superiority complex when it comes to wireless technology," said one RIM partner, who requested anonymity. "They also have strong nationalistic Canadian pride -- it would be a tremendous blow to their ...
HP Plans EVA Storage Array Refresh - CRN
"If it's a happy EVA customer, we keep them on EVA," said one HP partner who requested anonymity. "If the customer's not happy, we have them look at 3Par." AdvizeX Technologies' EVA business is still very strong, and EVAs sold better than EMC's ...
HP Asks Partners To Help Change Oracle's Mind On Itanium - CRN
Another solution provider, who carries both Oracle and HP Itanium products and did not want to be identified, refuses to get involved in a war of words with Oracle. "I'm staying out of this," he said. HP has made Oracle's dropping of Itanium one of the ...
IT Supplies Not Disrupted By Japan Earthquake, So Far - CRN
One system builder, who requested anonymity, said that so far only memory suppliers are reacting to the quake by increasing prices or holding up shipments. However, the system builder said, there are questions about whether component supplies or supply ...
VCE Says VBlock Cloud Platform Ready For Prime Time - CRN
... founding companies competing with the coalition. "Customers are loving the NetApp solution with Cisco UCS and VMware, and they make it easier to get quotes, too. I know I am losing deals because of this," said one VCE partner, who requested anonymity.
HP's webOS Tablets May Include Cloud Storage, Wireless File Transfer - CRN
... same 1024 x 768 screen resolution as the iPad, according to a Tuesday report from Engadget, which quoted an anonymous source familiar with the matter. ...
New HP CEO Expected To Signal Strategic Direction In Q4 Call - CRN
... address the Channel early, because of the role that it plays in HP's overall business," said one top HP partner, who did not want to be identified. ...