Tags : economyCEOs Skittish About 2012, Gartner Says[April 27, 2012] Researcher’s executive survey shows CEOs expect an economic downturn in 2012, face challenges balancing growth and costs. Read More...Tags: economy , Gartner , CEOCEO Optimism Drops Slightly, PwC Study Shows[September 30, 2010] CEO Optimism Drops Slightly, PwC Study Shows Read More... Tags: economy , PricewaterhouseCoopers , Private Company Trendsetter BarometerVARs See No Signs of Imminent Recovery[August 03, 2009] Tight credit, slow sales cycles and customer cost-cutting still prevail in market. Read More... Tags: Windows , Microsoft , server , economy , VARsDistributor Programs Help Resellers Chase Stimulus Money[June 23, 2009] Federal governments American Recovery and Reinvestment Act drawing high interest in channel. Read More... Tags: vertical , economy , unified communications , Ingram , channel partnersCisco Woos Channel Partners[June 01, 2009] Cisco Woos Channel Partners Read More... Tags: Cisco , economy , channel partners , channel , incentivesIBM Ups Rewards to Midmarket Partners[April 06, 2009] Big Blue restates commitment to its 100,000 channel partners, adds incentives, expanded certification program and more training. Read More... Tags: support , IBM , marketing , economy , channel partnersThe Top Four Financial Challenges Facing IT Companies[February 20, 2009] Giant distributor Ingram Micro's recent earnings report underscored the challenges global IT distribution companies face coping with the global sales downturn and showed how difficult it is to struggle successfully against a negative business tide. Read More... Tags: IT , earnings , economy , technology , IngramSymantec Trims Enterprise Vault Staff[November 25, 2008] Cost-cutting move reflects grim economic reality as well as maturation in the product line, some say. Read More... Tags: Symantec , economy , layoffs , archiving , StorageMicrosoft's Sales Jump, Feels Confident on Future[October 23, 2008] UPDATED: The software giant is sure it's going to keep on making money, despite customers' tightening purse strings. Read More... Tags: Microsoft , earnings , economyStorage Technologies for a Slowing Economy[October 17, 2008] At Storage Networking World, a focus more on economic reality than on the hottest new storage technologies. Read More... Tags: virtualization , Intel , Cisco , economy , StorageSpending on Datacenters Seen Holding Steady[October 13, 2008] Channel investment in datacenter solutions could pay dividends as a survey shows that government and private business executives see steady or increased spending in improving operational efficiency. Read More... Tags: data , IT , datacenter , economy , spendingSprint Firm on WiMAX Despite Economy[October 08, 2008] Never mind the big costs and the shadow of financial crisis: The No. 3 U.S. carrier and its partners remain optimistic about the next generation of high-speed wireless. Read More... Tags: wireless , economy , 3G , Wimax , SprintAnalysts Expect Channel to Gain from Corporate Cutbacks[October 02, 2008] Channel partners skilled in data governance, cost analysis and data integration will be in demand as companies are forced to realign their operations. SaaS and pay-as-you-go models gain favor. Read More... Tags: services , SaaS , HP , economy , mergersNew Surveys Predict IT Spending Drop[September 30, 2008] Channel braces for impact as reports from Tabb Group and ChangeWave Research foresee a drop in business sales and IT outlays. Financial mergers and acquisitions will also have an impact. Read More... Tags: software , IT spending , economyFinancial Crisis Cuts Both Ways[September 25, 2008] Despite the current widespread economic uncertainty for channel partners, Managing Editor Al Senia notes they could stand to benefit in the long term as outsourcing grows. Read More... Tags: security , networking , outsourcing , economy , financial servicesAlcatel-Lucent Loses Its Leadership[July 29, 2008] Working to put the merger and its business troubles behind it, the networking vendor is set to shed its CEO and chairman. Read More... Tags: networking , economy , executives , telecommunications , Alcatel-LucentIs It Time to Rethink IT's Priorities?[April 30, 2008] At Interop, Citrix's CEO explains why the industry needs major change before it can grow. Read More... Tags: security , datacenter , infrastructure , economy , InteropCSC Lands $915 Million in Federal Contracts[April 23, 2008] Giant systems integrator also expands worldwide business with launch of new global healthcare unit Read More... Tags: services , management , economy , healthcare , federal governmentIntel Sees 'Good Start' to 2008[April 16, 2008] North American Sales Growth of 17 Percent Reassures Channel Read More... Tags: server , Intel , economy , desktopWill IT Channel Be Spared the Worst of The Economic Gloom?[March 13, 2008] Despite the financial doom-and-gloom, there are some critical differences between now and the 2001 recession, and they strongly favor the channel. Read More... Tags: security , Microsoft , consumer , software , Demo , virtualization , SMB , SaaS , IT , Internet , ISP , HP , economy , CA , Enterprise , OS , RIM , news , SEC , InternetNews.com , distributor , REVIBM to Update OmniFind Enterprise Search App[March 07, 2008] Software features new graphical displays, Lotus tools to help visualize enterprise search results. Read More... Tags: Linux , video , Oracle , Windows , Google , data , search , Microsoft , software , support , IBM , IT , Internet , Red Hat , SAP , blogs , ISP , HP , Yahoo , economy , CA , Enterprise , Lotus Notes , OS , news , stats , InternetNews.com , Gartner , AIM , REV , SurfaceBear Stearns Bullish on Web Video[March 06, 2008] Analyst firm endorses predictions of an online advertising boom. Read More... Tags: video , consumer , broadband , economy , mediaTech Data "Cautiously Optimistic" as Earnings Rise[March 04, 2008] Tech Data "Cautiously Optimistic" as Earnings Rise Read More... Tags: economy , Tech DataChannel to Benefit from Spending Constraints[February 21, 2008] Solution providers skilled in applications development or managed services will be in greater demand during any economic slowdown. Businesses are growing more serious about outsourcing to lower costs. Read More... Tags: open source , Oracle , search , services , server , software , management , virtualization , IT , research , Web 2.0 , economy , CA , media , voice , VoIP , StorageCisco: 'We're Talking Ourselves Into This Slowdown'[February 07, 2008] Is the recession real? Or is it all just driven by media hype? CEO John Chambers gives his view. Read More... Tags: networking , Cisco , economy |
Solutions in a Small World (Latin America): Sealed with a KissEven in today’s Internet-dominated world, in-person business connections still make strong impressions. But face-to-face marketers must be aware of cultural disconnects, explains AMD’s Gerald Youngblood. |

