White House Suspends $3 Billion in IT Spending for Financial Systems Upgrades
[29-JUN-10] Office of Management and Budget outlines three-part plan to reform federal IT performance.
Symantec SMB Study Shows Data Loss Biggest IT Worry
[21-JUN-10] SMBs spend $51,000 per year on average to safeguard data in noticeable turnabout from last year.
Researcher Forecasts 4 Percent Uptick in Worldwide Enterprise IT Spending
[19-MAY-10] Gartner findings point to enterprise IT spending growth rising to $2.4 trillion across vertical segments but advises caution in uncertain economic environment.
HP Forecast Adds to IT Vendors Seeing 2010 Uptick
[25-SEP-09] Intel, IBM and McAfee also predict improving landscape
Channel News Roundup:
Ingram Micro Inks QLogic; IBM Opens Offshore Innovation Centers; Brocade Adds Services & Support Certifications.
Channel Vendors Battle for Diminishing Hardware Sales
[19-FEB-09] HP, Dell and Apple fight for market share as a new study from ChangeWave Research finds spending continuing to tighten.
Five Reasons VARs Love the Stimulus Package
[18-FEB-09] VARs and the rest of the channel have a lot to gain from the economic stimulus bill signed into law by President Obama. Here are five of the most important reasons to support it.
HP's EDS Launches Government Market Initiative
[13-JAN-09] EDS leverages recent Saber Government Solutions acquisition to capture business in thriving state and local government verticals. New areas include voter registration and public retirement administration.
VARs Urged to Focus on Reducing Customers' Costs
[07-JAN-09] IT spending recovery is at least a year away, according to a new survey from Computer Economics. For channel partners, survival depends upon making business customers more efficient.
Looking Ahead, Channel Executives Stay Optimistic
[24-DEC-08] Channel executives are surprisingly upbeat on their prospects in 2009, expecting IT spending to hold up and managed services and other "disruptive technologies" to grow more popular.
IT Spending Projections See A Drop, but Not A Collapse
[14-NOV-08] Channel partners urged to concentrate on services and building revenue streams to maintain profitability. Virtualization, managed services and security remain robust areas.
New Surveys Predict IT Spending Drop
[30-SEP-08] 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.
How Will Future IT Spending Impact the Channel?
[11-JUN-08] John Longwell, director of research for IT advisory firm Computer Economics, sees strong business spending ahead in such areas as server virtualization, storage management and help-desk support. But VARs will have a lot less luck trying to sell Vista.
